BREAKING: 50+ CONFIRMED DEAD IN OKLAHOMA TORNADO

abcnews.go.com...

A mammoth tornado carved a trail of destruction through the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, killing at least 37 people and ripping apart two elementary schools today, local authorities said.

"It is absolutely devastating, this is horrific," Oklahoma Lt. Gov Todd Lamb said. "We're going to have fatalities. ... We're going to have significant injuries. ... We just don't know what those numbers are. Schools have been hit, a hospital has been hit, businesses have been flattened, neighborhoods have been wiped away -- we don't have the numbers in yet but it is going to be significant and it is going to be horrific."

Intense situation going on there in Oklahoma.

- Respect the wind -

KFOR TV Live Stream - when tornado was on the ground.
(with scanner feed)

hi op

Seen it on the bbc news about 40 mins ago

Its hit a school 7 confirmed dead
many more still trapped in the debris.
Very bad damage.

Edit: meant to put the 3 in front

They just raised it to 51, and are thinking that dozens, 40-50 are feared dead in the elementary school that they are searching through right now.

Live coverage from OKC Channel 9: www.news9.com...

reply to post by davesmart

I saw something about it...
But I was doing something else at the moment.

Then I saw a headline confirming "37-DEAD."

Like, what... the... f***...

Thoughts to those involved.

I heard them mention this on the News. I had never heard of it before.
I think it is something that Everyone should know about.

[color=FF4040]Red Cross
safeandwell.communityos.org...

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Click on the “List Myself as Safe and Well” button to register yourself on the site.

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Well, I just realized that the actual website address really sucks, but is still something people should know about. It is SAFEANDWELL.COMMUNITYOS

Logic dictates that I should be able to simply type in SAFEANDWELL.COM, but that doesn't work. It says nothing about the Red Cross, and tells me that the domain name may be for sale.







[color=888888]Only a couple days left in the school year. Summer Break begins later this week.

Wish there was some way for schools to have storm shelters or a basement for the people to run for cover.
What a tragedy......


My thoughts and prayers go out to those people.

Funny, just a couple hours ago I read an article about sarah palin denying global warming again. The weather is just normal according to her. LINK

This tornado and it horrific aftermath is being discussed here:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Please add further comments to the ongoing discussion in the above linked thread.
Thanks

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