{"id":1209,"date":"2003-05-05T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-05T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2021-05-22T14:05:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T18:05:16","slug":"1209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/05\/05\/1209\/","title":{"rendered":"<u>AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH<\/u>!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mebug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m trapped in my own building! Overhead, the PA keeps whooping and saying &#8220;<font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\" size=\"3\">Attention. Attention. A severe weather storm has been reported. <i>Walk<\/i> to the designated area immediately.<\/font>&#8221; Since I am in a windowless room I&#8217;ve decided to just stay in my office. My only knowledge of the outside has come from the local TV affiliates&#8217; websites. This is what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxyz.com\">WXYZ<\/a>&#8216;s Doppler 7 radar shows:<center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mondaystorm.jpg?resize=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/center>And this is what the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\">WDIV<\/a> skycam shows:<center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mondaystorm-cam.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/center>&nbsp; &nbsp; According to the National Weather Service:<blockquote><font face=\"Courier New, serif\" size=\"3\">AT 755 PM EDT&#8230;NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER DEARBORN&#8230;OR 8 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT&#8230;MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.<\/font><\/blockquote>This is right overhead! First <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/det\/news\/stories\/news-218007820030505-110521.html\">manhole covers exploding<\/a> and now this! <i>It is the will of Allah!  Run for your lives!<\/I><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; The warning was set to expire at 8:00 but has been extended to 8:15. Hopefully the stupid alarm will shut up then and I can go home. &nbsp; <b>[7:58 PM]<\/b><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <b>Update<\/b>: &#8220;<font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\" size=\"3\">The building emergency situation has been cleared.  You can return to your normal activites.<\/font>&#8221; <b>[8:16 PM]<\/b><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <b>Update<\/b>: And <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/storm_05-05-03.jpg\">this<\/a> was what the sky looked like when I finally got outside.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m trapped in my own building! Overhead, the PA keeps whooping and saying &#8220;Attention. Attention. A severe weather storm has been reported. Walk to the designated area immediately.&#8221; Since I am in a windowless room I&#8217;ve decided to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/05\/05\/1209\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-me","category-photos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1213,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}