Moore Oklahoma Obliterated by F5 Tornado, 24 dead, at least 9 of them kids

Started by jimmy olsen, May 20, 2013, 05:20:54 PM

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jimmy olsen

I'm teaching the weather this week, so this tragically convient for me.
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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
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CountDeMoney


jimmy olsen

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School managed to evacuate the 4-6th grades, but the 1-3rd grades had to shelter in place and the town was too cheap for shelters.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

11B4V

Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 20, 2013, 08:51:58 PM
School managed to evacuate the 4-6th grades, but the 1-3rd grades had to shelter in place and the town was to cheap for shelters.

Not that they live in tornado alley.
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Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 20, 2013, 08:51:58 PM
School managed to evacuate the 4-6th grades, but the 1-3rd grades had to shelter in place and the town was to cheap for shelters.

:hmm:

Surely it must be possible to build schools with underground or a core/citadel safety refuge ? 
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Caliga

 :wacko:

My elementary school had a weather shelter and I grew up in freaking Pennsylvania.

Ironically, about 20 years ago the school actually had an EF0 tornado pass right over/through it.
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CountDeMoney

Shit, my old high school in Salisbury had a bona fide Civil Defense bomb shelter.  And the Eastern Shore is as flat and and the soil as porous as Oklahoma's.

mongers

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 20, 2013, 09:23:01 PM
Shit, my old high school in Salisbury had a bona fide Civil Defense bomb shelter.  And the Eastern Shore is as flat and and the soil as porous as Oklahoma's.

Heh, I'm in Salisbury tomorrow.   :bowler:
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derspiess

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 20, 2013, 09:23:01 PM
Shit, my old high school in Salisbury had a bona fide Civil Defense bomb shelter.  And the Eastern Shore is as flat and and the soil as porous as Oklahoma's.

You went to high school in Salisbury?  And you call me a redneck??  :lol:
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: derspiess on May 20, 2013, 09:40:48 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 20, 2013, 09:23:01 PM
Shit, my old high school in Salisbury had a bona fide Civil Defense bomb shelter.  And the Eastern Shore is as flat and and the soil as porous as Oklahoma's.

You went to high school in Salisbury?  And you call me a redneck??  :lol:

I was transplanted in, and transplanted out.  Stuck around long enough to grab a bucket of English's.

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Were the schools youse guys went to WPA built?

derspiess

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 20, 2013, 09:42:57 PM
I was transplanted in, and transplanted out.  Stuck around long enough to grab a bucket of English's.

:D  At UD for ROTC we frequently trained with Salisbury State cadets.  They were... special.  Made me feel like I was back in WV.  Not as special as the UM Eastern Shore guys, though.  They were in a class all by themselves  :wacko:
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Razgovory

My elementary school was.  It also doubled as a fallout shelter.  I think because of the lead paint.
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garbon

Quote from: 11B4V on May 20, 2013, 08:59:17 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 20, 2013, 08:51:58 PM
School managed to evacuate the 4-6th grades, but the 1-3rd grades had to shelter in place and the town was to cheap for shelters.

Not that they live in tornado alley.

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