General 71 mph winds in t-storm today in Dallas. Crane collapses on apartment complex.
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what do you call storms like that there?
nothing that powerful reaches this far inland...our biggest gusts are usually in the 60s
nothing that powerful reaches this far inland...our biggest gusts are usually in the 60s
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I’m betting it was a microburst. A friend said her mother’s house was hit by a tornado day, just north of Dallas, so there’s that.
I laughed pretty hard at the video I saw of some bros trying to golf and the wind was fucking demolishing them when they got caught in it. We had a similar storm here a few weeks back. Woke up to my kid's trampoline slamming into the fence and the rain was literally sideways. I think they said they recorded 80-90mph gusts. The rain runoff by my front door was getting hammered by the wind and was being forced through the front door.
I’ve seen the wind blow so hard a golf ball will fly over your head behind you.
The Latest: Tenant Files Negligence Suit Over Crane Collapse
By The Associated Press
9:20 p.m.
A negligence suit has been filed on behalf of a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter against the operator of a crane that collapsed onto her apartment building.
The owner of the building and the project the crane was being used to build also are named in the suit.
Macy Chiasson is an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter. In her 11-page petition filed Tuesday, her attorney says Chiasson was left homeless by the Sunday collapse, just as were the more than 500 other tenants of the Elan City Lights apartments.
Officials say the collapse, which killed one tenant and injured five others, rendered the building uninhabitable.
Chiasson says she has lost all of her possessions, including her training equipment. She is suing in state district court in Dallas County for more than $1 million and a court order to preserve the wreckage for study.
Messages sent to the crane operator, Bigge Crane and Rigging, and the owner of the buildings, Greystar Real Estate Partners, drew no immediate response.
By The Associated Press
- June 11, 2019
9:20 p.m.
A negligence suit has been filed on behalf of a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter against the operator of a crane that collapsed onto her apartment building.
The owner of the building and the project the crane was being used to build also are named in the suit.
Macy Chiasson is an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter. In her 11-page petition filed Tuesday, her attorney says Chiasson was left homeless by the Sunday collapse, just as were the more than 500 other tenants of the Elan City Lights apartments.
Officials say the collapse, which killed one tenant and injured five others, rendered the building uninhabitable.
Chiasson says she has lost all of her possessions, including her training equipment. She is suing in state district court in Dallas County for more than $1 million and a court order to preserve the wreckage for study.
Messages sent to the crane operator, Bigge Crane and Rigging, and the owner of the buildings, Greystar Real Estate Partners, drew no immediate response.
My sleep patterns have been all sorts of fucked up lately so I was in bed about 6am that day and woken up around noon by the loud ass storm. In my groggy mindstate all I could remember thinking was "fuck you storm for waking me up" lol
Didn't cause any damage in my area, about 30 minutes north of the worst part.
Didn't cause any damage in my area, about 30 minutes north of the worst part.
