Moore/newcastle tornado

[BIG_MIKE2005]

This turned out worse than I could have ever expected. I had tears rolling last night watching the coverage. We had a close call ourselves, that Tornado that came down just north of Skiatook was only a couple miles from our house, my wife watched it form & drop from our front door. Thankfully it was far enough away it didn't effect us & she was already prepared to go next door to grandpa's house with the kids since he has a shelter.

I cannot imagine the emotional toll this will take on a uncountable number of people. It is refreshing to see the number of Oklahoman's who have jumped into action to help their neighbors.

We have family in Moore, still waiting for all to be accounted for. I do know my cousin & his wife are in critical condition in OKC after the semi blew off the highway & crushed their car.

 

[OKCHunter]

The Warren theater sign. Creepy.

Did you take this picture? Just wanting to know if it is legit or an edited photo.

 

[Spata]

Number of dead revised, now 24, me office said dead may have been counted multiple yesterday.

 

[farmerbyron]

Did you take this picture? Just wanting to know if it is legit or an edited photo.

Saw it at various sources. No I did not take the picture. Can't remember for sure but I thought I saw mention of it on the news coverage yesterday.

 

[BIG_MIKE2005]

Kinda understandable given the chaos following the tornado. I'm sadly sure the number will rise though. they still aren't really sure how many people are missing from destroyed homes. It's all guessing right now & probably over the rest of the week the real numbers will slowly trickle out. That is a massive area to comb through looking for people & if it was tossing cars & stuff up to a mile some people might have been tossed far from their original locations..

 

[HMFIC]

The blue dots are the two schools that were destroyed in Moore. Briarwood Elementary on the lower left and Plaza Towers Elementary just to the northeast of it.

The black line is the approximate path of the tornado.

The red dot at the top is the location for J&K Bullet Casters.

The green dot at the bottom is the location for Mark's Firearms.

There is literally only 3 miles between them and the tornado split the difference... I don't know how wide the tornado was at that point, but if it had just slightly veered from it's path, it could have completely wiped out one of our OSA brothers complete business.

I texted Mitch and spoke with Mark are both ok with no apparent damage so they got very lucky indeed.

 

[JB Books]

Thank God they are unhurt and I'm happy it didn't mess up their businesses.

 

[HMFIC]

Thank God they are unhurt and I'm happy it didn't mess up their businesses.

Yup. Mark lives pretty close to those schools and evidently didn't have any house damage either. It could have been doubly bad for him.

 

[harley128]

Glad those guys are safe!!

 

[Cavagan]

If you are looking to provide continuing support, one of the greatest needs will be monetary support going forward. I am working as volunteer/relief coordinator for my church and interfacing with a church in South OKC that is providing direct support to those impacted by the storms.

You can donate securely here: https://okcbiblemethodist.cloverdonations.com/tornado/

If you need some where to volunteer and don't have contacts or can't reach the more traditional relief organizations like the Red Cross, shoot me a PM