Deadly Tornado strikes Oklahoma

GoldenRivet · 05-20-13, 09:46 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...205548879.html

incredible

51 dead so far... many of whom are supposedly school children

My employer just sent me a message to prepare to be mobilized to the area

Onkel Neal · 05-20-13, 10:53 PM

Wow, not good.

desertstriker · 05-20-13, 11:07 PM

and counting the state M.E. has not released an updated count yet but has stated he expects more as the searches continue.

Feuer Frei! · 05-20-13, 11:12 PM

Very very similar travel path as the tornado in 1999:

The path of this year's tornado is red. Green is 1999.

I understand the Americans tend to call them "Tornado Alley", to describe areas which are frequently hit by tornadoes.
Oklahoma is perfectly placed to cop the full force of tornadoes because it is in the zone where polar air interacts with tropical air.

EDIT: My heart-felt sympathies go out to those people.

desertstriker · 05-20-13, 11:37 PM

One of the things I have never understood is why would anybody live in such areas unless they had no other choice... we can only hope for the best now.

Unfortunatly now you won't hear much about the post-disaster crime but it will be there. I have heard from linemen that people can get quite violent if their neighbors power comes on before theirs or for other pity stuff . Or the copper thieves

Golden if you do get mobilized please be careful.

Probably won't get an updated count till morn as the midnight news has run.

Armistead · 05-20-13, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertstriker

One of the things I have never understood is why would anybody live in such areas unless they had no other choice... we can only hope for the best now.

Unfortunatly now you won't hear much about the post-disaster crime but it will be there. I have heard from linemen that people can get quite violent if their neighbors power comes on before theirs or for other pity stuff . Or the copper thieves

Golden if you do get mobilized please be careful.

Probably won't get an updated count till morn as the midnight news has run.

If we didn't habitat areas because of possible disasters, where would people live. Be realistic, hurricanes across the coast, possible mass earthquakes, forest fires, etc. Car wrecks kill many more people per year, but we still drive cars.

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Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Very very similar travel path as the tornado in 1999: The path of this year's tornado is red. Green is 1999. I understand the Americans tend to call them "Tornado Alley", to describe areas which are frequently hit by tornadoes. Oklahoma is perfectly placed to cop the full force of tornadoes because it is in the zone where polar air interacts with tropical air. EDIT: My heart-felt sympathies go out to those people. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	and counting the state M.E. has not released an updated count yet but has stated he expects more as the searches continue.

05-20-13, 11:37 PM	#5
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	One of the things I have never understood is why would anybody live in such areas unless they had no other choice... we can only hope for the best now. Unfortunatly now you won't hear much about the post-disaster crime but it will be there. I have heard from linemen that people can get quite violent if their neighbors power comes on before theirs or for other pity stuff . Or the copper thieves Golden if you do get mobilized please be careful. Probably won't get an updated count till morn as the midnight news has run.