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Franklin Tech was a brick building right across from the high school. There's nothing left of it now. I think the bricks are about ankle high. It was used to help determine the EF-5 rating.

I just read that 139 are now dead.

I was looking for an after shot of this to compare but couldn't find one. The death toll is just horrible and will probably creep up more as well unfortunately.

Cool video but I think that's the most annoying commentary I've ever heard. Keep me safe, Lord....oh yeah and my wife too if you don't mind, since she's over there near the tornado.

Yeah watching it muted is definitely the way to go!

glad to hear you are ok JoMo!

I too remember smelling fresh pine when I came across tornado damage in farmville nc on 4/16.

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For those wanting to see 'before' pictures, that's the Fastrip at 3950 E 20th St, Joplin, MO 64801-5851 (SW corner of 20th and Duquesne). Google Streetview and Bing Bird's Eye View both cover that area.

You can believe I would be chugging some of those beers during that if I were there!

Yeah the trees were not defoliated and that is true about the camera. Looks like it was right on the edge of it or in a spot where the tor was not at full strength yet.

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Wowsers!

Wow I wonder what the wind speeds were in that!

This thread is still going?

I also wanted to add that I think the NWS hiring system is flawed in the sense that I couldn't even get a shot at an interview with the office I did a student internship and research work for. I was not referred when a good amount of my references work there (including the MIC and SOO). In fact the SOO sent me a personal e-mail telling me the opening was coming and again I couldn't even get referred to the hiring official. I would have to say that was beyond frustrating.

Yeah that one was weird. I wonder how many folks besides post-docs have 18 peer reviewed publications.

Haha yeah especially with an ENTRY LEVEL position. Anyway I currently fall into the ranks of the underemployed in terms of the field. I love the company I work for as a met and wish they could take me on full time. I am treated very well and it is the complete opposite of the "sweatshop" mentality without question. The budget and the work is just not there for it to reach 40 hour weeks though. I have been applying for NWS and private positions for a year and a half or so now without much success (except for being referred the hiring official with one interview and making to a final interview with Accuweather (That last part can be an entirely new thread all on its own). As for the grad school option it appears near impossible to get a spot with funding because of the down economy. Aside from budget cuts within universities there are alot more people going for advanced degrees simply as a safety net in hopes the job market will improve by the time they are done. Sadly Meteorology is a second Bachelors for me as my first one proved useless. I always loved meteorology and always wanted to be a part of the field and I finally did it only to end up getting it done in these horrid times (I am currently just turned 34). Anyway that is my story and I do have internships / volunteer experience under my belt. I am starting a second job that has nothing to do with Met simply to make ends meet. Some of the talk may be hyperbole but regardless it is pretty depressing. When you know this is what you wanted your whole life and you can't quite get there it leaves you feeling rather lost and down.

Its likely something is going on differently because numerous people in the met job thread with extensive experience, ie eyewall, osumetstud who had been getting referred almost automatically have not been referred to anything or only once in recent weeks.

This is true although with Anchorage the questions seemed more geared for a professor with the paper crap.