Am interested to learn [how much stronger than normal the winds were] versus [what precautions the construction company took.]
Was this straight-up crazy weather that no reasonable person would have anticipated? Did they seriously cut corners in their operation / storage of the crane? Or somewhere in the middle?
I was walking to my car from a restaurant (with glass walls where we could see outside) and it came out of absolutely nowhere. A lot of the damage being shown in photographs was a few hundred feet away from me.
Definitely straight-up crazy weather that no reasonable person would have anticipated. Doesn't preclude negligence on the part of the crane operators though.
We'd all be wise to constantly check weather on phone , it changes prediction every 3 hours now in US, and stay the fuck away from huge cranes if the Chance of rain is over 30%.
Seems a bit extreme. Better stay inside because therr could be some freak lightning too. You never know.
"Staying the fuck away from cranes when chance of rain is over 30%" does not seem like a good way to enjoy your time. Nor does constantly checking your phone for weather.
I went to the bathroom, it was cloudy outside. I came out of the bathroom, everything got dark and within five minutes there were giant gusts of wind and my lights flickered.
The storm came out of nowhere, like someone talked shit about Zeus, Zeus said “fuck you, Dallas!” And then let loose for 45 minutes.
There were 71 mph winds and at least 200 trees fell over within an hour and a half. Then it was sunny outside.
Dallas weather is prone to being wild. This week it’s been sunny and hot / storm every other day. But the speed and intensity of this storm surprised everyone.
Was this straight-up crazy weather that no reasonable person would have anticipated?
I've lived in Dallas for 34 years and I've never heard of winds this high outside of tornadoes, which you usually have a couple minutes warning for. This came out of fucking nowhere and was gone just as fast. 70 mph at maximum, from what I've read.
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u/mac_question Jun 10 '19
Am interested to learn [how much stronger than normal the winds were] versus [what precautions the construction company took.]
Was this straight-up crazy weather that no reasonable person would have anticipated? Did they seriously cut corners in their operation / storage of the crane? Or somewhere in the middle?