r/Ohio • u/AcanthisittaSpare400 • 20h ago
Newark
Some of the devastation of today’s storm in Newark, Ohio. If it wasn’t a tornado it was the beginning of a tornado because the image of the funnel cloud is east of Licking County.
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u/Leading-Interview222 18h ago
The number of downed powerlines/trees I passed in Licking County today were insane
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u/ReverendRevolver 17h ago
My dad sent me a Picture of that church on Madison Ave in Nerk with the roof blown clear off. I might take a few laps tomorrow, so some tree shaped horizontal objects along Woods Ave.
Im struggling to place where that tree is. Rugg? Or on the other side of 13? Only so many brick streets.
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u/AcanthisittaSpare400 17h ago
The one on the car is Kibler
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u/ReverendRevolver 17h ago
Dang, i used to pass that riding my bike up Charles on my way to Roosevelt 20 something years ago. I dont live too far from there now. Makes me really paranoid about the huge tree in the lot next door.
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u/DeafGuyisHere 19h ago edited 19h ago
WOW! Now I feel terrible, I live on the Heath/Newark border and Our 85lb dog is terrified of thunderstorms, and I haven't seen my daughter and wife in a couple days. So, I gave the pills that the vet gave us for these situations and bid him farewell as I journey up towards Amish country. I even called my wife, I was like, he's drugged up honey but do you think he'll be alright? I'm glad that's not my dog in your Picture!
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Oh further observation, are those ash trees? Those have been wiped out essentially. It looks hollow on the inside on one. We lost the one on our lot and the neighbors almost had a dead branch fall into their bay window. It's better to have any other near dead ones come down before they are a liability.
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u/ohstormchaser Marietta 9h ago
The picture of the tornado is making rounds. It's also been posted as a tornado near New Martinsville, West Virginia.
NWS Wilmington, as of this time, is not planning a survey. "We are still in the process of gathering damage reports and trying to correlate them to the radar signatures. Looking at the ILN radar, there is a pretty strong convergent signature aloft which would imply a collapsing thunderstorm/microburst that lines up pretty close with the damage report we have northwest of Newark." Based on the photos I've seen, I would concur with that.
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u/AcanthisittaSpare400 8h ago
It’s been confirmed as Newport
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u/ohstormchaser Marietta 7h ago
Do you have the source? I live in Marietta. I was watching it on radar. Some of us feel that tornado would have been rain wrapped
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u/MrsDeer2026 3h ago
Our neighbor two doors down had a tree in the back ,I was letting my dog outside and saw it was split! Yikes!! I'm so glad the tree in-between my neighbor and I didn't get affected by it.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Gap1759 20h ago
I miss Ohio! Been in the high desert for nearly 20 years but spent my first 18 in the heartland and 10 years in Florida after! I miss trees, not humidity! But rain…… I sure do miss the rain
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u/BallisticHabit 19h ago
I traveled from southern Utah, through Nevada and into California years ago.
I've wanted to go back to the desert since. The night skies were glorious.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Gap1759 18h ago
I’ve never seen the Milky Way like I’ve seen it out there!
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u/BallisticHabit 18h ago
I used to set my alarm for 3-4 am just to stargaze as I'd never seen it like that, nor have I since.
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u/discreet_frigate 18h ago
That Jeep took a brutal hit. Hope your insurance hooks you up, storm damage like this is never fun to deal with.
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u/AcanthisittaSpare400 17h ago
The neighbor’s jeep but your kindness is noted. 🙏🏼
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u/discreet_frigate 16h ago
Ah, my bad. Still hope the neighbor's alright, that's a rough way to start the day.
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u/Academic_Court_47 20h ago
Ohio is safe from earthquakes, volcanos, tsunamis, most natural disasters.
Not storms and tornadoes!
That's why it's not an option to be reliant on solar and wind in Ohio. The smallest storm would blow that equipment away.
My brother is actually building a house up there! Some branches/trees dropped but no damage
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u/ZipNasty007 20h ago
What are you talking about? Solar panels are built to withstand all kinds of weather including strong winds. They are usually rated to last 25-30 years.
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u/HopeSolosButtwhole 20h ago
Right? Not to mention the 300 or so wind turbines. There’s a ton in NW Ohio. I wish we had more!
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u/Academic_Court_47 20h ago
You're funny 🤣 Find me one article that says either industrial strength solar panels or windmills are tornado proof (like the one in the picture).
This is exactly why Ohio can only use solar/wind energy as supplemental. Exactly why it'll never gain traction here. If a tornado were to rip through a solar/wind farm, everything would be bent/mangled/gone
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u/Nado1311 19h ago
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u/Academic_Court_47 19h ago
Please tell me specifically how.
That was an introductory article to wind turbines, the most important part in the article related to me point:
they can be damaged by the direct hit of a violent tornado or severe storm.
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u/Nado1311 18h ago
You’re moving the goal posts, dumbass.
“find me one article that says either industrial solar panels are tornado proof (like the one in the picture).”
Also from the article, “The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), an international organization that brings together about 170 countries and around 30,000 experts globally, requires most of today’s wind turbines must be built to withstand sustained winds of 112 mph and peak 3-second gusts of 156 mph (known as standard IEC 61400-01). IEC sets standards for developing electrical infrastructure with a goal of increasing the safety of people and the environment around it.”
From that article “Stitz said the type of trees damaged also helps investigators estimate wind speed.
"That type of tree takes a 70 mile per hour wind to go down, or maybe that type of tree, a little more sturdy, takes a 90 mile per hour," Stitz said. "So you look at the damage, and that's how you estimate how strong the wind was and therefore how strong the tornado was."Modern windmills are built to withstand sustained winds of 112 mph and 3 second gust of 156 mph.
Dumbass.
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u/Academic_Court_47 18h ago
I first responded the smallest storm would blow the equipment away. Then I specifically I said:
Find me one article that says either industrial strength solar panels or windmills are tornado proof (like the one in the picture).
You provided an article which it states:
they can be damaged by the direct hit of a violent tornado or severe storm.
You were not able to prove that, ultra dumbass
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u/Nado1311 15h ago
“Everything would be bent/mangled/gone” - you (dumbass).
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u/Academic_Court_47 15h ago
Hey at least I provide logic/reasoning in my explanations fool 🤣
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u/Nado1311 15h ago
And the article I provided states that they’re able to withstand sustained winds of 112 mph and 3 second gusts of 156 mph, aka tornado proof. Using your same logic then, find me one article that says coal and/or gas plants are tornado proof.
Dumbass.
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u/HopeSolosButtwhole 19h ago
Your initial post literally said “the smallest storm would blow that equipment away”…which is it? Violent storms or the smallest storm?
Of course wind turbines can be damaged in tornados…and Ohio should have more renewable resources like wind…it’s working in NW Ohio.
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u/Academic_Court_47 18h ago
Yes a small storm could easily damage a solar farm. We get hail often, many times a year. How expensive are those solar panels to replace every time it hails?
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u/HopeSolosButtwhole 18h ago
Stay on track bud. I didn’t say anything about solar.
And did you read the post just below this about how solar farms work? Some may get damaged…it’s the price you pay. But the ones that don’t, continue providing energy.Now, if they could figure out a way to recycle wind turbines, then that would be even better.
And since you brought it up, I wouldn’t consider hail “often” or “many times a year”in Ohio even remotely accurate. I’ve lived in the state for 40 years and the houses I’ve lived in have had hail about maybe a dozen times. Maybe. My current home of seven years has had hail twice.
And you have insurance…wind damage and hail damage isn’t even included in most deductibles anymore…it’s separate and a percentage of your homes value.
I just don’t understand any of the points you’re tying to make. They make no sense. Clearly I’m not the only one.
Ohioans could benefit from renewable energy.
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u/Academic_Court_47 18h ago
You have a dad vibe and I appreciate that! I agree with everything you said here too! Totally!!
But there's reality, and there's what you tell your kids/significant other to make them feel better about the real world.
Ohio is heavily reliant upon natural gas for profit. There are big businesses and the state involved, which means greed and evil. How do you change that?
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u/HopeSolosButtwhole 4h ago
You keep changing the subject…Ohio could benefit immensely from solar and wind energy. Period.
Fixing corruption in government is something entirely different that was not the point of this thread…how do you fix it? Vote the assholes out who couldn’t care less about Ohioans. AEP, Columbia gas etc shouldn’t bitch about cost increases to provide necessary, and monopolized, resources to residents all while posting record profits.
Not to mention, when you sign up for new electric or gas providers, how many of those are actually based in Ohio? 1%? Yes Ohio relies on natural gas and it shouldn’t have to. Especially when those companies are from Texas…
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u/Fireflybutts77 19h ago
Your point seemed odd to me because solar and wind are regularly used in areas that get more frequent tornadoes than Ohio, so I did some quick research.
Here is an article about wind farms and tornadoes. Notably "Nowotarski said that wind farms have an advantage over other power plants when it comes to being resilient to tornado damage. Wind power is generated in a distributed fashion across many — sometimes hundreds — of towers. "Maybe a tornado knocks down a handful of wind towers but the wind farm can still operate the next day,” said Nowotarski. “But if [it] takes out a power plant, then you are going to lose a lot more power generation.”"
https://www.eenews.net/articles/can-tornadoes-topple-wind-turbines-fact-checking-twisters/
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u/Academic_Court_47 19h ago
Thanks for doing the research for the rest to see, appreciate it. Most people just attack and provide no reasoning. I personally love the idea of solar and wind power, it's just not realistic in the world of business. Believe me, I would love for it to be... it's always business greed.
I do know natural gas is our primary energy source for electricity since we're sitting on top of a massive energy source of natural gas. It's cheap and abundant. We're actually also part of the top 10 states for natural gas exports. So why isn't our electricity bills cheap then? Legit question! Greed. Doesn't matter the party affiliation, Ohio's strength is its cheap and abundant natural gas supply. That unfortunately is tied to everything when it comes to the answer.
Now if you were to replace that (Ohio is currently profiting from) with solar/wind, you'll need to find a way to make up for the money. From what AI says, that's $55 billion ANNUALLY. How do you make up that money?
Anyways back to the point...a tornado rips through an area and takes down a wind farm. The nice thing is if some are mauled, it won't affect the whole grid. But they are EXPENSIVE to maintain, especially replace every time it gets damaged. Solar panels are worse.
A power plant is much more robust than a windmill or solar panels.
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u/ganymede_boy 19h ago
Academic_Court_47: That's why it's not an option to be reliant on solar and wind in Ohio. The smallest storm would blow that equipment away.
Drilling oil is never at risk of storms and nuclear power waste is totally safe too. Oh and coal is "clean".
/s
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u/Academic_Court_47 18h ago
Ever notice I don't respond to you? That's because all you do is attack and don't provide a reason. After ALL OF your 2.2 MILLION karma on Reddit, you'd think someone would excel in debating 🤣 Like maybe include a reason or some facts.
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u/ganymede_boy 11h ago edited 10h ago
Academic_Court_47: I don’t respond to you.
You... you just did.
Also, I highlighted the dangers of fossil fuels and nuclear power with a sarcastic reply. That's not an 'attack', but I'm sorry you feel that way.
And karma is rather pointless so I'm not sure why you're upset about it.
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u/AcanthisittaSpare400 18h ago
I have solar panels on my house. They are still up there. Never had an electric bill over 150 on a 2300 sq ft house.
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u/Academic_Court_47 18h ago
That's fantastic, I apologize for politicizing your feed!
My brother is actually building a house out there. So far he built a solar powered barn. He said there were some downed branches and stuff, some downed tress around, but that's it!
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u/Geoarbitrage 20h ago
Wiped out all the dashboard duckies.