Posted on 05/22/2011 4:40:20 PM PDT by janetjanet998
major tornado hit south side,,hospital damage..home destroyed
the weather channel live coming up
Word coming out that they are expecting an explosion at the hospital (from the Weather Channel reporter on the scene)
Crap...
Weather Channel Reporting Explosion Is Immenent @ Hospital in Joplin Missouri http://bit.ly/mIEbaA
This is amazing live video, folks...Bettes trying to help a man find his neighbor in the wreckage of his home...
I-44 in the Miami, OK area was shut down due to automobiles being blown off the highway.
Not a good night to be on the I-44...
I’ve been trying desperately to reach my mother-in-law and sister-in-law in Joplin. They live on Texas Street. If anyone has any news of that area, I would appreciate hearing from you. My mother-in-law is crippled and in a wheel chair. Her daughter lives with her, but her health is not so great either. I guess all the phone lines are down, because I can’t reach anyone there.
Yep, I’ve been out rubbernecking. I only went down to 20th. My ex who lives 30 miles east, had paperwork from the hospital landing in his yard. I hear the hospital got hit hard, it’s on 32nd street.
I got as far as 20th and so much debris I was afraid to pop a tire, that and all the other rubberneckers blocking the road and the poor people that got hit walking around, checking on each other, I started to feel bad being in the way so headed back home.
My daughter was born at St. Johns 25 years ago this month.
Oh Wow. Joplin got hit hard, area of 26th and Maiden (?), per weather channel stream.
Dallas up to Wichita Falls had 4 inch hail
just damn
More tornadoes...Gezz
Texas steet and what intersection???
or at least what end of texas street?(south or north)
Dear Rushmore Rocks, please know we are praying for your family now. I’m so sorry for the worry that you are going through. I heard many cell towers are down. Please let us know when you hear more.
Sirens going off here, now (Siloam Springs, AR/West Siloam Springs, OK)
this storm is still feedin itself...check out Decatur Tx....
Poor guy was starting to come apart there for a minute...what a mess, I can’t even imagine...
I was close to all the "state street" names, best I could tell there is significant damage. The streets I was on, just a bunch of trees down and debris in the roads but I don't know how far south she lives. Chances are she got damage but is okay. People were all up and down the street checking on neighbors.
I hope you hear from her soon.
that is just one area too near the hospital...major damage all over south joplin..tornado was up to 1 mile wide per chaser reports
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