Alabama thread!

That’s funny. Small world. It’s a really nice spot

 

Happy Easter dudes

 

I might be able to sell you a set. Just need to find a good price on round tube. Steel is getting very expensive.

 

Hope everyone had a Happy and blessed Easter!

 

Evenin fellas

Happy Easter

 

Happy Easter Phil

 

Happy Easter folks, hope everyone had a blessed day

 

Happy Easter folks!

 

Sup Skip

Sup Chris

Sup Caleb

Bart sent me this today.

 

Just about to cash out, wonder if it’s long bed?

 

It is. I want to say there's 4 total pics of it.

 

Any more details? You already have some and plan to make your own, or you make them and plan to sell me what you make?
Seems any and everything is getting more and more expensive, almost making certain DIY things not even worth it anymore. Sad.

 

Sup Bick

 

DM @Jerneyman and he has built a bunch of them. He is over close to Madison. If he doesn't answer, just post back and I'll call him for you.

 

Sup Justin

 

winding it down from a long, but great weekend. saw a lot of family for my dad's birthday, got to go to church this morning, and finished the day with a round of golf w/ the daughter.

Oh and Happy Easter everyone.

 

Good times. I spent mine sleeping and back at work

 

Sup John
Happy belated Easter

 

From AlabamaWX

SPECTACULAR SPRING WEATHER: We are forecasting another beautiful spring day across Alabama; lots of sunshine with a high in the mid 70s for most communities. The average high for Birmingham on April 5 is 74. We dry tomorrow with a partly to mostly sunny sky… the high will be in the 77-80 degree range.

RAIN RETURNS: The day Wednesday looks dry with a mix of sun and clouds, but a band of rain and thunderstorms will push into the state late Wednesday night ahead of a slow moving cold front. SPC has defined a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) for parts of West Alabama… generally west of a line from Athens to Linden to Chatom.



For now it looks like the storms will be weakening as they enter West Alabama Wednesday night sometime after 10:00 p.m. But, they could still produce strong winds and some hail. A low chance of a brief, isolated tornado.

Storms will end early Thursday morning as a dry slot moves into the state… a decent part of the day Thursday looks dry with some sun possible and a high in the upper 70s. Then, another wave rotating around an upper low to the north will bring another batch of rain and storms into the state Thursday night. Again, they could be fairly heavy with strong winds and some hail possible.

Then, during the day Friday, the best chance of showers and storms will shift down into South Alabama. Friday’s high will be in the mid 70s.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: For now Saturday looks relatively dry with only a small risk of a shower… the day will be warm with a high around 80 degrees. We will mention scattered showers statewide Sunday, but not a “wash-out”. The high Sunday will be in the upper 70s.

NEXT WEEK: Scattered showers remain possible Monday… then after a couple of dry days Tuesday and Wednesday more showers and storms are possible Thursday and Friday as the active spring pattern continues. Way too early to know if severe storms will be an issue… See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.



ON THIS DATE IN 1977: A large, violent F5 tornado began around 3 pm CST, 4 miles northwest of Birmingham near U.S. Highway 78, and then traveled northeast for 15 miles at 60 mph, crossing the Smithfield Estates neighborhood and then I-65. At it’s widest point, the tornado was 3/4 of a mile wide. Over 150 homes were damaged with almost 50 destroyed. A total of 22 people were killed with over 130 injured. Daniel Payne College near U.S. Highway 78 sustained heavy damage from this massive tornado with estimates over $1 million dollars. The college, opened in 1880, later closed its doors in 1977, likely a result of the enormous cost and amount of damage. There were six other tornadoes on this day including five F2 tornadoes and an F3 tornado across North and Central Alabama.

Many people do not know that the famous Dr. Theodore Fujita, for whom the Tornado Fujita Intensity Scale is named after, followed this massive tornado and supercell thunderstorm from an airplane. After tracking the storm, Dr. Fujita surveyed the damage and toyed with the idea of rating the Smithfield tornado an F6.

The same thunderstorm complex was responsible for the crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 in Georgia; it was a flight from Huntsville to Atlanta. The passenger jet went down after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines; Sixty-three people on the aircraft (including the flight crew) and nine people on the ground died; twenty passengers survived, as well as the two flight attendants. One of the initial survivors succumbed to his injuries several weeks later.