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Title: ok storms Post by: slotsteve on May 20, 2013, 07:39:33 PM lets hope many were able to hide from these huge storms
Title: Re: ok storms Post by: FORDSBS on May 20, 2013, 09:08:34 PM I'll drink to that. :151- :253- :140- Hate those storms. Pray for people in the line of fire.
Title: Re: ok storms Post by: cowboygames on May 20, 2013, 09:22:08 PM My sister and her family are moving from Casper, WY to Edmond , OK at the end of the month. Trading one type of wind for another... :279-
Title: Re: ok storms Post by: Neonkiss on May 20, 2013, 10:32:51 PM You can listen on-line to fire and police.
Fire http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/318/web (http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/318/web) Police http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/9683/web (http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/9683/web) Just can't get their tac channels At one point they were reporting that Moore Medical Center is gone. Title: Re: ok storms Post by: tacman on May 21, 2013, 02:42:31 AM My wife was in OKC the last 10 days visiting her folks. Bracketed by 4 funnels, Edmond, Norman, Luther (about 8 miles away) and of course, Shawnee. She was in the airport this afternoon and they hustled everyone in the basement about the time the funnel hit Moore. She was delayed several hours but she made it home safe and the in-laws are fine.
Dan (tacman) Title: Re: ok storms Post by: CVslots on May 21, 2013, 12:40:35 PM Glad to hear everyone's ok. Can't imagine the devastation the community/area has experienced.
We have members in OK, but not sure of the proximity to Moore. Hopefully they are all well. Title: Re: ok storms Post by: Buzz on May 21, 2013, 05:45:23 PM Around 1960 my Sister and Brother in law bought 160 acres in Moore OK Bart was born in Oklahoma and knew his way around. Anyway before he built their new house he by hand dug a Tornado shelter I remember my Sister saying it wasn't all that deep, that Bart had hit some really hard dirt and figured he and my Sister were pretty short so it was deep enough. In 1961 I ask his why a shelter and he said that area in Moore was known to be a Tornado Ally.
Point being if you build your house on a Rail Road track, it shouldn't be any supprise if a train runs over it. I think that's called putting yourself in harms way. As a white guy if I went down to South Central LA about midnight should I be supprised if I ran into some trouble ?? Feel sorry for the Kids in Oklahome, they didn't know any better some dumb shit adult put them in harms way. :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- :79- Title: Re: ok storms Post by: CVslots on May 21, 2013, 05:57:27 PM I seen one lady's tornado shelter and it was approx 6'x10' and stuck about 18" above ground. She said it was the best $2,000 she's ever spent..at this point, I'd have to agree with her.
The mayor of Moore said only about 10% of the homes had a shelter of any kind. :103- I don't get that at all, since they've already had a couple severe tornados. But, I guess it's like floods or earthquakes in California...hindsight's 20/20 when it comes to preparedness. Where's our OK members? I know Buzzarama is in OK, but from the map, he doesn't look to be close. |