Oklahoma nailed with F4 or F5

bottomfeeder · « **on:** May 20, 2013, 04:54:03 PM »

Two schools wiped out, don't know specifics on injuries yet.

http://wgnradio.com/2013/05/19/live-video-tornadoes-in-oklahoma/

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2013, 05:18:59 PM »

Holy crap. Mind blowing how bad those things can be. I can't see how the death toll won't be way up there unless there was big time advanced warning and underground shelters are the norm out there.

Kaos · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2013, 05:24:14 PM »

Is it bad that I'm wishing these things on another place? Because I am.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2013, 05:41:21 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on May 20, 2013, 05:24:14 PM

Is it bad that I'm wishing these things on another place? Because I am.

I don't think they have many tornadoes in North Korea. Usually it's those sunami.....oh wait....you meant....oh, that's bad.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2013, 06:00:58 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on May 20, 2013, 05:24:14 PM

Is it bad that I'm wishing these things on another place? Because I am.

Triumph to Tragedy

Kaos · « **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2013, 06:07:27 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on May 20, 2013, 05:41:21 PM

I don't think they have many tornadoes in North Korea. Usually it's those sunami.....oh wait....you meant....oh, that's bad.

What I meant is not what you might think.

bottomfeeder · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2013, 06:24:31 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on May 20, 2013, 05:18:59 PM

Holy crap. Mind blowing how bad those things can be. I can't see how the death toll won't be way up there unless there was big time advanced warning and underground shelters are the norm out there.

I think they had a 30 minute warning. Hundreds of horse dead, along with other animals.

AUownsU · « **Reply #7 on:** May 20, 2013, 09:29:21 PM »

Gary! Hey Gary!

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2013, 10:17:20 PM »

Damn...at least 24 kids killed. Prayers out to the folks in OK.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2013, 09:43:06 AM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on May 20, 2013, 10:17:20 PM

Damn...at least 24 kids killed. Prayers out to the folks in OK.

You know it's as bad as it gets when 3 hours after the storm hit the reporter says, "They've officially called the operation in this neighborhood a search & recover. It's no longer a search and rescue."

In other words, if you weren't underground, you ceased to exist.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2013, 09:59:52 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on May 21, 2013, 09:43:06 AM

You know it's as bad as it gets when 3 hours after the storm hit the reporter says, "They've officially called the operation in this neighborhood a search & recover. It's no longer a search and rescue."

In other words, if you weren't underground, you ceased to exist.

I read this morning though that they actually found over 100 people that were buried under the rubble all in one place. That is nothing short of a miracle.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2013, 10:10:28 AM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on May 21, 2013, 09:59:52 AM

I read this morning though that they actually found over 100 people that were buried under the rubble all in one place. That is nothing short of a miracle.

No question about it. You look at those scenes and wonder how anyone could survive.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2013, 10:32:07 AM »

Dang...it's really dusty in my office today.

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CCTAU · « **Reply #13 on:** May 21, 2013, 10:47:13 AM »

If the government wants to piss away money, then I suggest they do it on a good cause. Every home in those flat ares should have a subsidy to put some sort of underground shelter at each house. (this would not be wasted money)

There has to be some sort of very reasonable shelter that can be installed. They wasted millions in New Orleans with little to no return. Help these folks for future events such as this.

I wonder if these folks will get the relief that NO and NJ got. Or if they are just a bunch of midwesterners that nobody cares about.

The finger of God is a devastating thing. God help and bless the families affected.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 21, 2013, 10:51:02 AM »

Quote from: CCTAU on May 21, 2013, 10:47:13 AM

The finger of God is a devastating thing. God help and bless the families affected.

I get so confused.

Is this when god has a plan or is he working in mysterious ways here?

PS - the finger of god is no match for the fist of Jumbo.

dallaswareagle · « **Reply #15 on:** May 21, 2013, 11:01:16 AM »

Help crews are leaving Dallas this morning.

They say we have a similar cold front building to the west and moving this way this afternoon. Could be a bumby afternoon.

CCTAU · « **Reply #16 on:** May 21, 2013, 11:05:54 AM »

Quote from: dallaswareagle on May 21, 2013, 11:01:16 AM

Help crews are leaving Dallas this morning.

They say we have a similar cold front building to the west and moving this way this afternoon. Could be a bumby afternoon.

I wonder if OK will stop them at the state line and send them back because they are not union?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #17 on:** May 21, 2013, 11:13:33 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on May 21, 2013, 10:51:02 AM

I get so confused.

Is this when god has a plan or is he working in mysterious ways here?

PS - the finger of god is no match for the fist of Jumbo.

Hopefully, this won't open this thread up to a religious debate. However, this is a good example of what I believe concerning God. While I do think there are times God intervenes in life, there is no way anyone could make me believe that God is up in Heaven, pushing buttons and pulling levers, deciding who lives and who dies today. What can I do today? Hmmm....think I'll send a few F5 tornadoes through the Midwest and really fruck things up. Yeah, that'll teach em' a lesson. Not sure they'll understand the lesson, but that's okay. If they don't, I'll just send that jet into the side of a mountain and kill all 300 people aboard. Wait, no. Some widlfires that will wipe out hundreds of homes might work better.

Several years back, some friends of ours lost their infant child to spinal menengitis. We were in line at visitation and just before we got to our friends, this lady in front of us was trying to tell them that God has a plan and don't question why this happened. When I finally resisted the urge to punch her lights out, I thought if God really did decide He wanted to take this couple's child from them, then that's not a God I want anything to do with. But people believe that. And plenty of people believe that God decided to wipe whole cities out with storms the last few days.

How about leaving God out of this as far as the cause and just accept that when different weather systems converge, bad stuff can and often does happen. Humans are imperfect and the planes they build don't always work at 100%. Some idiot carelessly throws a lit cigarette butt out the car window and fires start that devastate people's lives.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 21, 2013, 11:15:24 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on May 21, 2013, 11:13:33 AM

How about leaving God out of this as far as the cause and just accept that when different weather systems converge, bad stuff can and often does happen. Humans are imperfect and the planes they build don't always work at 100%. Some idiot carelessly throw a lit cigarette butt out the car window and fires start that devastate people's lives.

That's what I was saying...without the snark.

CCTAU · « **Reply #19 on:** May 21, 2013, 11:16:41 AM »

It was a meat-of-four!