Moore, OK tornado

[DotKritic]

Tornado touched down in Oklahoma and went straight through Moore, OK. The tornado also demolished an elementary school.

UPDATE @ 9:10AM: OK tornado death toll lowered. The new death toll is 24 with 9 children.

Date: May 20, 2013
Time: 2:45–3:35 p.m. CDT (14:45-15:35 UTC−05:00)
Rating: EF5 tornado
Damages: $1.5 to 3 billion
Casualties: 24 (237-240 injured)
Area affected: Grady, McClain, and Cleveland counties in Oklahoma; particularly the city of Moore

[Wayward Vagabond]

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[gold stinger]

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^
Pray for Oklahoma? are you serious?

send actual help

[Charu]

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Oh yeah, was just listening in on this news. The storm is still going strong as well.

They got hit pretty hard though, 51 deaths is a lot in this day and age for tornadoes.

[DotKritic]

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...51 deaths is a lot in this day and age for tornadoes.

Far less thanks to the sirens.

edit: 51 people confirmed dead so far, at least 20 of them are children.

[Aldentron]

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yeah tornadoes aren't a joke when they actually hit residential areas. this storm is still happening and should be hitting NTX today while I'm at work on my bike ^_^

[Mollocephalus]

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basically this

also horrible news, i hope they can find the unaccounted people.

[DotKritic]

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OK tornado death toll lowered. The new death toll is 24 with 7 children.

[ELRayford]

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Hope my Oklahomie is ok.

[adlp]

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what the hell why cant people pray for oklahoma and go and help if theyre in the area/donate relief at the same time

theyre not mutually exclusive but i guess on the internet they are

[Mollocephalus]

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If the first thing they say is to "pray" and not to "help" there's a pretty big priority problem there brah

[adlp]

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if you make an image macro to upload to the internet you can imagine that your primary audience would be those who dont live in the immediate area and are able to physically help. i dont think the bystanding locals would browse the internet to get the latest updates on their situation compared to their five or so local news stations covering the story as it develops.

this nitpicking from wc is an example of the internet's passive aggressive atheism movement.

even after posting that img macro i really, really doubt carlos will go fly to OK for relief effort

on topic: im glad the official death toll is lowering. scary situation

[PriestREA]

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Let's hope that death toll doesn't climb anymore. Listened to a news report that still says officials are unsure of the final value for casualties. I really hope that no more are found - thoughts go out to the unfortunate people, families, friends affected by this storm.

[Aldentron]

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what the hell why cant people pray for oklahoma and go and help if theyre in the area/donate relief at the same time

theyre not mutually exclusive but i guess on the internet they are

i'll break it down for you real simple
praying doesn't do shit
"pray for oklahoma" = "don't do shit for Oklahoma and pretend that you did"

[DotKritic]

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UPDATE: Tornado was EF5; Search in OK nears completion