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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 07:16 PM
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Injuries reported as tornado strikes hospital in Joplin, Mo.
Source: KC Star

JOPLIN, Mo. | Authorities say a tornado has hit a Joplin hospital and caused the roofs of two city fire stations to collapse.

Jasper County Emergency Management Director Keith Stammer says a tornado hit the St. John’s Regional Medical Center on the city’s south side. He said there are multiple reports of injuries from the twister that struck around 6 p.m. Sunday.

There also were broadcast reports of damaged businesses and vehicles overturned on highway entrances elsewhere around or near the city.

KansasCity.com will have updates when they become available.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/22/2894243/tornado-reportedly-strikes-joplin.html
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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 07:38 PM
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1. The Weather Channel reporting extensive damage in Joplin
One of their reporters is on the scene. Where he is there is no house left on its foundation.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 07:44 PM
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2. Incredible damage, and more tornadoes on the ground in Missouri and Oklahoma.
Stay safe, DUers in the path of this killer storm.
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bjobotts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 11:25 PM
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22. Meanwhile,60miles away, 2 huge beutiful rainbows filled the skies with sunlight hitting the tops of
the trees only while the bottoms of the trees remained dark...it was eerily beautiful. Climate change and global warming are really apparent in the lightning which defies description and must be seen to be believed.

Republicans live in a dream world which denies reality...on the economy and on climate change. science, education, and health care. They litterly don't know what they are talking about on any of these topics and only wish them fixed with their fantasy approach. Why does the MSM even listen to them or repeat what they say as the least bit credible?
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 07:51 PM
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3. Scary to think this is only the beginning of climate change.
:hide:
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 07:56 PM
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4. Joplin suffers 'direct hit' from tornado; early reports indicate 'major damage'
<snip>

National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Griffin confirmed a Joplin has suffered "a direct hit" from a tornado that touched down in the center of town.

At least one tornado reportedly touched down near Rangeline Road and Interstate 44 ‹ near mile markers 10 and 11.

"It went right through the center of town," he said.

Griffin said the NWS will not immediately send anyone to assess the damage because a severe weather watch is in effect for the entire area, meaning the event is not yet over.

<snip>

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20110522/WEATHER/110522012/Joplin-suffers-direct-hit-from-tornado-early-reports-indicate-major-damage-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 07:59 PM
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5. Please don't let it be another Tuscaloosa.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 08:04 PM
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6. That was my thought, too...
But they're saying it's far from over and more tornadoes are reported in the area as well as the danger of flooding. My heart is with the folks there tonight... ;(
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MzShellG Donating Member (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 08:05 PM
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7. Sounds very similar to that scenario
The weather channel guy Mike Bettis was in tears as he was reporting the devastation surrounding him. Heartbreaking.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 08:07 PM
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8. Oh no.
Damn. Damn. Damn.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:36 PM
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29. If only it were another Tuscaloosa.
Edited on Mon May-23-11 01:36 PM by KamaAina
From what I'm hearing this makes Tuscaloosa look like a rowdy frat party. :(
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sfwriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 08:40 PM
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9. I'm an hour from there... smells like electrical fire...
books FELL from the sky...

tumbling clouds washed smells of honysuckle and charred electrical wires over us then books began falling...

Now, double rainbows against a sky full of lightning...
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RayOfHope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 08:59 PM
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11. sf, I am just right outside of Springfield, and saw all the same things.
Never ever have I seen weather or clouds like this. Horribly scary.

The devastation in Joplin is unbelievable. I'm just sick :(
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 09:40 PM
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12. Stay safe... It sounds terrible out there.
:hug:

Jasper County Law Enforcement Agencies Live Audio Feed
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1155732&mesg_id=1155732
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 11:02 PM
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18. That is just sickening. How horrible for both of you. This is the first I'm hearing of this.
I've been watching local news about the tornado in Minneapolis.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 10:52 PM
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15. weather channel reported that x-rays were falling from the sky..
......far far away from Joplin and its hospital.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 08:50 PM
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10. ABC reporting death toll at 30
Sadly, I imagine that number will rist.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 10:00 PM
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13. There's a report that there are 28 dead in a nursing home.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 10:34 PM
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14. Here's the Jasper County scanner:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=2798

Just devastating. The cops are giving their locations as "where the high school used to be" or "where the Dillon's used to be"
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 10:53 PM
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16. I saw pix of the hospital on the news. They said whole chunks of it are gone.
;(
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 10:53 PM
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17. Every window was blown out of that hospital
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 11:05 PM
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19. OMG, I just cannot imagine...
The loss of life has got to be high, since that's a pretty big hospital, and now where will they take the injured? This is huge news. They even reported about it on my local news, Albany, NY. ;(
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 11:09 PM
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20. Like I told you in my PM about Fayetteville NC, I couldn't tell where my dentist's office was...
even though the building was STILL STANDING. All the trees were gone.
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Dogtown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 11:27 AM
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28. I used your link.
It's down now due to power outage.

The damage must be truly terrible.

Was a pretty little town.
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 11:13 PM
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21. K&R
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 11:35 PM
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23. Link to story and picture
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-joplin-eyewitness-20110522,0,4304778.story
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guruoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:44 AM
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24. Hi res Photos: Hospital didn't even have time to get medical choppers to safety
Edited on Mon May-23-11 01:02 AM by guruoo


Tornado turned the neighborhood surrounding the hospital into a virtual war zone
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 04:26 AM
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26. OMG, incredible pix!
This is just so awful and my heart goes out to the folks facing such devastation... ;(
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 05:36 AM
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27. It looks to me that the rotor was turning when the tornado hit...
The blades are broken evenly.
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KillCapitalism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:32 AM
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25. A report I got from the area.
I have a family member that lives on the North edge of Joplin. They weren't directly hit by the tornado, but they saw it in plain view. They described it as being as large or larger than the tornado at the end of the movie Twister. They think it's a definite F5.

No tornadoes to speak of near St. Louis here, but in some areas softballs and grapefruit (hail) fell from the sky.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:07 PM
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30. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, proud2BlibKansan.
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