Community | May 24, 2011 | 10 comments

Tornadoes hit Oklahoma, headed for Joplin area again

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxrRbmZoXAo

JanforGore
These poor people. I pray they will stay strong. It looks like they could get hit again. They are still looking for the missing in Joplin. Over 1000 people unaccounted for.
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10 comments // Tornadoes hit Oklahoma, headed for Joplin area again // Video

  • EmperorThan
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      EmperorThan  

    • The city a few miles away from me that I've gotten drunk in ever weekend for the last 6 months got hit by a tornado last night Haskell, Oklahoma. Then at the same time it was getting hit I guess the wind got REAL strong here and my back patio's screen door kept flinging open.

    • 1 year ago
  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  
    • EmperorThan:

      Well, I guess go find another city to get drunk, then if a tornado later also strangles them by their chicken necks look up to see what color cloud is following you around [so I can watch for anyone here having one too and leave til the destruction is past].

      I await your reply.

    • 12 months ago
  • samthesixth
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • To the one who voted down the message with information to actually help the survivors of this: You don't have the nerve to show yourself in this thread now right? That speaks volumes about you. You like to see people suffer and die? Coward.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Where would people go to seek shelter and safety if another one hits if so much has been destroyed? Their spirit is incredible.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Posting this again for anyone who wishes to help.

      Joplin tornado: How to help:

      Several organizations and individuals are helping victims of the Joplin tornado. Here's how you can get involved and help those affected by the deadliest single U.S. tornado since 1953:

      Donations

      The American Red Cross has set up a page for Missouri tornado and flood relief.

      The Joplin Red Cross could use some donations. You can contact it at (417) 624-4411 or info@redcross-ozarks.org in order to find out what supplies are most necessary.

      The Missouri SEMA has set up a donation page.

      A list of major non-profits that operate regularly in Missouri can be found on the National Donations Management Network website. You can also call (800) 427-4626 for further information.

      The Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organization is taking donations for longterm recovery efforts.

      The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks is in need of blood — particularly type O. A list of donation sites can be found here.
      Volunteering

      211 Missouri is helping organize volunteers in the affected areas. More information can be found by calling (800) 427-462.

      Nurses or doctors looking to help can call (417) 832-9500 for the Greater Ozarks chapter of the Red Cross.

      Health professionals can register to volunteer through the Show-Me Response website.

      Animal rescue

      For those in the Joplin area: Emergency Pet Center of the Four States at 7th & Illinois near the Sonic is OPEN and accepting found/injured animals. Its phones are down at this time.

      The "Animals Lost & Found from the Joplin, Mo tornado" Facebook page is tracking lost and found pets.

      Safety Information

      The National Americorp Volunteers are setting up a national hotline for residents to call to check on loved ones. The number is (417) 659-5464 and should be active later today.

      The American Red Cross has set up a site on which you can check in, report on the safety of others, or look for information on loved ones.

      The "Joplin people accounted for after the storm" Facebook page is helping people track loved ones who fell out of touch during the storm.

      The St. John's Health System has been updating its Facebook page regularly with information relevant to the aftermath of the storm.

      Other efforts

      The recently organized "Joplin Volunteer & Outreach Station" Facebook page appears to be focused on aiding relief efforts.

      The "Joplin Tornado Citizen Checks (neighbors helping neighbors!)" Facebook page appears to be a gathering place for a lot of Joplin locals who are in need of aid or able to provide aid to others.

      The "Joplin, MO Tornado Recovery" Facebook page is one of the bigger ones dedicated to aid efforts and contains a great deal of up-to-the-second information on where help is necessary.

      Some words of caution

      While giving is good and your intentions are great, be aware that there are individuals who might attempt to take advantage of your kindness. Read up on the charities or organizations to which you are donating funds or supplies. You can use sites such as Charity Navigator — a service run by a non-profit organization that has information on more than 5,000 charities and evaluates the groups' financial health — to confirm that everything's on the up and up.

    • 1 year ago
  • samthesixth
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • http://www.freep.com/article/20110524/NEWS07/110524062/As-Joplin-Mo-death-toll-r...

      More information:

      "But even as victims try to recover, tornado warnings have been issued for parts of Kansas, North Carolina -- and four low-level tornadoes were confirmed in Ohio, as part of storms that felled trees and left thousands without power, and at least one tornado touched down in Oklahoma.

      The twister that hit Joplin on Sunday is the deadliest single tornado since the National Weather Service began keeping official records in 1950. It's the 8th-deadliest single twister in U.S. history."

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  
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    • http://abcnews.go.com/US/tornadoes-headed-joplin-missouri-tonight/story?id=13672...

      This is just heartbreaking.
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      "The death toll from the monster tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., rose to at least 124 today, even as a new system of deadly storms moved across the Midwest.

      Two tornadoes passing through Oklahoma this evening left at least four people dead and destroyed dozens of houses, according to state and local officials.

      News of the storm system gave the search for survivors in Joplin new urgency.

      The storms are predicted to move into the Joplin area between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. tonight, according to Bernie Rayno, expert senior meteorologist at Accuweather.com.

      The city is still staggering from the EF-5 tornado that tore through the city on Sunday, the deadliest single tornado in more than 50 years.

      Rayno said that a strengthening jet stream combined with "directional sheer," meaning changing wind speeds at different atmospheric heights, are textbook factors in tornado creation.

      "There are not enough quotes to describe what could happen tonight," Rayno told ABC News.

      The threat of more tornadoes comes as search and rescue teams struggle to find survivors. More than 750 people were injured in the storm Sunday that caused widespread devastation to the small midwestern town.

      "You don't go to bed at night thinking something like this would happen," Gov. Jay Nixon said this morning. "I was down here for graduation on Saturday, gym was filled with 4,000 of the happiest people you're ever going to see and the next thing I hear is that we've got a tornado coming and 24 hours later we're down here looking at this."

      President Obama said this morning that he will visit the tornado-ravaged state of Missouri this weekend after he returns from Europe.

      Speaking from the Ambassador's House in London, where he and Michelle Obama arrived earlier today, Obama called the outbreak of tornadoes "devastating and heartbreaking," while he reassured those affected by the storms that "every ounce of resources the federal government may have" will be used in recovery efforts.

      "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who are suffering at this moment," Obama said. "And all we can do is let them know that all of America cares deeply about them and that we are going to do absolutely everything we can to make sure that they recover."

      The greatest threat for tornadoes stretches from Dallas to Kansas City, according to the report. The area includes Joplin, Mo., where rescue workers are racing to salvage survivors from the wreckage left by a tornado that destroyed an estimated 30 percent of the city on Sunday.

      The massive Joplin tornado was rated as an EF-5, the strongest classification, with winds ranging above 200 mph. The nearly mile-wide funnel touched down at 5:41 p.m. CT Sunday and blasted a six mile wide path through the city and left trapped survivors crying out for help this morning.

      The tornado that struck Flint, Mich., on June 8, 1953 and killed 116 people had been the deadliest single tornado on record since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began keeping track of tornado fatalities in 1950.

      The lethal twister has also made 2011 the deadliest year for tornadoes since 1953, with 454 deaths from 1,000 tornadoes so far, according to NOAA.

      April also set a record as the deadliest month with 361 tornado-related deaths, according to NOAA's records.

    • 1 year ago
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