Tornados Ravage South; at least 280 dead

[jimmy olsen]

Where's Hamilcar when you need him?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/28/us-weather-idUSTRE73P2PK20110428

[DGuller]

It's 45 now.  I wonder if a high occupancy building was hit to bring such a high body count.  I know tornadoes are vicious, but I don't recall ever seeing a 45 dead figure for any of them.

[JonasSalk]

About 130 tornadoes, over 60 people dead. My house survived easily somehow.

[Lettow77]

 It's terrible stuff. My condolences are with the gulf states- Hopefully the dead will merit some federal money for the states, at the least.

[JonasSalk]

The areas affected are not along the Gulf Coast. Geography fail, Lettow.

[Martinus]

Has anyone blamed gays yet?

[Lettow77]

The areas affected are not along the Gulf Coast. Geography fail, Lettow.

Did I say they were? Merely that it hit the gulf states, not the gulf coast, er..

[Caliga]

It's 45 now.  I wonder if a high occupancy building was hit to bring such a high body count.  I know tornadoes are vicious, but I don't recall ever seeing a 45 dead figure for any of them.

There was a tornado in the 1930s (I think) that killed like 600 people.  Part of the reason is that it touched down in Missouri and stayed on the ground for many hundreds of miles, destroying everything in its path until it got to south central Indiana.

[Caliga]

Anyway, I think the Ohio is expected to crest today.  Downtown Louisville is = threatened with catastrophic damage.  This has been the wettest April in the history of the city.

[jimmy olsen]

It's 45 now.  I wonder if a high occupancy building was hit to bring such a high body count.  I know tornadoes are vicious, but I don't recall ever seeing a 45 dead figure for any of them.

There was a tornado in the 1930s (I think) that killed like 600 people.  Part of the reason is that it touched down in Missouri and stayed on the ground for many hundreds of miles, destroying everything in its path until it got to south central Indiana.

It was also an F4 or 5 that was a mile wide IIRC.

[Fireblade]

Has anyone blamed gays yet?

God judged the SHIT out of Alabama because that state is absolutely overflowing with fags.

[Caliga]

More likely, given that it's Alabama, is that he judged the state because it is overflowing with teh blacks.

[Ed Anger]

Anyway, I think the Ohio is expected to crest today.  Downtown Louisville is = threatened with catastrophic damage.  This has been the wettest April in the history of the city.

I'm sick of the wet.

[Caliga]

It's sunny here right now.

[Martinus]

Has anyone blamed gays yet?

God judged the SHIT out of Alabama because that state is absolutely overflowing with fags.

That was my thinking too.