Large tornado plowing through Moore OK, southern OKC right now

Originally posted by Nyiah
I thought they just had a big tornado in OK? Or am I getting my states mixed up?

Yeah, had one yesterday.

www.huffingtonpost.com...

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They did yesterday...Shaunee? I think was the town.
So you are not mixing up your states.
This is another event...

That man with his 2 dogs in the cart, hoping his kids&wife are ok...

That was heart-breaking.

fox news just reported a 3mo old baby and 4 year old child deceased in tornado in Moore
Pray for the people of Moore OK please and those still missing

new, no media within a 5 mile radius of the disaster area in Moore.

They do not want people seeing the rescue.

Originally posted by Kali74
News9 just reported that all the children from the school have been accounted for, I hope that is accurate.

That would be remarkable. Any confirmation of this? (praying)

OMG!!! I don't know what to say.....I'm hoping those kids were kept safe, even though the pics are horrific!!! Geez...no means of communication between school & parents.....

BREAKING: Newcastle/Moore/South OKC tornado rated "at least EF4" in preliminary NWS evaluation.

twitter.com...

Live weather radar

www.livewxradar.com...

Originally posted by Curio

Originally posted by Kali74
News9 just reported that all the children from the school have been accounted for, I hope that is accurate.

That would be remarkable. Any confirmation of this? (praying)

Just heard that on News9 too. Plus the daycare were all accounted for.

Originally posted by Curio

Nope. Their shelter was a hallway. Quite why you wouldn't build a concrete bunker under the school in that area is beyond me.

My husband and I were just discussing this. But here in Ok, most schools are built with one central hallway reinforced to act as a tornado shelter. It is actually a lot stronger and safer than most homes. Many communities here open up the schools for those without tornado shelters to take shelter in.

When we lived in Luther, Ok, the school there did have an underground shelter that they opened to the community. I am with you though, I think all schools here should have underground shelters, as well as each trailer park. There are way too many trailer parks here and I swear they are magnets for tornadoes. I don't see why each one isn't mandated to provide underground shelters for their residents.

~OkieDokie

Fox reported earlier the tornado
had winds of 190 mph,F4

4th, 5th, and 6th graders are all accounted for. They weren't at the school during the tornado, they were escorted elsewhere.

Reports talked about rock underground makes it hard to build in ground shelters. Most are reinforced above ground for that reason.

"police confirmed" 3 dead inside a 7-11.

Plus some other school hit by the (same?) tornado.

Originally posted by antar
Live weather radar

www.livewxradar.com...

This link show a "moderate" risk for tornadoes today and tonight, we are getting the pets and bug out ready to go over to the family, will check in after we leave from a cell phone.

I swear they are NOT getting the warnings out properly, they do not want to be wrong or cry wolf!!!

my sister-in-law... who incidently has 3 bee colonies.....living very near OK City

ALL are OK...per phone call from her older sister here in SC...it is now 6:10 PM Eastern & the call was made much earlier

this is a much better live news stream. much higher quality
www.nbcnews.com...

Bringing stretchers in, NG is there, victims being found. Too emotional for news crews to report without breaking down crying.

20 mile long debris ball on 2 1/2 miles tornado. F4 or F5