May 20, 2013 Tornado: News & Information

[Pete]

The extent of the damage is starting to look incomprehensible:

[SSEiYah]

Destruction near Macapline and Ridgeway between 11th and 13th:

Aftermath of EF5 Moore Oklahoma Tornado - May 20th, 2013 - YouTube

[venture]

President Obama has made the official federal disaster declaration. So that should take care of most of the red tape to help folks. Source: AP

[jn1780]

The Warren did receive some pretty good damage as well:

They say they will reopen Friday. I think their being really optimistic. I doubt power will even be restore by then. Not to mention, it looked like they had a lot of roof damage.

[venture]

They say they will reopen Friday. I think their being really optimistic. I doubt power will even be restore by then. Not to mention, it looked like they had a lot of roof damage.

Yeah I would think a week or two just because of delays in supplies. The roof damage didn't look too bad from the shots I saw, but lighting could have been bad too.

[Spartan]

I am just really glad I didn't lose any family members, since almost all of my family is in the Moore/Westmoore area. But the tragic reality is that we might have lost some forum members here.

Start to think of the posters that you know hail from this area and let's try and keep track/check in with them.

[Teo9969]

[ljbab728]

I have never been a fan of Mary Fallin, but I have to say she gave a very heartfelt and comforting statement this afternoon. Thank you, Mary.

[Plutonic Panda]

Just heard reports of looters. What a bunch of assholes!

[venture]

Just heard reports of looters. What a bunch of assholes!

Shoot to kill imo. Okay that may be harsh. Lack of sleep does that. :-P

[mmonroe]

The Warren did receive some pretty good damage as well:

read the sign

[Dustin]

91 now confirmed dead.

[kevinpate]

Shoot to kill imo. Okay that may be harsh. Lack of sleep does that. :-P

not too harsh. not at all.

[yukong]

Shoot to kill imo. Okay that may be harsh. Lack of sleep does that. :-P

No, not to harsh. Nothing is as low as someone who preys on the injured or dead.

[Spartan]

God I hope it stays in double digits but I have my fears that this is just the beginning.. That said, I know the death toll will be curbed (downward) for how well-prepared initially and at the time the people in Moore were.

[Plutonic Panda]

Shoot to kill imo. Okay that may be harsh. Lack of sleep does that. :-P

Hey, I agree with you lol (is that bad)

[yukong]

Just heard report tornado may have just hit Poteau? Anyone hear of this?

[Dustin]

Amazing donations at the News 9 station.

[Teo9969]

God I hope it stays in double digits but I have my fears that this is just the beginning.. That said, I know the death toll will be curbed (downward) for how well-prepared initially and at the time the people in Moore were.

I imagine if this was in any other part of the country, in an area as densely populated as Moore, we'd be edging 500 and climbing steadily.

[Spartan]

I imagine if this was in any other part of the country, in an area as densely populated as Moore, we'd be edging 500 and climbing steadily.

Absolutely, no doubt.

[yukong]

We sometimes complain about them and make fun of them, but God Bless Mike Morgan, Gary England, Damon Lane and all their teams, chasers, spotters, etc. Those guys get a lot of crap, but they no doubt saved countless lives.

[zookeeper]

We sometimes complain about them and make fun of them, but God Bless Mike Morgan, Gary England, Damon Lane and all their teams, chasers, spotters, etc. Those guys get a lot of crap, but they no doubt saved countless lives.

Amen.

Here's an 8 minute montage of KFOR coverage put together by MSNBC as a timeline of the tornado. It's all done with footage of the KFOR news team. If you didn't see the coverage, here it is in 8 minutes. Montage-Tornado Timeline -The Last Word -MSNBC

Hey, pay special attention to Melissa Rayberger at the end of that clip. True, it happened.

[OKCisOK4me]

Our Moore store is located in the Riverwalk Shopping Center. Our two employees had to drive south at the last minute to get out of harms way! We have customers who are still getting married this weekend, yet lost their home in today's storm. Our south store is still there but as my fellow manager said, the lot was littered with debris and photographs. Nothing I say, feeling wise, can put perspective into what I say, but it is insane....

Shoot to kill imo. Okay that may be harsh. Lack of sleep does that. :-P

No...they literally said "shoot on site" on the news. I put on Facebook, "I don't own a gun but give me one and let me post watch on three houses and I will shoot anyone that attempts to loot!"

[king183]

Shoot to kill imo. Okay that may be harsh. Lack of sleep does that. :-P

It is absolutely not too harsh. Any looters should be shot on sight. It'll stop that **** right there.

[OKCisOK4me]

Amen.

Hey, pay special attention to Melissa Rayberger at the end of that clip. True, it happened.

YES! That's what I told my fellow manager. I sent her a text and said, "MM is saying that if you can't get underground, you NEED to abandon your post", so to say. They left our store, which is still there, and tried to high tail it south. They made it a half mile to where emergency vehicles and storm chasers were. They are fine, but I still wonder what might have happened if they had stayed there and the tornado had gone more easterly as opposed to east northeasterly... Glad they left...