Oklahoma Tornado

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Things are rapidly declining today. We are under a pretty big threat yet again.
 
OKC has been hit by a tornado and now STL has a tornado on the ground north of the Downtown area.

AT 810 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRIDGETON
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This is from the STL area.
 
It's already caught one chaser as well.
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I can't imagine being caught in such a bad spot that you can't floor it and get out. I realize the rain and hail are very hard to see and drive fast in, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Luckily those Chevy trucks have plenty of room inside for people to squish into so I assume nobody was crushed.
 
Dodged yet another bullet. This one was right on track for my location but hooked back the other direction at the last second. After spending two hours in the bathroom with a mattress I'm convinced it's time to move.
 
Yeah dude. The only moderately exciting thing I can remember happening in Dayton in my 25 years here is that tiny earthquake that woke me up. It was like a 4.0 or something. Apparently that happens once in a blue moon. But tornadoes are exceedingly rare in Dayton, I assume because of all the hills here along the river. It's flat as a pancake over in Xenia and they got annihilated back in the 70s. That tornado didn't touch down until it was past Dayton where the flat land starts. Oh, and we had that mega flood back in 1913 but shortly after we built a system of levees that makes New Orleans's look like a fortress made of Lincoln Logs. Besides that, totally safe and boring.
 
I am originally from Springfield, I can't remember anything quite like what we get here. I seem to remember another fairly good sized one that did some significant damage in Xenia in the late 90's-early 00's that took out the old Wal Mart.
 
Being from Dayton, Xenia is like the weird kid in class that nobody pays attention to. I don't remember that storm. But yeah, you should probably come back, or at least go anywhere other than OKC. Kevin Durant isn't that good.
 
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2013/05/31/wdr-moore-tornado-relief-us-border.html

Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border

A Canadian shipment of relief goods bound for storm-ravaged Oklahoma has been stopped at the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ont.

American officials will not allow the 20,000 kilograms of food, blankets and diapers into the country until every item on board is itemized in alphabetical order and has the country of origin of every product noted.

Dennis Sauve, the volunteer co-ordinator for Windsor Lifeline Outreach and the food bank co-ordinator at the Windsor Christian Fellowship, the two organizations that gathered the goods, said it's a "physical impossibility" to do the paperwork required in time to get the perishable food to Oklahoma before it spoils.

Because U.S. President Barack Obama hasn't declared Moore, Okla., tornado a disaster area, the 52-foot trailer of goods is considered a commercial shipment rather than humanitarian aid.

A tornado three kilometres wide ripped through Moore on May 20. The twister killed 24 people and injured close to 400. It destroyed 1,200 homes and damaged another 10,000.

Several companies gave donations

Sauve's group secured skids of food donated from Heinz Canada, a refrigerated truck from ADT Transportation and fresh fruits and vegetables from a number of greenhouses in Leamington, Ont., southeast of Windsor.

"It was very rapid. By the hour it was swelling up in size. We were absolutely thrilled to be able to do this," Sauve said. "I had no dream at all it would be this difficult. I never dreamt we would be called to the table on being able to give this food to people in need."

The shipment was to be sent to the Gate Church or Oklahoma City, about 20 minutes away from the devastation.

Bishop Tony Miller called the hang-up "very unfortunate." He said his church has been waiting to receive the goods all week.

"We were excited that our friends internationally were willing to send resources. They worked hard to put it together," said Miller, when reached en route to Moore on Friday.

The truck was originally scheduled to leave Wednesday. Instead, it's parked in Leamington.

"They were kind of shocked at how much we were able to get together," Sauve said.

The truck was loaded with so much food and supplies, it was initially overweight and volunteers had to remove skids.

Sauve said U.S. agents have asked to physically inspect the produce and two skids of rice, donated by Dainty Rice in Windsor.

In an effort to help the shipment pass through customs, Dainty Rice provided paperwork and NAFTA certificates for the rice.

Load considered 'commercial'

As of Friday, the truck still had not pulled out.

Sauve said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now asking for documentation of every item on the truck, including manufacturer's documentation and country of origin before it will approve the shipment as "safe for consumption."

"That documentation for us would be an impossibility," Sauve said.

He is now worried the fresh food, picked on Wednesday, will soon spoil.

"We're holding our breath and saying our prayers," Sauve said.

Miller, meanwhile, has asked his congressman for help. He emailed U.S. Congressman James Langford, who in turn raised the concern with FEMA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"That's not something that ever crossed my mind, that we'd have these issues," Miller said. "Especially when it's coming from reputable people.

"They only had the heart to help people."
 
Just read that, they must have been caught off guard, because Twistex usually is the more careful team, unlike the guys driving the Dominator and TIV. Will be a bit strange to watch Storm Chasers tonight.
 
Yeah, just won't be the same without them. Tim was always really big on safety and not being too close, but I guess that tornado was really irratic and it shifted track and caught them off guard. Seems people are taking some big risks this year, the TIV has great video of being inside an EF4 and the Dominator crew had their hood sucked off while intercepting the other day. Then that Tahoe that was thrown as well, getting crazy out there. :nervous:
 
Solid Lifters
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2013/05/31/wdr-moore-tornado-relief-us-border.html

Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border

A Canadian shipment of relief goods bound for storm-ravaged Oklahoma has been stopped at the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ont.

American officials will not allow the 20,000 kilograms of food, blankets and diapers into the country until every item on board is itemized in alphabetical order and has the country of origin of every product noted.

Dennis Sauve, the volunteer co-ordinator for Windsor Lifeline Outreach and the food bank co-ordinator at the Windsor Christian Fellowship, the two organizations that gathered the goods, said it's a "physical impossibility" to do the paperwork required in time to get the perishable food to Oklahoma before it spoils.

Because U.S. President Barack Obama hasn't declared Moore, Okla., tornado a disaster area, the 52-foot trailer of goods is considered a commercial shipment rather than humanitarian aid.

A tornado three kilometres wide ripped through Moore on May 20. The twister killed 24 people and injured close to 400. It destroyed 1,200 homes and damaged another 10,000.

Several companies gave donations

Sauve's group secured skids of food donated from Heinz Canada, a refrigerated truck from ADT Transportation and fresh fruits and vegetables from a number of greenhouses in Leamington, Ont., southeast of Windsor.

"It was very rapid. By the hour it was swelling up in size. We were absolutely thrilled to be able to do this," Sauve said. "I had no dream at all it would be this difficult. I never dreamt we would be called to the table on being able to give this food to people in need."

The shipment was to be sent to the Gate Church or Oklahoma City, about 20 minutes away from the devastation.

Bishop Tony Miller called the hang-up "very unfortunate." He said his church has been waiting to receive the goods all week.

"We were excited that our friends internationally were willing to send resources. They worked hard to put it together," said Miller, when reached en route to Moore on Friday.

The truck was originally scheduled to leave Wednesday. Instead, it's parked in Leamington.

"They were kind of shocked at how much we were able to get together," Sauve said.

The truck was loaded with so much food and supplies, it was initially overweight and volunteers had to remove skids.

Sauve said U.S. agents have asked to physically inspect the produce and two skids of rice, donated by Dainty Rice in Windsor.

In an effort to help the shipment pass through customs, Dainty Rice provided paperwork and NAFTA certificates for the rice.

Load considered 'commercial'

As of Friday, the truck still had not pulled out.

Sauve said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now asking for documentation of every item on the truck, including manufacturer's documentation and country of origin before it will approve the shipment as "safe for consumption."

"That documentation for us would be an impossibility," Sauve said.

He is now worried the fresh food, picked on Wednesday, will soon spoil.

"We're holding our breath and saying our prayers," Sauve said.

Miller, meanwhile, has asked his congressman for help. He emailed U.S. Congressman James Langford, who in turn raised the concern with FEMA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"That's not something that ever crossed my mind, that we'd have these issues," Miller said. "Especially when it's coming from reputable people.

"They only had the heart to help people."
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I found that same link via a friend in my news feed on Facebook earlier, and I was just appalled. And it happened in my backyard in terms of being fairly close to my hometown. To quote another friend of mine after he saw this story, "WTG AMERICA. F:censored: ME THE STUPID IN THIS COUNTRY IS LIMITLESS."
 
Oh. My. God.

I...just.. wow.

This is the path it took and shows were they were struck, you can see just how caught off guard they really were:

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This is the Weather Channels chasing vehicle...everyone survived here.

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The El Reno tornado has officially been rated an EF5 and grew to over 2 miles wide at it's maximum intensity. Base winds were over 300mph. At one point it expanded from 1 mile wide to nearly 2 miles wide in less than 30 seconds, which is probably how the Twistex team were caught off guard.

Here's another map:

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The peak of the El Reno tornado was confirmed at 2.6 miles wide, the largest on record beating out the 2.5 mile wide tornado that hit Hallam, Nebraska in 2004..
 
I can only imagine how bad hurricane season will be this year. If these tornadoes are a sign than the south & east coast are doomed.
 
Rainbow Dash
I can only imagine how bad hurricane season will be this year. If these tornadoes are a sign than the south & east coast are doomed.
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I predict a minor hurricane season. The numbers of tornadoes is only half what it usually is. Just bad luck it hit a populated area. There's more of those now than there used to be on the great plains.
 
I heard tornado's were above average so far this year but then again I was listening to the news & they are wrong a lot.
 

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