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KOAM has quite a few videos (at least 8) detailing the tornado/damage. There is also a video from one of the other local stations from their Skycam that actually show the tornado. http://www.koamtv.com/ |
That looks like still pictures from some post apocolyptic movie. So, so sad.
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Stinger thanks for the Flickr link, those photo's were very powerful, they talk, actually.
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Thoughts and prayers going out to all affected by this storm. Looks like nothing but total devastation. I heard one news outlet earlier say that this was an EF3 storm but looking at the sheer damage in the photos and videos it looks more to me like an EF 4 or maybe even 5. Again, prayers to all affected, this is just awful.
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isn't the hospital on the outskirts? pardon me - i haven't been there in a long time. Also, did Broadway and the older large buildings get flatened?
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It was the south side of town that got hit the hardest I believe
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This is the type of stuff that I'm talking about. We see these. Boom a storm shows up in the area.
http://www.dutchsinse.com/blog/wp-co...0-1024x612.png It's very peculiar. Not all of the radar rings are this pronounced. This one is rare, IMO. My theory is this... they seed the clouds with airplanes that leave those lingering contrail/chemtrails. They then send a charge or something into the area, that puts a charge on the dust particle. Then rain must form on those dust particles or something. Highly charged dust particles could then create powerful electric storms. The first instance that I was aware of potential weather modification was the 2008 Olympics in China. They had to keep away the storms for 08-08-2008 which was a very special date for them. USA TODAY: China aims to control Olympics weather And so there is a lot of evidence of technologies pertaining to potential weather modification/manipulation. I think it's safe to say that they have figured some shit out. |
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Teedub - take it to D.C. please. We have several complaintants regarding your actions in this thread - not just the one guy you're aware of...
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If China can control the weather for the 2008 Olympics, then the US probably has WAAAAY better technology dealing with it, I'm sure. Seriously though. Much love. I don't hate anyone here. And when people show their hate, their character is revealed, not mine. We are all in this together and I'm seeking the truth. Please forgive me for seeking answers to things that effects us all. heh. |
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Is anyone still listening to the Joplin Police radio feed.....something about needing about 20 body-bags........crazy.
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For several reasons I had to make 2 trips into Joplin this evening ( I live about 8 miles outside and work there) and the damage is indescribable.
A good friends house is gone and there are complete neighborhoods that are destroyed beyond recognition as well as one of our main hospitals. Radio is saying 30 people killed at the hospital (so far that's the count). Its a ****ing mess. |
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is that a 18 year old kid they picked up or found the body?
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Certain things belong in DC and certain things belong in the lounge. Occasional blurring of the line is one thing, but when someone does it consistently and repeatedly we have to ask if that person should still have the ability to post outside of DC? As to the ignore issue Tdub, if you were to assault someone I know walking down the street I would step in. Here you are assaulting everyone's intelligence and I'm not just going to ignore you. You need to post it where it belongs. It's not like you don't doubt it's hyper controversial, it belongs in DC, period. It's not at all unreasonable to ask you to do this. If you keep posting fake news in here I have no problem helping to send you on a vacation. |
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It's a disaster. I saw about 20% of it today and all I can think is I don't know how anyone survived. |
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the same storm went about 10 miles south of me. didnt lay a tornado down. thank goodness |
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Here are some pics of a friends house and what used to be Dillon's grocery store on 20th st.
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Joplin is under boil order, though electricity is out and you're not supposed ti use too mich for firefighting efforts
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I remember 30 years ago my uncle, who farmed the family land, bitching about Colorado seeding the clouds always leaving us with drought conditions in western Kansas, Hays. Never any malicious takes on it though? I've been watching the Weather Channel all day. Very sorry to see this happen & I'll pray for the survivors & those who have perished. Truly a terrible day. |
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I had an aunt make it through the Hesston, Ks. tornado. She was on the freeway & seen the clouds & actually went back to Hesston. She went to the truck stop where they were herding people into it's walk in cooler. The cooler was the only structural piece left. Supposedly a tractor trailer was lifted up & acted like a broom against the structures. |
This may be as bad as Lubbock TX in 71'.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/22/sev...ex.html?hpt=T1 Heavy storms maul Midwest, leaving deaths, injuries, destruction By the CNN Wire Staff May 22, 2011 11:51 p.m. EDT http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2011/05/...nn.416x234.jpghttp://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/1px.gif Tornado slams Joplin, Missouri STORY HIGHLIGHTS
RELATED TOPICS Get in-depth local coverage of the Missouri twister from CNN affiliates KSHB and KODE. (CNN) -- A tornado flattened buildings, snapped trees and tossed tractor-trailers like toys as it touched down in Joplin, Missouri, on Sunday night, causing an unknown number of deaths and injuries. "I would say 75% of the town is virtually gone," said Kathy Dennis of the American Red Cross. The twister was part of a line of severe weather that swept across the Midwest on Sunday, prompting tornado watches and warnings that stretched from Wisconsin to Texas. High winds and possible tornadoes struck Minneapolis and other parts of Minnesota, leaving at least one person dead and injuring nearly two dozen others, police said. Witness: "Lots of overturned trees" http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element...video_icon.gif | Hospital damaged http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element...video_icon.gif Authorities in Joplin were contending with multiple reports of people trapped, as well as significant structural damage to St. John's Regional Medical Center, which was hit directly by the tornado, city officials said. CNN affiliate KSHB said there were reports of fires throughout the hospital. One facade of the building made of glass was completely blown out, and authorities were evacuating the medical center, said Ray Foreman, a meteorologist with KODE in Joplin. Makeshift triage centers were being set up in tents outside, witness Bethany Scutti said. Missouri governor: "Total devastation" http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element...video_icon.gif Residents 70 miles away from Joplin in Dade County, Missouri, were finding X-rays from St. John's in their driveways, said Foreman, indicating the size and power of the twister. http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/US/...er.map.cnn.jpg Parts of the city were unrecognizable, according to Steve Polley, a storm chaser from Kansas City, Missouri, who described the damage as "complete devastation." The tornado, which touched down just before 6 p.m. CDT, cut a path of destruction through the heart of the city, hitting heavily populated areas, Foreman said. "We've had numerous vehicles picked up and thrown into houses," he said. iReport: Are you there? Please send photos, videos At least seven overturned tractor-trailers were seen on one stretch of Interstate 44 west of the city, said Michael Ratliff, who has been chasing storms for eight years. Ratliff said the possible tornado was "rain wrapped," making it impossible to see as it tore what he estimated to be a half-mile to three-quarter-mile path of damage. Officials did not know how many were injured. Witnesses reported seeing some of the wounded being ferried to hospitals in the backs of pickup trucks as first responders struggled to handle the overwhelming destruction. Lynn Ostot, the spokeswoman for the city of Joplin, confirmed "some fatalities," but did not have an exact number. The Joplin mayor has declared a local disaster, and the Missouri National Guard was activated by Gov. Jay Nixon. "These storms have caused extensive damage across Missouri, and they continue to pose significant risk to lives and property," Nixon said in a statement. "As a state, we are deploying every agency and resource available to keep Missouri families safe, search for the missing, provide emergency medical care, and begin to recover." Deadly tornado hits Kansas | Storm footage http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element...video_icon.gif Elsewhere, tornadoes were spotted in Forest Lake, north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and near Harmony, more than 120 miles to the south. And in Minneapolis, witnesses reported numerous downed trees and neighborhoods without power. Minneapolis police spokeswoman Sara Dietrich said the storm left one fatality, with 22 people reported hurt. One hospital, North Memorial Medical Center, said it had treated 18 people for minor injuries. LeDale Davis, who lives on the north side of Minneapolis, told CNN, "This is the first time we can remember a tornado touched down in this area. They aren't usually in the heart of the city." http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/US/....damage.ld.jpg Widespread damage from severe weather was reported across Minneapolis on Sunday. In Anoka County, north of the city, sheriff's dispatcher Linda Hamilton said authorities were receiving reports of roofs blown off, trees down and gas leaks. Hamilton said the worst damage appeared to have been in Fridley, on the northern outskirts of the metro area. Curby Rogers said warning sirens sounded near her northwest Minneapolis home Sunday afternoon. Shortly afterward, the light rain that had been falling was whipped into sheets by heavy wind, and power went out. "We could hear doors busting open through the house," Rogers said. "There was a lot of commotion, and then it was silent." When she and a visiting friend emerged from their house, the streets were blocked by debris and a tree had fallen on her car. Around the corner, the damage was "a million times worse," with some houses split in half. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers warned that the storms were not over for the Midwest. "You need to have that NOAA radio on tonight everywhere from Wisconsin to Texas and Oklahoma," he said. Forecasters said the system that struck Minnesota was separate from another storm that struck eastern Kansas on Saturday, killing one person and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes there. |
The Red Cross has a site set up to check on family members. May be useful for those still trying to get through:
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Great news. Daughter and grand baby are fine. They lost everything though. Still nothing about my grandma.
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Had the same concerns with a daughter and grand baby. Fortunately they live closer to Carl Junction and are well. Tomorrow will be ugly. We are going into work and seeing if we have power and see how the employees are. 420 employees. I am concerned and won't go into what already happened. Not good. Guess that's why I am on here. Don't want to wake up and go in tomorrow. |
Best of luck. Hopefully all will be well.
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KOAM states the Tornado took a path of almost straight down 20th st, The damage path goes as far north as 7th Street and as far south as 32nd St. So any road/street in between 7th and 32nd from the West side of joplin to Rangeline WAS Hit.
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There is very little North of 7th or south of 32nd. I was in the area of 29th and Joplin soon after the tornado today and the area was unrecognizable. |
Some piece of shit on this site thinks it's funny. http://www.godlikeproductions.com/fo...age1502133/pg1
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We had to park at 20th and Pearl and walk in to get my GF's kids from their dads house. Ridiculous destruction. That whole neighborhood is gone. |
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My ex wifes preschool is on 20th quarter mile east of Dillons Gone i went to MOSO My kids still live there ?Extendedfamily still there are from there I know that area quite well |
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater
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**** I now have 2 friends that lost their entire house and another who has one heavily damaged.
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My mother grew up in a house at 18th and Delaware. Years ago my grandfather had a "fraidy hole" (underground storm shelter) installed, last I knew it was the only underground shelter on that side of the block. I hope the current owners of the house put the fraidy hole to good use.
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Look for Gregory B. Paul on Facebook and friend him, he is a photographer. Crazy shit. |
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I hope with all of my being that Joplin doesn't become another 40+ fatality situation. This situation has got me pretty choked up. |
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They are reporting 30 killed at the hospital and I know of 3 others personally. From what I saw it could get much, much higher. I hope the hell I am wrong. Amazing what people survive in these things. |
It will end up being around 100 I'm sure. Just my guess based on what is known and the damage it caused.
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One of my worst memories ever as a child was at age 7. I was wearing ONLY underwear... and the tornado came whipping through my hometown, my dad made me get up and go, and no time to grab clothing... so, we went to the downtown bank and got into the bank vaults with like 50 people, with me in my underwear.
Hearing these people in this FasTrip cooler is unreal. You know those people had the feeling that death was right around the corner. OMG. What an amazing video. God bless those guys. Holy shit. It makes you want to cry. <iframe width="853" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cQnvxJZucds" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
The devastation is unimaginable. Cars piled on top of one another...
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It sux that eventually them tornado's are going to hit houses. I know i seen alot of video where they just damage alot of open land and maybe get a house or 2 out in nowheresville, but eventually that ****er is going to hit a populated area. :( I feel for those of you out that way.
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I walked through the rubble about 2 miles. There she sat in her apartment, about 2 duplexes remained out of 20. Hers was unscathed. Thank you for your prayers.
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I did talk to a deputy as i was out. He said the morgue at the football field is over 100 right now and they brought in a search and rescue team.
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89 confirmed deceased according to a press conference going on right now.
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Saying a prayer right now.
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I apologize to all in the Joplin area. I was having a conversation with my ex at the time and it took massive amounts of energy to keep from killing her. The energy suppressed had to be released somewhere. I did not choose the location nor the method of energy release. May all in the Joplin area persevere through this horrible act. Again, I am sorry.
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Just heard about this on our news...
I'm normally not a praying man, but my heart goes out to my friends and the City of Joplin. I'll keep an eye on this thread today, and I hope everyone still missing is found safe. Not much else to say, and yeah, I guess under my breath I am praying. This is horrible. |
I hope they start building some form of basement in the Tulsa-Joplin-Fayettville area, now.
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25-30% of the city is gone.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110523/...midwest_storms Missouri officials say tornado killed at least 89 JOPLIN, Mo. – A massive tornado that tore through the southwest Missouri city of Joplin killed at least 89 people, but authorities warned that the death toll could climb Monday as search and rescuers continued their work at sunrise. City manager Mark Rohr announced the number of known dead at a pre-dawn news conference outside the wreckage of a hospital that took a direct hit from Sunday's storm. Rohr said the twister cut a path nearly six miles long and more than a half-mile wide through the center of town, adding that tornado sirens gave residents about a 20-minute warning before the tornado touched down on the city's west side. Much of the city's south side was leveled, with churches, schools, businesses and homes reduced to ruins. Fire chief Mitch Randles estimated that 25 to 30 percent of the city was damaged, and said his own home was among the buildings destroyed as the twister swept through this city of about 50,000 people some 160 miles south of Kansas City. "It cut the city in half," Randles said. An unknown number of people were injured in the storm, and officials said patients were scattered to any nearby hospitals that could take them. Authorities planned to conduct a door-to-door search of the damaged area Monday morning, but were expected to move gingerly around downed power lines, jagged debris and a series of gas leaks that caused fires around the city overnight. "We will recover and come back stronger than we are today," Rohr said defiantly of his city's future. Early Monday, Gov. Jay Nixon said fires from gas leaks still burned across the city. "It's a very, very precarious situation," Nixon told CNN. "It's going to be a stark view as people see dawn rise in Joplin, Missouri." Residents said the damage was breathtaking in scope. "You see pictures of World War II, the devastation and all that with the bombing. That's really what it looked like," said Kerry Sachetta, the principal of a flattened Joplin High School. "I couldn't even make out the side of the building. It was total devastation in my view. I just couldn't believe what I saw." The same storm system that produced the Joplin tornado spawned twisters along a broad swath of the Midwest, from Oklahoma to Wisconsin. At least one person was killed in Minneapolis. But the devastation in Missouri was the worst of the day, eerily reminiscent the tornadoes that killed more than 300 people across the South last month. Sunday's storm in Joplin hit a hospital packed with patients and a commercial area including a Home Depot construction store, numerous smaller businesses and restaurants and a grocery store. Jasper County emergency management director Keith Stammer said an estimated 2,000 buildings were damaged. Among the worst-hit locations in Joplin was St. John's Regional Medical Center. The staff had just a few moments' notice to hustle patients into hallways before the storm struck the nine-story building, blowing out hundreds of windows and leaving the facility useless. In the parking lot, a helicopter lay crushed on its side, its rotors torn apart and windows smashed. Nearby, a pile of cars lay crumpled into a single mass of twisted metal. Matt Sheffer dodged downed power lines, trees and closed streets to make it to his dental office across from the hospital. Rubble littered a flattened lot where a pharmacy, gas station and some doctor's offices once stood. "My office is totally gone. Probably for two to three blocks, it's just leveled," he said. "The building that my office was in was not flimsy. It was 30 years old and two layers of brick. It was very sturdy and well built." St. John's patients were evacuated to other hospitals in the region, said Cora Scott, a spokeswoman for the medical center's sister hospital in Springfield. Early Monday morning, floodlights from a temporary triage facility lit what remained of the hospital that once held as many 367 patients. Police officers could be seen combing the surrounding area for bodies. Miranda Lewis, a spokeswoman for St. John's, was at home when the tornado sirens began going off. By early Monday, she still had no details on any deaths or injuries suffered at the hospital in the tornado strike, although she had seen the damaged building. "It's like what you see someplace else, honestly," Lewis said. "That's a terrible way to say it, but you don't recognize what's across the street. "I had seen it on television, but until you're standing right here and see the devastation, you can't believe it." Michael Spencer, a national Red Cross spokesman who also assisted in the aftermath of a tornado that devastated nearby Pierce City in 2003, was also stunned. "I've been to about 75 disasters, and I've never seen anything quite like this before," Spencer said. "You don't typically see metal structures and metal frames torn apart, and that's what you see here." Triage centers and shelters setup around the city quickly filled to capacity. At Memorial Hall, a downtown entertainment venue, nurses and other emergency workers from across the region were treating critically injured patients. At another makeshift unit at a Lowe's home improvement store, wooden planks served as beds. Outside, ambulances and fire trucks waited for calls. During one stretch after midnight Monday, emergency vehicles were scrambling nearly every two minutes. Winds from the storm carried debris up to 60 miles away, with medical records, X-rays, insulation and other items falling to the ground in Greene County, said Larry Woods, assistant director of the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management. Travel through and around Joplin was difficult, with Interstate 44 shut down and streets clogged with emergency vehicles and the wreckage of buildings. Emergency management officials rushed heavy equipment to Joplin to help lift debris and clear the way for search and recovery operations. Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency, and President Barack Obama said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was working with state and local agencies. Jeff Lehr, a reporter for the Joplin Globe, said he was upstairs in his home when the storm hit but was able to make his way to a basement closet. "There was a loud huffing noise, my windows started popping. I had to get downstairs, glass was flying. I opened a closet and pulled myself into it," he told The Associated Press. "Then you could hear everything go. It tore the roof off my house, everybody's house. I came outside and there was nothing left." An aching helplessness settled over residents, many of whom could only wander the wreckage bereft and wondering about the fate of loved ones. Justin Gibson, 30, huddled with three relatives outside the tangled debris field of what remained of a Home Depot. He pointed to a black pickup that had been tossed into the store's ruins and said it belonged to his roommate's brother. "He was last seen here with his two little girls," ages 4 and 5, Gibson said. "We've been trying to get ahold of him since the tornado happened," Gibson said, adding his own house had been leveled. "It's just gone. Everything in that neighborhood is gone. The high school, the churches, the grocery store. I can't get ahold of my ex-wife to see how my kids are," he said, referring to his three children, ranging in age from 4 months to 5 years. "I don't know the extent of this yet," Gibson said, "but I know I'll have friends and family dead." Minneapolis city spokeswoman Sara Dietrich said the death there was confirmed by the Hennepin County medical examiner. She had no other immediate details. Only two of the 29 people injured there were hurt critically. Though the damage covered several blocks in Minneapolis, it appeared few houses were totally demolished. Much of the damage was to roofs, front porches that had been sheared away, or smaller items such as fences and basketball goals. In Wisconsin, the mayor of La Crosse declared a state of emergency Sunday after a powerful storm tore roofs from homes and littered streets and lawns with downed trees and debris. Additional storms were predicted across the southern Plains through Thursday morning. An advisory from the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said warm weather Monday could fuel instability in advance of another weather system. A few tornadoes, some strong, could occur — starting in Oklahoma and southern Kansas in the afternoon and in North Texas in the late afternoon. |
Another big supercell headed into that area this morning. 40,000 foot tops and expanding. Hope it slides north and spares the folks in Joplin
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Wow oh wow. 89 confirmed dead. 75 to 80% of Joplin is a complete loss according to the local TV.
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