In which we learn, yet again, that mother nature really hate 18-wheelers.
I guess those annoying sirens are the new “TORNADOES WILL KILL YOU UNLESS YOU TAKE SHELTER RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!” warning.
Filmed off a TV, but impressive close-ups:
From Lancaster
Aftermath:
They’re closing down I-35 at Ben White from Friday night to Sunday morning. Needless to say, you should probably avoid I-35 for about 25-miles in either direction for the entirety of that shutdown.
This gives me a chance to mention something I experienced in Dallas a few weeks ago: Do you think if you’re going to divert a major freeway onto a downtown side street, do you think you might want to, oh, I don’t know, reprogram the stop lights for the two otherwise deserted intersections? Or, if that’s too technically challenging, just turn them off and station one policeman at each intersection to direct traffic? Obviously, the Dallas City Hall and Police Department thought that was entirely too much to ask.
(Hat tip: Dwight.)
It blew up real good.
Updated: An aerial view: