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Severe Weather Outbreak, Day 2 (OK TX KS MO MI for starters) - Moore, OK devastation

Posted on 05/20/2013 12:46:11 PM PDT by dirtboy

Tornado warnings up in Oklahoma. Watches in TX, OK, KS, MO, far NW Arkansas.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: ok; tornado; weather
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To: nascarnation

Amazing, just in seconds it dissipates so fast.


81 posted on 05/20/2013 1:37:03 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: alancarp

...and it just ‘roped out’ to nothing....wow - literally within seconds. Hope it stays that way.


82 posted on 05/20/2013 1:37:04 PM PDT by alancarp (Obama will grab your guns and ship them to Mexican drug mobs.)
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To: nascarnation

Basements are not common at all. I hope a lot of folks added shelters after 1999.


83 posted on 05/20/2013 1:37:22 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

News9 OKC has two live stream windows

http://www.news9.com/category/258217/weather-control-center


84 posted on 05/20/2013 1:37:45 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

We’ve got basements in Michigan. Besides, lake Michigan really knocks the power out of storms.


85 posted on 05/20/2013 1:38:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: dirtboy

Oh dear God..please let them have been in an underground shelter!!


86 posted on 05/20/2013 1:41:01 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: TomGuy

Thanks. I couldn’t get the live feed from Fox to work.


87 posted on 05/20/2013 1:41:21 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cripplecreek

Scanner reports (per OKC ch 4) says an elementary school was hit in Moore.


88 posted on 05/20/2013 1:41:54 PM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: dirtboy

News9

Briarwood (?) elementary took direct hit. Many homes leveled.


89 posted on 05/20/2013 1:41:58 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: dirtboy

News9 reporter on scene. Briarwood school did have students inside. Unknown whether fatalities.

Parents and other people running down the street toward the school.


90 posted on 05/20/2013 1:44:03 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: nascarnation

Basements don’t (usually) work in Oklahoma because of the clay soil and high water table. Most houses don’t have one.


91 posted on 05/20/2013 1:44:30 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: TomGuy
Possible image from scene:


92 posted on 05/20/2013 1:45:09 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: cripplecreek

Or do those storms pick up more moisture from those lakes and get angry on down the road in other states ? say like the Ohio valley ? or over the mountains ?


93 posted on 05/20/2013 1:45:28 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: dirtboy

News9

Many are trapped under debris.

Heavy rain in area of Briarwood Elementary. Gymnasium severely damaged. Main school building appears to have held up.


94 posted on 05/20/2013 1:46:14 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: dirtboy
TORNADOES ? GO AWAY FROM US !
SKAT ! SHOOH AWAY !
Job in the bible had to deal with these.
The bible calls these whirlwinds.
95 posted on 05/20/2013 1:47:22 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: TomGuy
Live stream of damage
96 posted on 05/20/2013 1:47:22 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: TomGuy

Geez...awful!!!!!!!!


97 posted on 05/20/2013 1:47:33 PM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: dirtboy

News9

Briarwood Elementary

Kids trapped under debris. Heavy equipment being moved toward the school, but many electric lines and poles are down, making roadway dangerous.


98 posted on 05/20/2013 1:48:20 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: TomGuy

school and houses totally destroyed man talking is affected by the damage


99 posted on 05/20/2013 1:48:42 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: All

At least two schools were hit.


100 posted on 05/20/2013 1:49:32 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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