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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 09:08 PM
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1,500 still unaccounted for after deadly Missouri tornado
Source: Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse

JOPLIN, Missouri – Rescuers combed through overturned cars and flattened buildings Tuesday hunting for survivors after this Missouri town was struck by one of the strongest US tornadoes ever recorded.

A massive mile-wide funnel-cloud, with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) an hour, tore through the town of Joplin with devastating force late Sunday, leaving 122 people dead and hundreds more missing.

Tornadoes were meanwhile Tuesday striking neighboring Oklahoma, with television footage showing multiple massive twisters touching down in rural areas near the state capital Oklahoma City.

"This is a very dangerous time right now," Governor Mary Fallin told CNN, as she urged Oklahomans to immediately take shelter from "several... huge tornadoes on the ground."

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/24/1500-still-unaccounted-for-after-deadly-missouri-tornado/
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 09:10 PM
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1. K&R nt
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 09:13 PM
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2. Heartbreaking. While most will turn up, some will not.
I think we need each other.

The GOP disagrees.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 09:13 PM
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3. K&R
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 09:13 PM
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Scruffy1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 09:18 PM
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5. More big storms tonight.
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HubertHeaver Donating Member (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 09:41 PM
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6. They will need to walk the fields from Joplin to Springfield.
They will probably find a few skeletons at harvest time.
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