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Post by April on May 20, 2013 20:31:39 GMT -8
And this explains one reason why I hated living in Oklahoma.... Click here for the official report. This is so terribly sad and tragic. It's hitting me hard because this is my hometown, I grew up in Oklahoma City and my heart breaks for everyone who was affected by this deadly tornado, left with nothing at all, their homes completely obliterated, leaving them with nowhere to go. I can't even imagine how hard it must be for them, to lose every last possession in an instant like that. I know the city will help everyone pull through this though, they've done it time and time again, but it's just shocking every time something like this happens. It kills me being so far away right now though. At least I can take comfort in the fact that I know my mom, my brother and my sister-in-law and my future nephew are safe.
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Post by Phil on May 21, 2013 1:18:05 GMT -8
Yes, it makes you feel helpless, when people you know and love are in these situations. Glad to hear your folks are ok.
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Post by Mandoli on May 21, 2013 10:15:50 GMT -8
I'm not exactly sure what to say here.
I have zero idea why people build mobile homes out in the midwest, especially when people know that there's a good chance for tornadoes this powerful. And you see footage of all of these homes destroyed on television and ask yourself who the idiot is who builds them there to begin with. Such a good idea, there! [/sarcasm]
Anyway... they're getting lightning and other nasty weather nearby today. Where are all of these people going to go? They've already had to start and stop searching quite a few times because of the lightning.
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Post by April on May 21, 2013 12:14:39 GMT -8
I have zero idea why people build mobile homes out in the midwest, especially when people know that there's a good chance for tornadoes this powerful. And you see footage of all of these homes destroyed on television and ask yourself who the idiot is who builds them there to begin with. Such a good idea, there! [/sarcasm] The footage I saw from the news was actually from a neighborhood with pretty decent sized and well built houses, not mobile homes. I'm with you on that one, but part of that may be due to a financial situation where they can't afford an actual house. And the tornado was classified as an EF4, which is the second most dangerous on the scale, so it doesn't even matter what kind of house you live in, it's going to get swept away, no matter what you do. The only things left standing on the houses that were obliterated were the storm shelters. I've seen from my Facebook feed that there are lots of shelters that have popped up like churches for one, various people offering up their own homes, and I know OU's campus took on 100 displaced families at the least.
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Post by Mandoli on May 21, 2013 12:44:01 GMT -8
The footage I saw from the news was actually from a neighborhood with pretty decent sized and well built houses, not mobile homes. I'm with you on that one, but part of that may be due to a financial situation where they can't afford an actual house. And the tornado was classified as an EF4, which is the second most dangerous on the scale, so it doesn't even matter what kind of house you live in, it's going to get swept away, no matter what you do. The only things left standing on the houses that were obliterated were the storm shelters. I've seen from my Facebook feed that there are lots of shelters that have popped up like churches for one, various people offering up their own homes, and I know OU's campus took on 100 displaced families at the least. I saw people on Weather Channel talking about what their home looked like. Everyone's been stationed in a grid-like neighborhood. Yeah, those were all nicely-built and whatnot. I know I saw some footage from (I believe) the Sunday storms. It's like... 'Yes, I think those are mobile homes." Because I think people were saying that they were.
How are the displaced going to get from Point A to Point B? Every method of transportation is either being used or was damaged in the tornado.
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Post by April on May 21, 2013 13:28:55 GMT -8
I've seen from my Facebook feed that there are lots of shelters that have popped up like churches for one, various people offering up their own homes, and I know OU's campus took on 100 displaced families at the least. How are the displaced going to get from Point A to Point B? Every method of transportation is either being used or was damaged in the tornado.I'm not exactly sure on that one. I think they're having to rely on knowing someone else nearby and hoping that they can pick them up and take them. The neighborhood they were showing in Moore, right across from the Briarwood Elementary School, or it may have been the Moore Medical Center were allowing people to pick up their friends/family at a designated area that was being organized by the police. I'm not sure if the same system applied to other areas that were hit.
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Post by Phil on Jun 1, 2013 17:23:40 GMT -8
Another five tornados yesterday, with more deaths, injuries and lost homes; I really feel for those caught up in this. It's going to stretch the emergency provisions to the limit, so I hope the Government does the right thing.
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Post by April on Jun 1, 2013 21:18:37 GMT -8
Another five tornados yesterday, with more deaths, injuries and lost homes; I really feel for those caught up in this. It's going to stretch the emergency provisions to the limit, so I hope the Government does the right thing. Yeah, one of those went straight for my mom's house. I was watching the live coverage on the local news' website for the majority of the afternoon/night. I did end up getting in contact with my mom right before it hit, and she was able to tell me that she was at a friend's house, about to go down in her storm shelter (since she doesn't have one of her own at her house), and that my brother and sister-in-law were at his in-laws' house, also with a storm shelter underground. So at least I knew that they were safe while it happened, but my mom was worrying about her house that she'd left behind. She let me know afterwards that her house was still intact and she was fine though, so I was grateful for that. I just hate being these 1,600 miles away from her in times like this... makes me feel so helpless!
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Post by Phil on Jun 1, 2013 21:58:34 GMT -8
Good to hear they're all safe. Yes, It makes you feel a bit helpless, doesn't it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 0:01:58 GMT -8
very sad
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Post by April on Apr 23, 2015 20:29:51 GMT -8
Yeah. Hopefully this year won't be so bad. Although tornado season is just starting up... I just had a dream last night where my mom and I were in the car, she was driving, and I see this huge funnel cloud outlined in continuously burning flames. And we were heading straight for it. I'm not sure what that meant but it was disturbing enough to jolt me awake in the middle of the night.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2015 21:17:54 GMT -8
me to hun
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