Midwest tornadoes

[Top Dawg]

Prayers to all the families over there. Lots of children unaccounted for. The one that hit grandbury last week was in my cousins back yard. He watched it from his house. Moore Oklahoma is destroyed. Say a prayer for them.

[southern151]

I was fortunate to have my aunt, uncle and cousins spared damage and injury today. Today's tornado missed my aunt and uncle's home by 1 block...They had the same luck 5/3/99.

Pray for those who haven't been so fortunate.

[biggun]

Also Oklahoma City and area is also bad.. Prayers to All.

[alphaman]

This bad boy was over my sister neighbor in edmond ok yesterday afternoon about 345pm. Thank god it didn't touch down!!! They were in there underground shelter

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[Top Dawg]

Man that is wicked

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Couple dozen children unaccounted for at the school. So sad for those who lost their children. Watching the news breaks my heart.

[Top Dawg]

They are now reporting at least 2 dozen children have been killed at one school...hurts to type this. Prayers for the families.

[Lake Chuck Duck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTpc...e_gdata_player

[Top Dawg]

That's nuts. By the looks of that windshield they got wayyy too close for me. It's now saying those kids drowned in the school. Devastating ...

[Matt G]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

They are now reporting at least 2 dozen children have been killed at one school...hurts to type this. Prayers for the families.

That's freaking horrible! At least if my child is with me I can try and protect them. Not to say the school didn't do what it could, but as a parent the helpless feeling of knowing your not by your child's side must be torture! Prayers going out tonight.

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by Matt G

That's freaking horrible! At least if my child is with me I can try and protect them. Not to say the school didn't do what it could, but as a parent the helpless feeling of knowing your not by your child's side must be torture! Prayers going out tonight.

Exactly my thoughts. The helpless feeling has to be torture.

[SULPHITE]

Think about that everyday I drop my kids at daycare

[calcutta37]

Makes me sick with them knowing 16 minutes ahead of the twister. Why don't they hav built in shelters in these schools. Prayers for everyone involved

[Top Dawg]

Time lapse video from chopper http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/51945473#51945473

[Feesherman]

Wow that's gut wrenching

[Top Dawg]

Death toll up to 51 now. When you look at the damage it scary to think about the people that are under that rubble.

[yigodiver]

I grew up around these things, seen many destroyed towns over time. This one missed my mothers by a few miles. Love going back but don't miss those twisters.

[Msucowpoke51]

My thoughts and prayers are with all affected .. Hurricanes suck pretty bad but at least we can follow them all the way from the Atlantic .. Tornados scare the hell out of me .. So sad

[Goooh]

I was born in Moore, mom grew up there, aunt and grandparents still there. 1999 went just north of their house, this one just south - Crazy!!!! They are blessed their house is still standing and they survived both of these massive twisters.

The school with the unaccounted children is where my mom went when she was little, weird seeing all that - I cringe thinking of how that has to feel, I'm not good at empathizing, but these situations give me some serious knots in my stomach. I called my grandparents as soon as I found out and obviously the phones were down and towers jammed up - had to wait to see if they were still around :/

God bless all of the families with lost kin...

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Goooh

I was born in Moore, mom grew up there, aunt and grandparents still there. 1999 went just north of their house, this one just south - Crazy!!!! They are blessed their house is still standing and they survived both of these massive twisters.

The school with the unaccounted children is where my mom went when she was little, weird seeing all that - I cringe thinking of how that has to feel, I'm not good at empathizing, but these situations give me some serious knots in my stomach. I called my grandparents as soon as I found out and obviously the phones were down and towers jammed up - had to wait to see if they were still around :/

God bless all of the families with lost kin...

I remember 1999 well. It was the first week of May (a week before Mother's Day). My wife and kids were helping clean up from a family reunion we attended in Buck Thomas Park the day before. We watched that thing for 30 minutes before it grounded. When it hit you could see stuff tumbling sky-high. Damndest noise I've ever heard. We all knelt right there and asked the Lord to please spare 'em. Luckily, the loss of life was not as bad as we thought. It might not have been the deadliest tornado on record, but, it is still regarded as the costliest....$1 billion damage in 45 minutes. It was measured as an EF-5 with winds in excess of 300 mph. Hard for me to even fathom something with 2 1/2 times the power of Hurricane Katrina.

God Speed to everyone in the path of today's storm.