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First of all, it was the gazillionth thread about the deadly storms....added to the dozen cable and network 24 hour schedule.

I just can't see how 150 people can be "missing". It wasn't Kansas or South Dakota, you know.

Lighten up, Republic. God Bless George Bush. ;^)

They are missing to the people unable to contact them. I am GLAD our warning systems have improved to the point that lives are now regularly saved....but you are right-I shall lighten up, right after I down this cognac, oh, I know, but I like it BEFORE dinner with coffee! HEHE

I just can't see how 150 people can be "missing". It wasn't Kansas or South Dakota, you know.

Simple. It's the nature of the landscape. Where DC is laid out in a gridwork of streets and buildings, that part of Tennessee is not. It's hills, valleys and hollers. While the big news folks were going on about the folks being missing - the locals were clarifying it by saying that they were unaccounted for. Trees coming down will block roads that are narrow to begin with, power lines coming down will knock out communications. Add to that the fact that this is one of the poorest parts of Tennessee and it's easy to see how folks can be unaccounted for, especially after a storm of this nature.

We thought we had lost one of our co-workers today because of the storm. He lives in a rural area near Crab Orchard, and no one could get in touch with him, and no one could get into the area because of the debris on the roads - turns out that they had lost power and phone for about 12 hours.

I just can't see how 150 people can be "missing". It wasn't Kansas or South Dakota, you know.

Your ignorance of what a tornado can do really doesn't change anything. An F4 or F5 is an incredibly destructive storm and could pick up an entire town throwing the people miles from where they started. That part of the state is mountainous and wooded, and hikers, hunters, and others with business in the woods may be finding bodies from time to time for years.

WFTR
Bill