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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: BSB on May 20, 2013, 08:05:36 PM

Title: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: BSB on May 20, 2013, 08:05:36 PM: Massive tornado rips through Oklahoma City suburbs

The BBC's David Willis says some reports suggest the tornado was two miles wide

A gigantic tornado has ripped through a suburb of Oklahoma City, destroying a school, sparking fires and flattening homes across whole neighbourhoods.

The "mile-wide" storm came on the second day in a row that twisters hit the Midwestern state of Oklahoma.

Rescuers are searching for survivors as scores of primary school children are believed to be trapped under debris.

On Sunday, at least two people died and 21 more were injured by the tornadoes that also razed a mobile home park.

The twister struck about 16:00 local time (22:00 BST) on Monday in Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb of about 55,000 people just south of Oklahoma City.

'Long recovery'
Early in the evening, children were being pulled alive from the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School there.

The tornado generated winds of up to 200mph (321km/h)
There have been no reports of children injured or killed.

Volunteers and rescue workers could be seen picking through the rubble in aerial news footage, which shows that along entire streets houses have been levelled to their foundations.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said Monday's tornado generated winds of up to 200mph (321km/h).

"It's going to take a while to recover from something like this," Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole told CNN.

The storm has been given a preliminary classification of EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale.

The town of Moore was hit by a severe tornado in May 1999, which had the highest winds ever recorded on earth.
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: BSB on May 20, 2013, 08:06:39 PM: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22604251 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22604251)
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: sirs on May 20, 2013, 11:59:31 PM: Horrible tragedy. Good thing tornadoes have been far less frequent and intense this tornado season, than previous ones. So much for global warming
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: Plane on May 21, 2013, 09:29:27 PM: Quote from: sirs on May 20, 2013, 11:59:31 PM
Horrible tragedy. Good thing tornadoes have been far less frequent and intense this tornado season, than previous ones. So much for global warming

It is still early , lets not get smug.

Check space weather, the sun is having a hot year, and that could overwhelm many another factor.

http://spaceweather.com/ (http://spaceweather.com/)
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: Christians4LessGvt on May 21, 2013, 09:38:35 PM: Quote from: Plane on May 21, 2013, 09:29:27 PM
It is still early , lets not get smug.

Yeah SIRS quit being smug!
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: sirs on May 21, 2013, 11:05:07 PM: How would I be being smug, when I made it a point to recognize the horrific tragedy?
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: Christians4LessGvt on May 21, 2013, 11:56:35 PM: Quote from: sirs on May 21, 2013, 11:05:07 PM
How would I be being smug, when I made it a point to recognize the horrific tragedy?

I dunno SIRS....but I just thought I'd give ya some grief and pile on!
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: sirs on May 22, 2013, 12:17:08 AM: lol.....umm......ok
Title: Re: Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma Suburbs
Post by: sirs on May 23, 2013, 02:17:15 PM: 05.21.13 Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Her Lost Dog During Interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kH9iB-G9c#ws)