5-20-13 Oklahoma Tornado

[skyhightree1]

Can someone correct me if im wrong but I don't recall this many huge tornados happening like it has this year???????????? I pray for all of yall out there be safe and look out for one another.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-horrif ... a-tornado/

 

[Caustic Burno]

Can someone correct me if im wrong but I don't recall this many huge tornados happening like it has this year???????????? I pray for all of yall out there be safe and look out for one another.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-horrif ... a-tornado/

There was a bad outbreak late 70's early 80's Wichta Fall's had a huge one that wiped the city out.
They called that the Red River Outbreak that spring.

http://www.examiner.com/article/wichita ... il-10-1979

 

[skyhightree1]

cb all i can say is wow... It makes me sad those schools didn't have any survivors. I guess schools need to be built with basements now and all homes out that way should be a requirement.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

I have not heard that the schools had no survivors!!!

 

[Calman]

You couldn't pay me enough money to live around Oke City. The area has been it by 124 tornadoes since 1890.

Cal

 

[Anonymous]

Most of the losses at the school are in the basement.

 

[heath]

I have not heard that the schools had no survivors!!!

I'm not sure where he got that statistic but he is wrong there were survivors. one of the schools the middle school ,had no fatalities as of now.

 

[Caustic Burno]

cb all i can say is wow... It makes me sad those schools didn't have any survivors. I guess schools need to be built with basements now and all homes out that way should be a requirement.

Basement's are safer but you can drown in them as well in these bad storm's.
Hard to design a system to stay safe in all the scenario's of a 200 mph wind and rain storm.
We can do better and need to protect our true national treasure.

 

[Angus Cowman]

they just said 51 confirmed deaths as of right now
a couple of cousins houses were tore up
they are both teachers but the schools they teach at weren't the ones hit

 

[Bigfoot]

I have been through an F3. I can't imagine the power of an F4.

 

[skyhightree1]

I have not heard that the schools had no survivors!!!

I'm not sure where he got that statistic but he is wrong there were survivors. one of the schools the middle school ,had no fatalities as of now.

Thats what they just said on news. I wouldn't make something up like that.

 

[heath]

i was just letting Kathie know that you were wrong, was not my intention to say you were wrong on purpose.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Fox just reported over 20 kid's coming in to the medical examiner.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Tragic what has happened in Moore. Have some friends who close to Moore, gonna try and get in touch with them in the morning.

 

[skyhightree1]

Who in here has a basement on there house? root cellar? storm thing underground?

 

[greybeard]

Know 3 or 4 people from that area in our car club--hoping they are ok.
News says F5--one mile accross.
These were "on slab" homes--not mobile homes.

 

[DLD]

NWS is calling this the largest tornado ever recorded in US history... 2 1/4 miles wide at one point between Newcastle and Moore - and even this "rural" area is heavily populated. The devastation is heartbreaking.

Please, keep praying.

 

[Commercialfarmer]

For any of you CT'ers that openly admit to or secretly have a facebook account, you should be able to see this video. I don't know the individual, apparently a friend of a friend but wow they are lucky.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151579876113279

I was a ways east of Chickasha coming up on some little town earlier today as the storms were building. There was 4 storm chasers parked along the highway looking to the south and one was taking pictures. I thought this isn't a good omen. I continued on and met probably 10 more storm chasers. More than a couple with Texas tags. The more I met, the more I became concerned about what was coming. I didn't know that there was that many people chasing these storms. Some guy had some little hatchback rice burner. I couldn't believe he was out there in that. Some of those roads get slicker than snot when wet and I wouldn't want to be stranded in a mostly glass car with a tornado bearing down on me. I hope that fool will find a 4x4 sometime soon.

 

[greybeard]

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[Caustic Burno]

NWS is calling this the largest tornado ever recorded in US history... 2 1/4 miles wide at one point between Newcastle and Moore - and even this "rural" area is heavily populated. The devastation is heartbreaking.

Please, keep praying.

That was one bad boy.
Sky to answer your ? this has been going on since the beginning of time.
We have 24 hour news cycle now and they love to sensationalize the tragedy.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather- ... 2010-03-30