Massive tornado hit Oklahoma Two-mile-wide tornado slams Oklahoma City area, killing at least 51 - CNN.com Quote:
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a tornado hits oklahoma and it's news? Did you hear people sped on the sea to sky highway this weekend? I'm surprised anyone lives in tornado alley anymore |
Yikes! A two mile wide tornado is gigantic. When Mother Nature comes knocking, get out of the way. -really sad to hear about the people killed in this incident. 140 people, including 70 children, are being treated in hospitals. People who think that a tornado hitting a city is not news need to look at this video. Imagine if this monster was heading towards you. :eek5: |
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I had CNN on and was thinking exactly the same thing when they were covering the area before a tornado even touched down and i was thinking CNN really needs to get their act together and report the news... so i flip to the BBC for awhile and when I check CNN again I see the aftermath and HOLY SHIT horribly massive and destructive tornado I agree though, Im surprised people reside there where apparently 95% of the worlds tornadoes occur (quote from cnn) |
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As stated earlier in the post you failed..... I wonder why people still live in tornado alley. you have heard of this right? this isn't the first time oklahoma has been devastated by a tornado, in fact, since 1999 when you were born, it's happened a lot! |
interesting.. as recently as May 2011 there was a massive E5 tornado in Missouri killing a record 158.. where the hell have i been? Quote:
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Hahah. Dude, I am much older than you, bro. -hate to date myself but I was born way before 1999. ;) Anyways, it's not that easy to move from one place to another to avoid tornadoes. It's a weather phenomenon common across the entire U.S. midwest. Kansas and Iowa are also states where tornadoes have occurred. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Alley These figures, reported by the National Climatic Data Center for the period between January 1, 1950 and July 31, 2009, show the ten most affected states. As reports are taken from individual counties within States, sometimes the same tornado can be reported more than once as it crosses county lines. Texas: 8049 Kansas: 3809 Oklahoma: 3442 Florida: 3032 Nebraska: 2595 Iowa: 2368 Illinois: 2207 Missouri: 2119 Mississippi: 1972 Alabama: 1844 |
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I'd be safe to say if i lived in tornado alley and was poor, I'd at least move to salt lake city as soon as i could save the $1000 it may cost to move me there. But I'm sure there are some really well educated people who have a good reason to live in tornado alley and have no problem living there, I just don't feel bad for them when their trailer park ends up 3 miles down the road. |
That's scary, don't know what I would do. Posted via RS Mobile |
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Some people have lived in "Tornado Alley" their entire lives and never witnessed a twister - despite the frequency with which they happen there, it's a pretty vast area. What's particularly newsworthy about this is that it's something like the 5th major storm to hit the area in the last 15 years. Meanwhile... http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/641/4796524720.jpg View Screen Capture |
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but this one has more info although it doesn't give totals Average number of tornadoes and average deaths per year by state Mississippi has the most deaths per year average then Texas Florida has the most tornadoes per square mile and Oklahoma is 2nd however tornadoes in florida supposedly dont get as strong |
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Toll's up to 90 or so. Tragic. |
To give an idea of the scale of this thing: the classic picture of a tornado has a footprint the width of a house, maybe two - couple hundred feet or so. The contact patch of this thing was reported as being up to TWO MILES (over 10,000 ft) wide. That's the distance from No.3 Rd. to No.5 Rd. in Richmond, and Bridgeport to Granville the other way. That's the full width of Sea Island - this thing could have flattened the entire airport in one pass. |
Fuck, RIP. Damn nature you scary. |
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wow that's a powerful pic. =( |
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The death toll is confirmed at 24 currently, reduced from the 51-90 reports Two dozen killed in tornado in Oklahoma City suburb | News1130 |
that video is crazy...as per the 'Twister' movie... sure looks like the 'Finger of God'! |
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