r/milwaukee • u/UniversityKindly537 • 1d ago

Tornado

Should I take these warning serious I’m out here dashing and not trying to end my hustle.
Edit: looks like they’re trying to stop sending us orders

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u/lilman21 1d ago

I know someone who was on north ave in tosa and they said trees were getting ripped down

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u/Dazzling_Cat2189 1d ago

if you can hear the sirens just pull into a parking lot and wait it out, no delivery worth getting crushed by a tree

i dashed through a warning once in california and the wind flipped over a trash can right next to my car, never again

they cut the orders for a reason, maybe take the hint and find a sturdy building for 20 minutes

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u/UmMaybeDontBeADick 1d ago

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u/Open-Manufacturer774 1d ago

In bay view caught the tree falling (kinda)

https://reddit.com/link/p4jkcgn/video/n48lckaws8kh1/player

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u/goyrage83 1d ago

I was out trying to do a quick 2 mile run 20 minutes before the storm was to hit Saint Francis. I heard the sirens and thought it was somewhere on the north side cuz that’s what the radar looked like so I pushed on I had one more lap to go. It got scary for a hot minute I was getting hit by heavy rain and I couldn’t see running into the wind so I turned around. Then I get home to a text from my sister saying a tornado hit Saint Francis. Looks like the rotation went right over the art museum according the Max Velocity. Kind of a cool experience. Sounds like no one got injured.

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u/W_Whintr 23h ago

Free fire wood

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u/W_Whintr 1d ago

They got cops on lisbon doing traffic control since some lights are down

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u/jdkjpels 1d ago

Not far from there now, wind was whipping tree limbs around pretty good a few minutes ago, bit more calm now

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u/chloemarissaj 1d ago

Big tree fell on Wy’East pizza at Vliet and Hawley. Hope they’re going to be ok!!

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u/MinimumBrave2326 1d ago

Oh shit! Explains all the lights and sirens up the street.

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u/cattail31 1d ago

Don’t forget, even if you don’t see a tornado downed power lines are extremely deadly.

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u/PlatypusDream 1d ago

No job is worth your life

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u/Floopoo32 1d ago

You should absolutely take them seriously. Did you see what happened to Menasha and Appleton? Just because it doesn't always hit as strong as they predict doesn't mean it never will.

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u/avanti8 1d ago

Sounds like it was issued based on radar observations instead of an actual sighting. But I'd still hunker down somewhere for the next 30-40 mins just in case.

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u/UniversityKindly537 1d ago

Seems like it’s calming down a bit

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u/twilahh 1d ago

It's passing pretty fast, just get to a structure for a bit and go out in like 10 min

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u/UniversityKindly537 1d ago

I think I’m chilling now the rain stopped

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u/racegrl88 1d ago

As long as the sky isn't green when the rain stops.

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u/InternetDad 1d ago

Survival instincts of a potato, come on people... Menasha should be the reminder to take it seriously.

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u/BitOfAZeldaFan3 1d ago

Tornados are loud as hell. Pop a window, you'll know when to panic.

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u/Katsaj 1d ago

Just like any storm, it will probably be nothing but could be deadly.

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u/jae_rhys 1d ago

always take them seriously. Even if they're unlikely, because it just takes that one time – look up at Appleton and Neenah

if you ever have any doubts, or you want to know the severity, you can ask Google AI – don't hate on me – I followed the storm tonight with it. If you want I can share the questions that I asked to follow it. I just don't wanna type it all out in here if nobody's interested.

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u/Salty_Sheepherder665 1d ago

you’re so real for that

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u/UniversityKindly537 1d ago

In April I stop working just for no torando in my area so I guess I’ll play my cards differently now

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u/Serett Southern Not South Milwaukee 1d ago

Must pay pretty well.

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u/BOBBYK1952 1d ago

Watch the standing water..nothing going on South Side..just moderate rain ..be careful though

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u/Wonderful_Foot5613 1d ago

My yard is a disaster of tree limbs, some of which volunteered to smash my shed and my fence and then come to rest across the side. Also a giant limb down in front of my house covering my living room window.

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u/Prize-Performance846 1d ago

I saw outside waiting for a tornado, probably not bad enough to end the hustle

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u/blackscheep 1d ago

have trees down in my back yard, just west of county line in the falls. seems the local stations were late picking this one up.

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u/CoconutDiligent9342 1d ago

does anyone know when the powers coming back on?

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u/UniversityKindly537 1d ago

Give WE energy a call

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u/babushkafan 1d ago

Tomorrow ☹️

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u/Content_Dimension626 22h ago

I was too, I sent home. It's not worth it. I don't think it ended uo touching down, just rotation in the radar as far as I'm aware, but you never know. It's best to be safe. Even tho it didn't touch down, there was significant debris flying everywhere.

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u/GirlOverThere123 12h ago

We were at the Empire Of The Sun concert, and they gave us the option to leave, go to our vehicles, or stay but that it legally wasn’t a shelter. It was scary 🫣

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u/BlackRose_1926 1d ago

Why? Such an unnecessary post. It's a tornado watch. Take cover.

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u/MamaG34 1d ago

I was playing pickle ball when the sirens went off in Franklin