Oklahoma tornado

Status
Not open for further replies.
fozzy

fozzy

Player Valuation: £60m
A massive tornado has ripped through neighbourhoods near Oklahoma City, on the second day in a row the state has been pummelled by destructive twisters.

The "mile-wide" storm sparked fires and flattened homes as it tore through.

On Sunday, at least two people died and 21 more were injured by the tornadoes.

The worst damage was caused by a twister near the town of Shawnee, 35 miles (55km) from Oklahoma City, where a mobile home part was razed and thousands have lost electricity.

Tornadoes, hail and high winds also hit Iowa and Kansas, part of a storm system stretching from Texas to Minnesota.

The National Weather Service (NWS) says there is a continuing risk of dangerous thunderstorms in the region that could produce hail and tornadoes on Monday afternoon.

'Everything is gone'
On Sunday, a tornado smashed a trailer park on Highway 102 near Shawnee.

Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park resident James Hoke said he had emerged from a storm cellar with his family to find their mobile home vanished.

"Everything is gone," he said.


Storm chasers have filmed tornadoes touching down in Texas and Kansas
As he tried to help neighbours, Mr Hoke said he found his wife's father covered in rubble.

"My father-in-law was buried under the house. We had to pull Sheetrock off of him," Mr Hoke said.

Oklahoma's state medical examiner confirmed on Monday that two people had been killed near the trailer park: Glen Irish, 79, and Billy Hutchinson, 76.

Both lived in Shawnee, but it was not immediately clear if either or both lived in mobile home park.

The Oklahoman newspaper reported that five people were brought to Norman Regional Hospital for injuries, with three injured critically.

"This is the worst I've seen in Pottawatomie County in my 25 years of law enforcement," county Sheriff Mike Booth said.

The massive storm system had prompted the NWS to issue a blunt warning to residents in the affected states.

"You could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter," the agency warned. "Complete destruction of neighbourhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur."
Click to expand...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22592695


and we moan about the British weather!
 

This is very bad. TV saying that 75 kids were huddled in the hallway (standard tornado drill stuff here in the states) when it ripped right through the building.
 
cbpointblank said:
This is very bad. TV saying that 75 kids were huddled in the hallway (standard tornado drill stuff here in the states) when it ripped right through the building.
Click to expand...

just watched the news here in the uk mate and it looks very bad!
 
It's over 50 now. All my family has checked in okay. Just waiting to hear from a few more friends.

They're finding debris over a 100 miles away.
 
Last edited:

Did I hear them say it was close to 3 miles wide? That is insane. I grew up on a farm in South Dakota and saw my share of them, albeit never close, but 3 miles wide? I remember when this one hit:

[video=youtube;e2WZJC4by0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2WZJC4by0c[/video]

and though it was about 70 miles away, the next morning checking cattle we found a bunch of deposit slips from the Spencer bank littering our pasture.
 

That's awful, only just seen the news.

You need bomb shelters to survive those things, don't schools have tornado shelters?
 
Some people crying as their homes and possessions destroyed, I can understand that, but when they here about those that didn't survive I think they'll thank their lucky stars they're here to start again.
 

Status
Not open for further replies.

Welcome

Join Grand Old Team to get involved in the Everton discussion. Signing up is quick, easy, and completely free.

Register

Shop

Back
Top