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Foxx4Beaver:
Nothing nice about the massive tornado that ripped up Oklahoma City a few hours ago.Anyone heard from Danger,(or anyone else that lives there) to see if he made out ok?

Motorrad:
I noticed him online earlier today.  Not sure if it was before the whirl wind or not..   If we don't hear from him by tomorrow b I'll give him a call to make sure all is good

Danger4u2:
Yesterdays killer tornado started 4 miles North of my house.  Today's devastation was 17 miles South.  It's bad, real bad.  Children killed at one grade school, no deaths but many injuries at the 2nd elementary school that was hit.  A riding buddy's house destroyed.  His car upside down in what's left of his house.  He was at work, his sister was visiting his wife at his house.  They jumped in the SUV and hauled ass.  His kids go to a different school nowhere near the tornado track.  Power went out here at 3pm, came back on at 8pm.  Ran the gen. for TV, lights, fridge......
They just found the body of an adult, picked up by the tornado somewhere and dropped on the side of a rural road. 100's of homes just gone.  So bad ass it ripped the grass off of the ground.  It crossed a lake and sucked a foot of water from it.
I think it tracked right through CrossTimbers off road riding area.  A medium tornado went through the riding area May 8, 2003.  It was 6 month before all the trees were cut out of the way.  They said today's went just North of the water treatment plant.  That's were the riding area is.
The news is reporting this from when it started and  I can hear it.....51 confirmed dead,   233 injuries at area hospitals, both of these are expected to rise.
The weather man was pleading with people to go below ground or get in your car and run.  The heavily populated area had a 40 minute warning that it was coming their way.  I don't understand why they didn't throw those kids on the buses and run for it.  Sit in each others lap if they didn't have enough buses.  Moore OK. is a suburb of OKC.  3 tornados have tracked through their town in recent years.  May 3rd, 1999 (very bad), May 8th 2003 and the big one today.
Thanks for thinking of us in here Oklahoma.

sandblaster:
Glad your ok.
That stuff is really scary.
Keep us updated if you can.

Danger4u2:
They're calling it an F-5 tornado, 300 + mph.  At times 1 to 1 1/4 mile wide.  The debris "ball" kicked up in the air was 2 1/4 mile wide.  I- 35 open again.  My heart goes out to the parents that lost their children.  They were showing a clip from earlier, an interview of a 20 something year old guy.  He said they picked up a car that was on top of a teacher and she had 3 kids under her.  He lost it after that and broke down.  Just announced 30 square miles of damage. 20 kids still missing.  More storms starting up South of us.  That's bad for the rescue/recovery efforts.
I've got to turn off the TV and go to bed, this is just to depressing.
Thumbs up, a 9 year old was just reunited with her parents.

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