Joolesgreyuk Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Praying once again for the people of Oklahoma, haven't they suffered enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Seriously! It was awful to watch the live feed again last night. It's got to be so hard to live in Tornado Alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Yeah they have suffered plenty but they don't call it tornado alley for nothing, I love my mountains more and more every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joolesgreyuk Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 I love the mountains too Jude, they are beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffNOK Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) We have been relatively lucky in Tulsa, but Thursday night an EF-2 tornado destroyed a neighborhood and commercial center just 2 miles from my parents' house in Broken Arrow (no injuries thankfully). Usually Gracie and I go there during bad weather, but I decided not to that night. The funnel went right over their house before touching down. You just never know. My church is sending volunteers to the areas in Moore and OKC over the next few weeks. I hope to join the effort. It always helps when you can do something. Edited June 1, 2013 by JeffNOK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 So sad to watch this happen once more yesterday and last night. Thoughts and prayers for all affected previously and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 WeatherEvents.net @weather_events Tragic news circulating that highly respected storm chasers Tim Samaras & Carl Young were killed in the El Reno OK tornado yesterday. Higgins Storm Chasing Heart breaking and tragic news for the storm chasing and weather community today with the sad loss of storm chasers Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young. Tim Samaras was a weather scientist with National Geographic and starred on the Discovery Channel's series Storm Chasers with team Twistex, his son Paul Samaras was a talented photographer and also starred alongside his father Tim and Carl Young was a meteorologist and also part of the Twistex team. It is believed their car was struck by the El Reno, Oklahoma rain wrapped EF3 tornado yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends as we mourn this tragic loss with them. May they rest in peace and watch and protect us all from above. Do keep in mind these people have added so much to our knowledge of how these storms build, form and move helping all of us be a little smarter and safer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joolesgreyuk Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 How sad... You have to be a pretty special kind of person to storm chase...or crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) ^^^Think it's safe to say both. But the entire breed has contributed hugely towards understanding more about this phenomenon & are probably responsible for saving so many lives. Particularly Tim Samaras, which makes this even sadder. The meteorologist was saying that those storms had such extreme rain that it blinded weather equipment from seeing where the tornadoes were. He said that it was quite possible to drive right into a funnel & never see it coming. Adding yet another horrifying fact to what I've learned about tornadoes in the past month. Edited June 4, 2013 by birdhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 That storm has now been upgraded to an EF5 the strongest of Tornadic storms and this one is now a record holder being 2.6 miles wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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