prrriiide
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This pic is from the Daily Oklahoman. It was taken Tuesday on the western outskirts of OKC. It's an overturned semi flatbed trailer.
Absorb that for a moment as you ponder the forces needed to strip the rims of their tires, and to mash those rims into the shapeless forms they now are.
Now realize that the winds in Joplin were easily half again to twice as high as the ones that denuded those wheels west of OKC. When you hear the media asking why there wasn't more warning or why so many people died, there's your answer. There was a warning issued 20-minutes before the tornado hit Joplin. So many people died because they couldn't get underground. Period.
If you're a prayin' type, say some for the people of Joplin.
Absorb that for a moment as you ponder the forces needed to strip the rims of their tires, and to mash those rims into the shapeless forms they now are.
Now realize that the winds in Joplin were easily half again to twice as high as the ones that denuded those wheels west of OKC. When you hear the media asking why there wasn't more warning or why so many people died, there's your answer. There was a warning issued 20-minutes before the tornado hit Joplin. So many people died because they couldn't get underground. Period.
If you're a prayin' type, say some for the people of Joplin.