Okay thanks everyone, I appreciate the the idea. I wrote a hand-written email to the chapter, but then I wrote also a quick email to the ABC Chapter Sister that invited me to go and participate, she got sick and couldnt come. :( oh well. anyway, thanks again. Hey what did everyone do for MOM's Day???


MS

For all who have been following this through out the many (4 pages worth of) posts...Today is the Pizza day. It is at 730, and I cant wait. I will give as many details as I can tomorrow when I am at my desk.

Have a great hump day!

MS

Good luck mshoole! We're all rooting for you! :D

Woohoo! Can't wait to find out how it went...good, I hope!

I hope that you had fun at Pizza Day, give us details

Pizza Day....
 

Okay so yesterday was the pizza day like i said. I had a great time, I brought a friend Janet with me becuase she said she was real intrested in finding a chapter herself. I think it went real well. But I never know.

The woman of the group went to St. Peter and Pauls Catholic Church in my area and looked at the stained glass windows in the church (they are gorgeous if you guys ever get out here or know where the church in naperville is go and look at them). Then about 5 of us that are thinking of doing AI met them at the Pizza Place where we sat and got to know each other. I met alot of woman that live right around me and know my family (could be a good thing or a bad thing). The whole meeting (get-together) last about 2 hours. Some of the woman went for drinks afterwards and Janet and I went with. I had a great time.

Just an update to all who know about the wedding. jeff got into a terrrible car accident about two in a half weeks ago, and I have been taking care of him and going to school. So we are hoping that he recovers (broken leg, crushed knee cap and severe concussion).

Hope all AIing is going well for those who are looking and for htose who have found your homes, I hope that everything is what you had hoped for.

MS

Wow! Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and congrats on a great event.

Thanks.

you sound like you are having so much fun with this AI process! best of luck to you!

and i hope the fiancee gets better soon as well!

Thank you

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Just to clarify mshoole's previous post...

THE FUJITA-PEARSON SCALE OF TORNADO INTENSITY

F0 Gale tornado (40-72 mph) - Some damage to chimneys; breaks branches off trees; pushes over shallow-rooted trees; damages sign boards.

F1 Moderate tornado (73-112 mph) - The lower limit is the beginning of hurricane wind speed; peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed off the roads; attached garages may be destroyed.

F2 Significant tornado (113-157 mph) - Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars pushed over; large trees snapped or uprooted; light object missiles generated.

F3 Severe tornado (158-206 mph) - Roof and some walls torn off well constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in forests uprooted.

F4 Devastating tornado (207-260 mph) - Well-constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundations blown off some distance; cars thrown and large missiles generated.

F5 Incredible tornado (261-318 mph) - Strong frame houses lifted off foundations and carried considerable distances to disintegrate; automobile sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters; trees debarked; steel reinforced concrete structures badly damaged.

F6 Inconceivable tornado (319-379 mph) - These winds are very unlikely. The small area of damage they might produce would probably not be recognizable along with the mess produced by F4 and F5 wind that would surround the F6 winds. Missiles, such as cars and refrigerators would do serious secondary damage that could not be directly identified as F6 damage. If this level is ever achieved, evidence for it might only be found in some manner of ground swirl pattern, for it may never be identifiable through engineering studies.

A key point to remember is this: the size of a tornado is not necessarily an indication of its intensity. Large tornadoes can be weak, and small tornadoes can be violent.

Source: http://www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm

Actually, F4 and F5 tornadoes are very rare, and there currently has never been an F6 recorded in history. (The original Fujita scale went up to F10 (with winds at an estimated unbelievable 500-600 mph) but was later revised to the current scale.)

Hurricanes do generate isolated tornadoes, but most are of the F0-F2 classification - the main storm is the one that produces the most damage.

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There were 5 of you there that are potential AI's? Wow! Sounds like the pizza thing went very well! When is the next event?

AlphaSigOU~
Thank you for putting that up there. Please dont think that I am telling you that you are wrong, I have never heard of an F6. I have been doing this for quite sometime and never heard of that...hmm more research for me to do I guess. Thanks though...


lauralaylin~
The next event is in June it is a pool party at one of the members houses. Pizza Day as I am now calling it went very well. I was shocked to see that there were 3 other people that I didnt know that were doing AI. The reason for me not knowing 3 is I brought one friend who was thinking about it and she had a great time.

Anyway, its off to check the weather I have to go out and sit with the "guys" today and make sure nothing happens, I just love my weekends.

MS

Not a problem at all... just helping out. (Took meteorology at OU, but it was a b*tch of a course and I eventually blew off lab and flunked the course.)

AlphaSigOU~
I know what you mean about b*tch of a course and the lab...thanks for th einfo later

MS