Sumter Landing Storm
 

Most of the Vendor tents lost also.

That was one wicked storm and we are by Lopez! Worst I've seen in awhile. Hope no one was hurt!

We were there having a great time listening to Scooter. It was very scary!

what? no scooter tonite?
darn.

We were there when the storm hit. Hope Scooter and his equipment are alright.
The storm came with almost no warning.

Didn't anyone see that big black cloud to the west?

The 5:00pm news reported a tornado warning had been issued for Marion County. It makes you wonder why this event hadn't been canceled.

Exactly!!






QUOTE=Bogie Shooter;752042]Didn't anyone see that big black cloud to the west?[/QUOTE]

We are all adults here, I think, should know enough to not go out to the square when the weather is threatening. Don't ya think?:wine:

I was driving to work when the storm hit.A tree came down right beside me in the right lane right before the Sumter bridge.Scary stuff as I had to swerve to avoid it

Again, I'll say: We need fire sirens blaring when there is a tornado warning, especially during the night when people aren't seeing or hearing radio, t.v. or internet. This is not a new idea. Every city, suburb and small town where we've lived since 1960 did this, but not TV.

Also, I am registered on the sheriff's Code Red list in Marion, Sumter and Lake Counties, to get robo-calls advising of tornado conditions or citings, and several times like today, did not get a call.

Did Marion County actually have a tornado warning? If so, did anyone get a Code Red call?

https://cne.coderedweb.com/Default.a...VIGOctEw%3D%3D

My weather radio went off because I have Marion county also included in my programming for alerts....I live in Sumter county. It went off, I put on TV and immediately knew what was going on and the Villages, even the portion in Marion county, was not in an area of concern for this particular storm. They warning was over fairly quickly.

We were at Red Sauce. a Palm Tree came down an awning came flying by everyone was ushered inside, Several vendors lost tents, the FD showed up to assist and check out the situation. Thank goodness nobody was injured

I was near one of the vendor booths. Although I was keeping tabs on the rain with the Doppler app on my phone, there was no indication of the wind coming. Shortly after the rain started, the winds came through with enough force to pretty much destroy most of the vendors canopies. The wind was so strong it blew tables across the square, twisted the canopies into piles of twisted metal and even caused one vendors sign to be embedded into a palm tree trunk about 50' away from his booth. I know it is going to take time for many of the vendors time to get back to business as usual. The emergency crews showed up in very short time to treat any injuries but thankfully, nobody was hurt. All that was left was a long wet cleanup.

Drove through right after the storm. We were at Red Lobster, saw the wind and rain and no sign of bad storm there. When we hit Buena Vista near Arnold Palmer--trees down. BIG TREES. Headed to Lake Sumter saw the vendors gathering up what was left of the tents. Lots of people at Red Sauce and City Fire. Fire Dept in the area. Glad no one was hurt.