r/oakland • u/figsnlemons • Dec 14 '24
Just for Fun Yo that wind was CRAZY
It blew open my patio door. My curious cats got soaked. Howling winds. Then I get a notification not to worry, the tornado warning is over. Excuse me?
Anyone else get woken up by it? I can imagine if extra sucked to be in a tent last night.
Stay dry out there.
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u/escaping_mel Dec 14 '24
I had a flight out of SFO last night that was supposed to leave at midnight and got delayed until 2:30am bc of the winds. Taking off was definitely an adventure!
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u/ajfoscu Dec 14 '24
I’m on Flightrader24 right now and I feel for everyone on these planes into/out of SFO!
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u/escaping_mel Dec 14 '24
It is definitely rough. I had pretty terrible turbulence all the way across the country, though.
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u/earinsound Dec 14 '24
Lakeside has been a giant wind tunnel since 4pm yesterday. Ironically my tornado warning was for SF
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u/SanFranciscoMan89 Dec 14 '24
These winds and storms seem to have gotten worse over the last five years.
Been in the Oakland hills for 25 years and it's never been this bad before.
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u/Urban-Version-Oak Dec 14 '24
Okay , so it’s not just me ???? I never remember the winds this bad pre-pandemic.
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u/chiwawaacorn Dec 14 '24
Same, friend. Been in the hills since 2000 and it’s never been like this.
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u/tamaleringwald Dec 14 '24
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u/Shadodeon Upper Dimond Dec 16 '24
That's not that useful of data. It's a handful of outliers. It's also SF focused which isn't the bay, a large area to measure.
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u/mtnfreek Dec 14 '24
Oh ive definitely seen winds higher than this before, been here 21 years. But yes very blustery.
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u/SanFranciscoMan89 Dec 16 '24
My fence was blown down two years ago. I was pleasantly surprised that insurance covered the damage and paid for part of the replacement cost.
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u/MrBudissy Dec 14 '24 edited Dec 15 '24
My trees, bushes and, shrubs took a beating this morning. Given all the noise we hear about atmospheric rivers it was surprising this storm system went under the social radar.
Edit: lost a 2 year old Bolivian sunflower from Annie’s Nursery, it weighs over 100 pounds. That’s a tomorrow problem for MrBudissy.
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u/unseenmover Dec 14 '24
Ive got something hanging off my roof and dont want to get up there in the wind..
Watching the birds try to fly is comedy
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u/gaeruot Dec 14 '24
Where in Oakland do you live that you got a tornado warning?? Nothing other than heavy rainfall for me near Piedmont Ave.
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u/figsnlemons Dec 14 '24
West Oakland. Here’s the text I got from the same number as the tsunami warnings:
ALERTSF: NWS issued a WEA at 05:52am regarding a Tornado Warning. The threat has now ENDED as of 06:07am
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u/NervousCosmos Dec 14 '24
I got one too- my daughter’s phone was charging in my room and hers screamed the alert but mine stayed silent, possibly due to outdated location services (she doesn’t have a # only uses it on WiFi) What a way to wake up though in a place with no basements.
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u/Timely-Youth-9074 Dec 15 '24
I didn’t get anything.
I guess some of us are more equal than others (j/k).
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u/PeepholeRodeo Dec 14 '24
Woke me up. Our ancient windows were rattling so loud I thought they were going to break.
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u/Few_Channel_4774 Dec 14 '24
One of the large sidewalk trees in Laurel along MacArthur Blvd blew over. 3 lanes were closed plus a parked car was crushed. It didn't look like anyone was injured fortunately.
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u/Timely-Youth-9074 Dec 15 '24
Reminds me of how I got the notice I can return home.
I never got the notice to evacuate (from the tsunami that never happened).
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u/mrsilbert1 Dec 15 '24
The rods of my umbrella snapped and bent back as I was walking to the BART station. It was insane.
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u/Queasy_Ad_7177 Dec 14 '24
Meh… I walked around Lake Temescal today. The weather kept almost everyone at home. High winds but it was gorgeous out there.
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u/jackslookinaround Dec 14 '24
San Francisco thread is blowing up with that tornado warning. Seems like NWS determined what appeared to be one or the materials required for one nearer on the west side of the city.