# Tornado Touched Down in Cheektowaga?! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 30, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018 "2006-06-30T12:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/1 "2006-06-30T12:12:09Z")
Did anyone else hear about this? It was on the national news… ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/2 "2006-06-30T12:13:07Z")
yea… i just hear about it… this is nuts… i hope the power goes out at work… ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/3 "2006-06-30T12:13:09Z")
thats kinda crazy ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/4 "2006-06-30T12:13:21Z")
i remember back in the day one was where the mall is now, but nothing today. a storm to end all storms just blew through downtown. ---
**Author:** ![MrFliGSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrfligsr/32/3069_2.png) [@MrFliGSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrFliGSR)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/5 "2006-06-30T12:14:58Z")
yea it was mentioned in other weather thread ---
**Author:** ![StairSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stairsrt4/32/7585_2.png) [@StairSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StairSRT4)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/6 "2006-06-30T12:21:10Z")
I live in Cheektowaga…I hope my house didn’t get hit lol ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/7 "2006-06-30T12:22:55Z")
i live right by where the one hit years ago, stairs you can sleep in my storage unit if it knocked your house over. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/8 "2006-06-30T12:22:56Z")
a tractor trailor flipped over. i can’t wait to go into work today! ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/9 "2006-06-30T12:24:02Z")
[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NYZ010&warncounty=NYC029&local\_place1=Getzville&product1=Severe+Weather+Statement](http://www.srh.noaa.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NYZ010&warncounty=NYC029&local_place1=Getzville&product1=Severe+Weather+Statement) > SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY > 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 > NYC029-301930- > /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060630T1930Z/ > ERIE NY- > 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 > …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR ERIE > COUNTY… > AT 304 PM EDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN > LANCASTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. > THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. > THE STORM WILL BE NEAR > ELMA AT AT 320 PM > EAST AURORA AT 330 PM > THE MEDIA REPORTED A TRACTOR TRAILER TIPPED OVER ON THE NEW YORK > STATE THRUWAY AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH CHEEKTOWAGA. > IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE…SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED > BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT…DITCH OR LOW > SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. > THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A > WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS > AVAILABLE… > IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A > SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE > NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. > LAT…LON 4276 7880 4291 7867 4305 7892 4286 7908 ---
**Author:** ![benji86](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/benji86/32/7309_2.png) [@benji86](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/benji86)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/10 "2006-06-30T12:25:39Z")
damn ---
**Author:** ![MrFliGSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrfligsr/32/3069_2.png) [@MrFliGSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrFliGSR)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/11 "2006-06-30T12:26:10Z")
The news is all over this. Heh I guess I am too used to this type of weather. Now all we need is the sun to come out and it get HOT! ---
**Author:** ![Shrives](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrives/32/7250_2.png) [@Shrives](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrives)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/12 "2006-06-30T12:27:59Z")
WOWOWOWOW i took my bike at work today, i fucking saw it on the thruway. Holy shit… not watching the weather report before work \> me 20 minute ride home felt like two hours, and scary as fuck ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/13 "2006-06-30T12:29:26Z")
> [@Shrives](#): > > i fucking saw it on the thruway. Holy shit… Get out… Like the twister itself? ---
**Author:** ![MrFliGSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrfligsr/32/3069_2.png) [@MrFliGSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrFliGSR)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/14 "2006-06-30T12:29:36Z")
pic of Tornado on Channel 2 news NOW ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/15 "2006-06-30T12:33:42Z")
It hit the galleria pretty good, or so I heard from my boss. ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/16 "2006-06-30T12:34:24Z")
damn… i was supposed to go there after work… wonder if that is still the plan ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/17 "2006-06-30T12:34:49Z")
yeah I heard this, friend of mine called me and told me. Sucks to be in cheektovegas I guess. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/18 "2006-06-30T12:35:49Z")
> [@azndc5er](#): > > It hit the galleria pretty good, or so I heard from my boss. too bad it didn’t destroy the galleria, on a saturday afternoon. :tdown: ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/19 "2006-06-30T12:36:14Z")
funny cuz I was thinking the exact same thing ^ ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018/20 "2006-06-30T12:36:21Z")
buffalo has to be the only city to get blizzards, sub-zero temps, heat waves, and tornadoes. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tornado-touched-down-in-cheektowaga/14018.md?page=2)