i've just seen a few headlines, but it sounds really bad. 2d day in a row of bad storms out there.
The more that comes out, the worse it seems to be...My wife has been watching. She says two schools were hit and many children are dead or missing. Heart breaking.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/tornado-oklahoma.html?emc=na&_r=0
Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 37
I concur.No one has more sympathy for tornado victims than the the Huntsville area residents. Right now, Huntsville has the designation of the most dangerous city for tornados. We seem to swap it back and forth with OKC. It's not a title I want or that I want for them...
A massive tornado at least a half mile-wide with 200 mph winds churned through Oklahoma City's suburbs Monday afternoon, killing at least 51 people including at least 20 children, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled inside.
Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office, said early Tuesday 51 people were confirmed dead, at least twenty of them children.She said officials could see as many as 40 more fatalities from the tornado.
She thought she was making a topical political joke, but a co-creator of ‘The Daily Show’ managed to enrage many of her followers after tweeting joke about the Oklahoma tornado’s political motivations.
‘This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives,’ wrote comedian Lizz Winstead, in a tweet, around 3:30 Monday afternoon.
The tweet was an apparent attempt at using the occasion of the May 20 twister to comment on the scandal currently plaguing the IRS and Obama administration.
They are reporting that some of the deaths were counted twice.So now they drop the death toll to 24? Which is a great thing, but I don't ever remember it dropping before.
As BB said, some victims were counted twice. Seems to happen when communication is all over the place because of the cell phone issues along with damage all over the place.So now they drop the death toll to 24? Which is a great thing, but I don't ever remember it dropping before.
I was taking my grandson to school this morning at about 7:30 a.m. Houston's KTRK Radio was reporting the death toll was up to 91. I get home and see that it's down to 24.So now they drop the death toll to 24? Which is a great thing, but I don't ever remember it dropping before.
News organizations (local & national) falling over themselves to run with whatever # some local official gave them so they can "report" it first. It's more important to be the first to "report" something than to be the one who actually gets it right.I was taking my grandson to school this morning at about 7:30 a.m. Houston's KTRK Radio was reporting the death toll was up to 91. I get home and see that it's down to 24.
What the problem in reporting accurate stats?
Love the video and hate it all at the same time. I just dislike the media, the camera man could have had the decency to put the camera down and help the lady out. I now the reporter came in and help, a little, after the lady asked a few times but, I bet it was a man running the camera and he could have helped move debris. I just hate how the media swarms to these disasters and just stands around telling there version of the story, why not do something useful and help clean up.For a good story, watch this video.
Since when do you expect accurate reporting from the media?I was taking my grandson to school this morning at about 7:30 a.m. Houston's KTRK Radio was reporting the death toll was up to 91. I get home and see that it's down to 24.
What the problem in reporting accurate stats?
Why? It's beneath their station in life. You didn't know that?Love the video and hate it all at the same time. I just dislike the media, the camera man could have had the decency to put the camera down and help the lady out. I now the reporter came in and help, a little, after the lady asked a few times but, I bet it was a man running the camera and he could have helped move debris. I just hate how the media swarms to these disasters and just stands around telling there version of the story, why not do something useful and help clean up.