Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak

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Massive, enormous tornado packing 200 mph winds, over a mile wide on the ground near Oklahoma City. MSNBC airing it live. :eek:
 
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KFOR, via msnbc: "Biggest, most destructive tornado in the history of the world".

That's a rather large statement.
 
it is at least an f4, there was one that size by me, you wouldn't believe what they do. bizzare doesn't really describe it. I was on a rescue crew. It killed over a hundred people.
 
it was reported here that the FAA is running the helicopters off. they can't hear crys for help from the rubble areas
 
MSNBC says 75 children trapped in rubble and that every wall inside one of the schools collapsed. One of the teachers in the sixth grade class threw herself on top of several students when the walls began collapsing.
 
MSNBC's Milissa Rehberger interviewing Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett (she covered the 1999 tornado for the local affiliate with Cornett). They said it's the exact same neighborhoods that were hit in 1999.
 
we still have tornadoes on the ground, damn, they are smaller though and rural, so it isn't over yet.
 
Hundreds if not thousands of homes completly leveled. It is time to say prayers for survivors and figure out where I can donate money to help these people try to rebuild their lives.
 
Thunder Valley Dragway is staging operations for this weekend in nearby paul's valley.

alot of DFW crews are up there, HAM traffic is high since cell systems are non-functional.

Dad said his equipment is in one of Moore's hospitals that was just completed. Not sure i it's the one that was hit.
 
Everyone's quick to give us the story but nobody's concerned with being correct. Numbers, numbers, and more numbers. Ever since the first report of this the news, networks seem to be only concerned about numbers. IMO it makes these news anchors look like idiots. We all know that it was bad and there was a great loss of life. I don't need to know the running total of the deceased to gauge sorrow over what transpired yesterday. Get the story correct first and foremost. We can worry about their scorecard later. :(
 
Just the thought of those children being trapped in the school was horrifying enough to me. My thought and prayers continue to go out to the victims and their families. Don't think the news media can ever express the pain and grief those people are feeling now.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Everyone's quick to give us the story but nobody's concerned with being correct. Numbers, numbers, and more numbers. Ever since the first report of this the news, networks seem to be only concerned about numbers. IMO it makes these news anchors look like idiots. We all know that it was bad and there was a great loss of life. I don't need to know the running total of the deceased to gauge sorrow over what transpired yesterday. Get the story correct first and foremost. We can worry about their scorecard later. :(
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You are right, The loss of even one life is just as bad. These people need help not a body count.
 
they found 101 people alive last night in the rubble. They will get after it today. You folks who live in "Tornado Alley" know how it works, rescuers are swarming the area, the best of humanity comes out of the worst situations. They are calling for more severe weather from Dallas on up thru Oklahoma and Arkansas. So keep a weather eye out.
 
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