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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/20-7

BREAKING - A mile-wide tornado blasted through Oklahoma City suburbs this afternoon causing massive damage to schools and neighborhoods. One TV helicopter reports the wide-area of destruction is "atomic bomb-like."

 

[Fatalah]

Holy moley! It might be time to start naming tornadoes.

 

[Delio]

Been keeping up with this on the weather channel. Crazy stuff :/

 

[Kiraly]

 

[GhostWriter24]

Holy fuck @ ^^^ pic. RIP

 

[diehard]

Terrible images.

 

[mcfrank]

Awful. I used to drive through Moore fairly frequently. I hope they can get to survivors quickly and get them out.

 

[Woorloog]

Was going to claim hyperbole...
But perhaps i won't.

Am i looking at that right, just a bit of rubble left?

 

[Amir0x]

God-damn

 

[mechashiva]

My stomach dropped seeing this.

 

[alr1ght]

 

[Vyroxis]

Been trying to get ahold of my dad, he is delivering a load to OKC today. Still no answer.

 

[Kiraly]

CNN: This was a school.

 

[ymmv]

https://twitter.com/GeminiTiger86/status/336587771684737024

You can hear people screaming for help...

 

[IceCold]

wow at the picture. Doesn't help that a lot of American houses seem to be built with mostly wood.

 

[BY2K]

Holy shit.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Holy mother....OK-GAF please stay safe.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

That's a ton of police cars.

Stream for those that want it. http://kfor.com/on-air/live-streaming/

 

[toxicgonzo]

That was a neighborhood....

 

[Summary Man]

A mile-wide tornado? I didn't know those things even existed. That's crazy, and I can't imagine what those people are going through right now.

 

[Kiraly]

https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/336590956851757056

Total devastation in Moore, OK.

 

[diamount]

Been trying to get ahold of my dad, he is delivering a load to OKC today. Still no answer.

I wouldn't worry about it. Coverage is probably down.

 

[jamesinclair]

Holy fuck.

Apparently this thing was on the ground for 45 minutes? And it was the strongest kind? And a mile long?

Didnt know that was possible.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

That was a neighborhood....

Multiple neighborhoods. There are schools destroyed where they're looking for kids, etc.

 

[alr1ght]

https://vine.co/v/b91WX6xhrHT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn14Vvp2LBY

 

[Freezie KO]

The tornado had the diameter of a mile? How rare is that?

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

My mouth literally just fell open.

 

[jamesinclair]

wow at the picture. Doesn't help that a lot of American houses seem to be built with mostly wood.

I really dont get how this is allowed. How do the insurance companies cover wooden homes like this?

You couldnt pay me to live in tornado country in a wooden house.

 

[ymmv]

Here's a timelapse video of the tornado moving through the countryside:

http://www.wmctv.com/category/240217/video-landing-page?clipId=8899079&autostart=true

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I wouldn't worry about it. Coverage is probably down.

Yup the cel networks are overloaded as hell right now.

I really dont get how this is allowed. How do the insurance companies cover wooden homes like this?

You couldnt pay me to live in tornado country in a wooden house.

It doesn't matter. Even houses not made of wood are gone. They're just gone.

 

[Jarmel]

Multiple neighborhoods. There are schools destroyed where they're looking for kids, etc.

Holy shit.

 

[Frolow]

Holy shit.

 

[maquiladora]

Stream : http://kfor.com/on-air/live-streaming/

 

[K.Sabot]

Moore has the worst luck. They should have built concrete houses after the second time this happened.

Pretty sure that wouldn't help though.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

This is horrible. Holy shit at those pictures...

 

[BattleMonkey]

mile wide? holy shit. don't know if there is enough tornado prep out there to properly get away from that. The toll.... holy crap.

 

[timetokill]

Good fucking god. My thoughts are with the people there right now, what a horrifying disaster.

 

[Goreomedy]

Moore has the worst luck. They should have built concrete houses after the second time this happened.

Pretty sure that wouldn't help though.

Concrete walls were destroyed by this tornado.

I don't think people understand how destructive 200mph+ winds are...

 

[alr1ght]

up to 200mph winds

 

[ezrarh]

holy fuck....condolences to those affected.

Shouldn't there be building codes for homes in this kind of area though to minimize this? Or maybe there's no way you can really protect yourself from this kind of destruction

 

[akira28]

I couldn't imagine. We had tornados go past our house. They sound like a train. I heard that rumble and man I almost wanted to get into my car and drive. Serious nature will put that animal fear into you.

A mile wide...I know people couldn't get away in time. I just hope there wasn't too many lives lost or too much suffering.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Concrete walls were destroyed by this neighborhood.

I don't think people understand how destructive 200mph+ winds are...

Exactly. Nothing was standing up to this tornado. Nothing.

 

[Incendiary]

Jesus that's terrible. Hope casualties are minimal.

 

[mcfrank]

holy fuck....condolences to those affected.

Shouldn't there be building codes for homes in this kind of area though to minimize this? Or maybe there's no way you can really protect yourself from this kind of destruction

The homes will all have basements (or most of them), but not much can stand up to sustained 200mph winds.

 

[hym]

As a reminder, actual atomic bombs killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 3 days later 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki.

I prefer not to compare anything to atomic bombs.

 

[Gattsu25]

Whoa

Stay safe, folks

 

[Shake Appeal]

The tornado had the diameter of a mile? How rare is that?

It's going to become less and less rare as time goes on.

 

[BattleMonkey]

holy fuck....condolences to those affected.

Shouldn't there be building codes for homes in this kind of area though to minimize this? Or maybe there's no way you can really protect yourself from this kind of destruction

Pretty much every building in the town would need to be rebuilt practically if they did.

 

[K.Sabot]

holy fuck....condolences to those affected.

Shouldn't there be building codes for homes in this kind of area though to minimize this? Or maybe there's no way you can really protect yourself from this kind of destruction

Being underground. I used to live in a house that was 90% underground, and we never had to do anything during tornado season.

 

[Clydefrog]

Here's a timelapse video of the tornado moving through the countryside:

http://www.wmctv.com/category/240217/video-landing-page?clipId=8899079&autostart=true

That is absolutely terrifying and awesome. Mother nature is a beast. I hope the loss of life is low..