# Hey, OKC Dopers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868 "2013-05-20T21:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/1 "2013-05-20T21:07:42Z")
[Y’all okay out there?](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/oklahoma-city-tornado-2013_n_3308384.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/2 "2013-05-20T21:22:31Z")
God hates Moore Oklahoma. I think my sister lost her house. She and her husband should both be at work and safe. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/3 "2013-05-20T21:25:18Z")
FWIW, OKC’s Channel 9 weatherman (watching the livestream) thinks this will be the worst tornado ever. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/4 "2013-05-20T22:00:48Z")
IS that Gary England? He knows tornadoes. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/5 "2013-05-20T22:06:23Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > God hates Moore Oklahoma. > > . This must be true. 3 times since I’ve moved here. I’m on the NW side (Village/Nichols Hills area) My volunteer group is on alert, but we will wait till cleared to enter. Things are much different since May 3, 1999. Lots better organization. Hwys are already shut down to allow 1st responders to do their work. A no fly zone is even in effect, so helicopter news crews don’t drown out cries (or whimpers) for help from beneath the rubble. We’ll let them do the rescue, then, as we’re able, we’ll help in recovery and rebuilding. . ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/6 "2013-05-20T22:59:02Z")
tv news said a hospital and two schools hit in Moore. all accounted for at one school though no comment on their condition. tornado was a mile wide or more. tv news shows a multiblock wide flattened path. 200 mph winds. area still has storms for tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/7 "2013-05-20T23:02:32Z")
Six fatalities confirmed so far. I think there are going to be a lot more, the devastation is incredible. Two elementary schools and a hospital are completely leveled. There should have been plenty of advance notice, but where would all those kids go during school hours? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/8 "2013-05-20T23:03:12Z")
You can get a live feed [here](http://www.koco.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/9 "2013-05-20T23:05:26Z")
I work in Edmond. So glad my school has a basement. We had to shelter right at dismissal. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/10 "2013-05-20T23:07:10Z")
One of the reports said that since the F5, over 10,000 safe rooms and shelters were installed in OK (no cite) ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/11 "2013-05-20T23:32:48Z")
That live feed is heartbreaking – a news reporter is with the “last four kids” that are unclaimed from one of the schools. He matter-of-factly asked an 8 year old why he thought his home was demolished and the poor little guy said that it was right behind the school so if the school was crushed he thought his house was too, and that his parents were both off work today. So the reporter asked him where he was going to stay, and the little boy says, “If my parents are still alive…” and the reporter stays in reporter mode instead of hugging him and telling him everything is going to be okay. And he can’t remember their names or ages, he keeps asking them, and the third grader seems a bit exasperated that he keeps having to repeat it. Poor little things, I hope their parents are okay and they are back in loving arms very soon. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/12 "2013-05-20T23:37:16Z")
They just said on 4 that the focus at the school was changing from rescue to recovery ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/13 "2013-05-20T23:39:59Z")
Bad news from one of the schools - It is no longer a “Search and rescue” mission, but a “Search and recovery” one. There are still two dozen kids unaccounted for. ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/14 "2013-05-20T23:47:26Z")
Oh no, how terrible. They just showed a white car upside down just a few feet away from another reporter, completely crushed down to the bottom of the windows, with one of the blinkers still blinking. Ahhhhh, I want to make sure no one is trapped in that car. And I want to believe that is bad information and there is no way to know if there are children still to rescue in that school. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/15 "2013-05-21T00:07:53Z")
My nephew and his family live in Moore. That was a seriously crappy couple of hours, not being able to find out any info. Finally, his wife was able to text family and spread the word that all are ok. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/16 "2013-05-21T00:30:17Z")
37 confirmed dead per OK State Medical Examiner. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/17 "2013-05-21T00:31:34Z")
> **[VIDEO: A Time-Lapse Of The Tornado In Oklahoma](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/20/185622054/video-a-time-lapse-of-the-oklahoma-tornado?ft=1&f=1001)** > > The National Weather Service says it was at least an EF-4 tornado with winds in excess of 166 mph. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/18 "2013-05-21T00:44:04Z")
Patient Care hotline - 405-307-1366 - for people who are looking for relatives in the Moore area. ---
**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/19 "2013-05-21T00:49:37Z")
Tulsan here. I’m having bad May '99 flashbacks. At least this time all my friends are either in Edmond or Norman. Thankfully the storm died out before it got here, but it was scary watching it come up the turnpike. My heart is just breaking for everyone in Moore. I can’t bear to think about those kids… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868/20 "2013-05-21T00:55:12Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > [VIDEO: A Time-Lapse Of The Tornado In Oklahoma : The Two-Way : NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/20/185622054/video-a-time-lapse-of-the-oklahoma-tornado?ft=1&f=1001) Oh. My. God. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-okc-dopers/658868.md?page=2)