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Even with the advancements in early warning systems and reinforced buildings, there isn't much you can do against a tornado this big and powerful.

 

Watching the Weather Channel right now and they are saying one school had 75 people in it and as of now, only 30 are accounted for.

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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 20, 2013 -> 05:09 PM)
Even with the advancements in early warning systems and reinforced buildings, there isn't much you can do against a tornado this big and powerful.

 

Watching the Weather Channel right now and they are saying one school had 75 people in it and as of now, only 30 are accounted for.

I hope for the best that all will be found safe.

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Weather anchor of the local FOX station in Louisville has family living in Moore, OK. His brother was at work at the time and out of the path of the storm. The rest of the family survived in a below-ground shelter they had built 6 months ago. House and cars totally destroyed.

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 21, 2013 -> 09:09 AM)
Death toll jumps from 91 down to 24, not really sure how that happens.

Apparently the coroner's office counted some casualties multiple times amidst the confusion. Of the now 24, seven are children. Better news, but still terrible.

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 21, 2013 -> 12:21 PM)
Kevin Durant donated $1 million to the Red Cross for tornado relief

Good, because according to Westboro Baptist Church it is all his fault....

A prominent member of the Westboro Baptist Church is drawing a link between the Oklahoma tornado's devastation and a local team's support for openly gay NBA star Jason Collins.

 

Fred Phelps Jr., the son of Westboro Baptist Church minister Fred Phelps, tweeted the following:

@WBCFredJr: OK Thunder's Durant flips God by praising f** Collins. God smashes OK. You do the math. #GodH8sf**s #f**sDoomNations #FearGod #GodH8sU

@WBCFredJr: God's wonderful wrath in Oklahoma reminds me: #GodCursesUForf**Marriage #GodIsYourTerrorist #GodWillRepay #GodAvengesHisPeople #GodH8sU

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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 21, 2013 -> 04:55 PM)
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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 21, 2013 -> 03:24 PM)
<!--quotec-->I hate people that publicize donations/charity work UNLESS it's done with the intent to bring exposure to a cause.

 

 

 

I love Larry David

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What about the 94 year young woman whose home was destroyed by the 1999 and 2013 tornadoes? Wow. And she was smiling for the cameras and taking it all in stride. I guess that attitude is how you live to be 94.

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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 21, 2013 -> 03:24 PM)
I hate people that publicize donations/charity work UNLESS it's done with the intent to bring exposure to a cause.

 

 

Really? As someone who raised money for a living, the named donations helped the organization more than those without. It's the bandwagon affect. People think that if X thinks it is a good cause, than they will trust you as well. I can mulitiply a recognizable name or position's donation a lot easier than a no name donation. I talked more than a few people into allowing us to publicize the donation who wished to remain anonymous. So it isn't always the person involved.

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QUOTE (Tex @ May 22, 2013 -> 07:52 AM)
Really? As someone who raised money for a living, the named donations helped the organization more than those without. It's the bandwagon affect. People think that if X thinks it is a good cause, than they will trust you as well. I can mulitiply a recognizable name or position's donation a lot easier than a no name donation. I talked more than a few people into allowing us to publicize the donation who wished to remain anonymous. So it isn't always the person involved.

right, I think we are essentially looking at it from similar angles. You talked them into it to help publicize a cause, and that's cool. i have no issue with that. It's the ones who do it to show how awesome they are tat I have an issue with.

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QUOTE (Tex @ May 22, 2013 -> 07:45 AM)
What about the 94 year young woman whose home was destroyed by the 1999 and 2013 tornadoes? Wow. And she was smiling for the cameras and taking it all in stride. I guess that attitude is how you live to be 94.

 

They said the chances of her house being hit by an f4 tornado twice was like 1 in a trillion. Play the lotto, lady.

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