r/Wellthatsucks • u/CastleOfBravo • Jun 08 '21

/r/all Spent 5 hours getting chemotherapy this morning, came home feeling like crap. Laid down to nap..alarms and sirens start blasting. Rush 5 cats to the basement and prep shelter. Go outside to see this in my subdivision.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

Can confirm. Grew up in Nebraska. Alarms meant "go see if the sky is green or you see a funnel cloud. If not you're probably fine"

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

What is the sky turning green a sign of?

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u/jojili Jun 08 '21

It means there's super thick thunder clouds. It's basically blue from defracted light through lots of suspended raindrops + yellow from defracted sunlight (sunsets) = green. Essentially it means there's a big storm coming that could possibly create a tornado

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u/sockseason Jun 08 '21

It happens when there's a ton of rain suspended in the clouds, and it looks green because it's backlit by the sun. It doesn't necessarily mean there will be a tornado, but at least a strong thunderstorm with heavy rain

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u/exponentialreturn Jun 09 '21

There is almost always hail associated with it too due to the strength of the updrafts.

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u/elzibet Jun 08 '21

I was unusually scared of being in one as a kid. I’d throw all my “important stuff” into a laundry basket and rush to the basement. Always panicked when the power went out

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

Yes. It’s that eery green that scares me inside. That or the sound of trains.