Posted on 03/25/2023 6:30:22 AM PDT by nuconvert
At least 23 people died overnight after a tornado ripped through central Mississippi, destroying homes and leaving at least one town in ruins.
Officials said dozens more were injured and at least four people are still missing after what was likely multiple tornadoes tore through the region in the dead of night, according to the Mississippi Department of Emergency Management. The agency said that the numbers are expected to rise.
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I was watching this play out on another forum last night. Somehow it totally escaped the FR crowd. There was nothing here about it last evening.
And they think Man is a threat to nature? We are but a fart in a windstorm.
There are some very nice drones that you can buy and some very nice camera’s to mount on them. Lots of people are using drones and getting great video of all kinds of things. Heck, a lot that you might see on the news quite possibly came from regular people who took the videos and sent in to news orgs.
There was a thread that appeared just before 10:00 p.m. last night. “Prayers for Mississippi FReepers” was the title, IIRC. Mostly reactions to the breaking news, but not a “weather watch” sort of thread.
Felt this wind in NE TN. Quick and fierce. God bless the survivors.
I pretty much started following it right before it hit Rolling Fork, I had a hunch it was going to be a bad one.
Wow - Semi on top of his deceased neighbor’s house.
His story brought tears to my eyes, such a good soul, shouldn’t have to go through this kind of thing.
It’s just not fair.
+1
I posted an image of the NWS severe storms prediction map on this thread:
“Possible tornado outbreak threatens 25 million as severe storms target Deep South”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4140541/posts
early in the afternoon on Friday.
OP was at 1231 PM EDT.
Yeah I remember that. Entirely different than a live thread.
Heads up, in the Jackson area!
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