Oklahoma Tornados

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon May 20, 2013 4:57 pm

Prayers up for all involved. Please check in here if you can and let us know your ok and what we can do to help. Prayers said.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Mon May 20, 2013 5:39 pm

Prayers up for sure.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Mon May 20, 2013 5:46 pm

Borregos wrote:Prayers up for sure.

+ 1..

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Mon May 20, 2013 6:01 pm

close call gentlemen --- I actually reside in the Moore/Norman area --- traffic is too backed up to get out and about , --- I may not be much help in the field , but I look forward to making some donations hopefully where they can do some good

With my job, I am used to travelling to other places to help deal with their problems when they happen, but I guess I will be staying home for a while

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon May 20, 2013 6:07 pm

I'll head to the Salvation Army website and kick in something.....Prayers up....

( as an aside, The Salvation Army used almost 100% of the money they receive for helping....other outfits use most of the money to pay themselves first

)

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Mon May 20, 2013 6:40 pm

Fingers crossed for everyone involved!

Doug,
Good to see you're ok! I have some business friends in OKC area, Waiting to hear that everyone is all right!

jason

Lastmohecken · Post by **Lastmohecken** » Mon May 20, 2013 6:55 pm

I just found out that my daughter's friend and her husband and family lost everything in the tornado. Thankfully, they were all gone at the time.

86er · Post by **86er** » Mon May 20, 2013 7:46 pm

If anyone knows a family that needs refuge I am offering 1 adult private BR, 1 kids room and private bathroom + 3 meals a day for as long as that family needs to get their situation settled. All they have to do is let me know, and then get here to Rockwall, TX. Put the word out to anyone you know affected by the Moore area tornado.

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Mon May 20, 2013 7:50 pm

stunning hardship and pain for those folks. prayers UP for angels of mercy to tend to their needs.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:15 pm

86er wrote:If anyone knows a family that needs refuge I am offering 1 adult private BR, 1 kids room and private bathroom + 3 meals a day for as long as that family needs to get their situation settled. All they have to do is let me know, and then get here to Rockwall, TX. Put the word out to anyone you know affected by the Moore area tornado.

THAT is the attitude that made this nation great, and has sustained mankind through all sorts of things for centuries. Thank you for being one of those who gives to those in need. I hope that someone in need benefits from your kindness, and you will be all the better for having extended it.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:26 pm

Grizz wrote:stunning hardship and pain for those folks. prayers UP for angels of mercy to tend to their needs.

+1

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Mon May 20, 2013 9:23 pm

Very sad. My prayers go out to all .

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Mon May 20, 2013 9:33 pm

Bad coupla days... I sat for a few hours at the OK/KS line yesterday waiting for tornadoes and storm cells to pass across my path... Prayers up for those in need and for those in the path of such.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:13 pm

2ndovc wrote:Fingers crossed for everyone involved!

Doug,
Good to see you're ok! I have some business friends in OKC area, Waiting to hear that everyone is all right!

jason

Thanks man ---- I hope they are ok --- Sadly , its pretty bad, -- been a bad week, from the storm that hit west Ft Worth to the several storms that hit OK ---- reminds me a bit of the Birmingham storm and Joplin storms from just a bit ago
---- sometimes I wonder why I still continue to live here --- I love Denver and at times would like to find a job outside the insurance claims industry for a while ---this stuff tires me out

86'er -- bless you ! I would love to have the room to host a family for a bit if they needed it

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:49 pm

AJMD429 wrote:
86er wrote:If anyone knows a family that needs refuge I am offering 1 adult private BR, 1 kids room and private bathroom + 3 meals a day for as long as that family needs to get their situation settled. All they have to do is let me know, and then get here to Rockwall, TX. Put the word out to anyone you know affected by the Moore area tornado.
THAT is the attitude that made this nation great, and has sustained mankind through all sorts of things for centuries. Thank you for being one of those who gives to those in need. I hope that someone in need benefits from your kindness, and you will be all the better for having extended it.

+1

Prayers up for all those affected!

piller · Post by **piller** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:50 am

Everyone I know in the OKC area is safe and sound. Prayers up for all those affected.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:57 am

TedH wrote:
Grizz wrote:stunning hardship and pain for those folks. prayers UP for angels of mercy to tend to their needs.
+1

Dude...is your place ok?

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Tue May 21, 2013 4:10 am

Prayers Up for All.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Tue May 21, 2013 6:39 am

All's well with me and mine. We are praying for those who were effected by it. Last count I heard was 51 and more expected. Really sad about the school children.

Did you see the picture of the path where all the greenery was gone and only red dirt left? Amazing. Not sure an above ground safe room would have saved anyone in that area though they are said to withstand an EF5. We already know this one was at least an EF4 from looking at the damage but may have been EF5 part of the time.

Lots of storms through the night with more expected today, Tuesday.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Tue May 21, 2013 6:47 am

BlaineG wrote:I'll head to the Salvation Army website and kick in something.....Prayers up....

( as an aside, The Salvation Army used almost 100% of the money they receive for helping....other outfits use most of the money to pay themselves first )

+1

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Tue May 21, 2013 6:52 am

thanks for this thread and the reports

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue May 21, 2013 8:25 am

Watch the video clip. My heart just breaks for this man.

http://www.aljazeera.com/

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue May 21, 2013 9:25 am

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5 schools & 1 (new) hospital were badly hit in Moore ........

Very saddening - my heart & prayers go out to/for those folks .........................

IMO, an underground shelter would have been the only way to avoid the devastation caused by flying steel I-beams, etc.
The folks that took shelter in a 7-Eleven store's walk-in freezer also perished.

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AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Tue May 21, 2013 4:23 pm

Pete44ru wrote:The folks that took shelter in a 7-Eleven store's walk-in freezer also perished.

My wife was driving with our then 6 month old baby, and in the path of a tornado, so she pulled into a bank, ran in the door, and announced she WAS going into the vault (a woman with a baby fearing danger doesn't ask permission to do anything), and said by the way others might want to join me since the tornado you were hearing about on the radio is just down the road...! Several people joined her with the bank personnel nervously joining them, though I don't think they locked the door. The bank was spared but I'll bet a direct hit would not have hurt the vault, having seen the way those are built.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Tue May 21, 2013 6:42 pm

I haven't been able to get in touch with cnjaris, no reply to my PM and can't get through on the cell phone. Does anyone else know how to contact him? maybe some of the OK guys? I know he lives in the OK city area but not sure exactly where.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Tue May 21, 2013 8:02 pm

Ricky,
As of 6:00 PM Phoenix time today:
I have two houses in New Mexico that could be utilized.
Not the best, but better than in the open.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Tue May 21, 2013 8:18 pm

Mescalero wrote:Ricky,
As of 6:00 PM Phoenix time today:
I have two houses in New Mexico that could be utilized.
Not the best, but better than in the open.

Thats very kind and generous of you, maybe someone can benefit from it.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Tue May 21, 2013 9:35 pm

RKrodle wrote:I haven't been able to get in touch with cnjaris, no reply to my PM and can't get through on the cell phone. Does anyone else know how to contact him? maybe some of the OK guys? I know he lives in the OK city area but not sure exactly where.

Cell service is still super spotty if he is close to the affected area --- me personally, I have internet and home phone because it is underground, ---but still little cell reception

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Fri May 24, 2013 12:27 pm

Heard from cnjarvis today and all is well!!!

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Fri May 24, 2013 1:29 pm

Pete44ru wrote:.

5 schools & 1 (new) hospital were badly hit in Moore ........

Very saddening - my heart & prayers go out to/for those folks .........................

IMO, an underground shelter would have been the only way to avoid the devastation caused by flying steel I-beams, etc.
The folks that took shelter in a 7-Eleven store's walk-in freezer also perished.

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Most cinder block walls like what a 7-11 are hollow except where the rebar verticals and horizontal bond beams are, so yea a flying piece of steel would go right through it. I've always wondered why these areas in tornado alley didn't have a series of bunkers in populated areas, and stricter building codes.

Feel awful for the people there. Sincerely hope the relief efforts happen quickly and people can get on with their lives.

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