Devastating Tornado in Joplin, Missouri
 

Just awful. One of the worst in US history

[url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/23/missouri.tornado/index.html?hpt=T1]89 dead after tornado in Joplin, Missouri; number expected to rise - CNN.com[/url]

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What the deal with all the tornado's this year? Feel bad for these people. Our disaster claims unit has been working overtime for the past month.

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How horrible. It's been like a perfect storm this season with the tornado activity in that part of the country.

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That tornado was a mile wide. A mile! That's totally crazy. I feel so bad for all these people. The midwest has been devastated this spring.

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[quote=GMScud;804041]That tornado was a mile wide. A mile! That's totally crazy. I feel so bad for all these people. The midwest has been devastated this spring.[/quote]
That's around 1760 yards wide.

You have heard the expression (Looks Like A War Zone) check out this footage.

[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43132174/ns/weather/?GT1=43001]'Cut city in half': Twister kills at least 90 - Weather - msnbc.com[/url]

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Interesting in 1st downs link is that Worcester MA has the highest death toll. I grew up in NE and never did I fear a tornado.

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So sad..

They said this morning that we were on pace to break the record of the deadliest ever year for tornadoes in the United States...the previous record is held in 1925, where 695 people were killed in what was called the great Tri-State-Tornado. We have 455 deaths so far this year, and tornado season has i think 2 more months to go :(

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Amazing pic:

[url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/unbelieveable-before-and-after-picture-from-joplin-mo-neighborhood/]Unbelievable Before-and-After Picture From Joplin, MO Neighborhood | The Blaze[/url]

Hopefully the new round of storms isnt as bad as some are predicting. Hopeing the best for these people

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I live In tornado alley so I should be used to it, but they are so unpredictable thats why they are so scary

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[quote=skinsfaninok;804205]I live In tornado alley so I should be used to it, but they are so unpredictable thats why they are so scary[/quote]

It was amazing that the doppler radar hadn't even showed a precipitation mass moving across the area. That intense storm was appeared from nothing to the west of Joplin and caused all that devestation.

I don't know how you can even warn people of something that severe that just crops up out of nowhere.

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Was in a shelter for about an hour everything ok in Norman , F4 hit a few towns just south of us and Some of OKC was hit by a different tornado.

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Daughter and family are stationed at Ft Leonard Wood MO about 2 hours north east of Joplin ,we were texting all night to around 2 am our time Sunday night /Monday morning all are well but I'm starting to wonder about the mid west. Two weeks ago a gunman rushed the base and ended up across the street from my grandson's school?!?!

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[quote=mredskins;804069]Interesting in 1st downs link is that Worcester MA has the highest death toll. I grew up in NE and never did I fear a tornado.[/quote]

lol....was in one in Lenox Mass back in 75 but it was nothing compared to the one just south of me in LaPlata Maryland........the town was gone!

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[quote=Giantone;804327]Daughter and family are stationed at Ft Leonard Wood MO about 2 hours north east of Joplin ,we were texting all night to around 2 am our time Sunday night /Monday morning all are well but I'm starting to wonder about the mid west. Two weeks ago a gunman rushed the base and ended up across the street from my grandson's school?!?![/quote]

Fort "Lost in the Woods" is where i did my BCT. Hope your family is safe and OK.

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We got hit yesterday with some winds up to 70mph. I think there was one flash of lighting and it fried 3 computers and all the phones in our office. So now I can't do shit but sit here and hope they get them up in the next day or so.

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Guy I've done some work with online lives there. He's been raising a ton of money and helping out a lot down there. The pics he shared made it look like a post-war zone.

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[quote=mredskins;804069]Interesting in 1st downs link is that Worcester MA has the highest death toll. I grew up in NE and never did I fear a tornado.[/quote]


[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110602/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather]Mass. towns digging out after tornadoes kill 4 - Yahoo! News[/url]

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I used to live in West Springfield MA, can't believe they got hit so hard. Check out this vid of it crossing the river:


[url=http://youtu.be/tj5uvC9cLO4]YouTube - ‪Raw Video: Tornado Strikes Springfield, Mass.‬‏[/url]