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  1. Hoosier
    Turns out that report about the receipt being blown over 500 miles isn't true: http://blogs.wlfi.com/2011/05/27/new-receipt-not-from-tornado/
  2. Hoosier
    http://www.wthr.com/story/14741054/joplin-receipt-turns-up-in-indiana
  3. Hoosier
    Thanks for sharing your account, JoMo. Forgive me if this sounds dumb but since almost none of us have been that close to a violent tornado, just wondering if you experienced any weird sensations like ear popping or anything else.
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    Great to hear from you man!
  5. Hoosier
    There are folks with the same surname (assuming it's correct) located in other parts of Joplin. Unclear whether they are all related though.
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    Death toll up to 118
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    That might be true in general but I think it really depends on where it hits. The next violent wedge around Dallas, Indianapolis, Chicago, etc. is gonna put anything we've seen this year to the test.
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    Of course I didn't mean to suggest that Oklahoma has the tree coverage that Alabama does on the whole, but in the case of the 1999 Moore/OKC tornado, I remember plenty of footage that showed a considerable number of trees. Any city is going to have a substantial number of trees which may not be captured well on a national map. Trees definitely factor in, but I think OKC having longer time to realize that a monster was bearing down (among other factors) surely helped.
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    I don't know if I agree with that. It's not like there aren't trees in a city like Oklahoma City.
  10. Hoosier
    Some schools do but I imagine that most don't.
  11. Hoosier
    That is a real nightmare scenario. It might be 10 years or 100 years from now but it will happen someday.
  12. Hoosier
    I think it was farther away from him than his post suggested (although certainly pretty close). We know that Cecil Floyd had damage and that is not too far away. Tidbits from the survey would suggest that he missed the worst but the damage path is wide.
  13. Hoosier
    People on Facebook are saying the suspected location of JoMo was heavily damaged. I've read so much conflicting info today...
  14. Hoosier
    I'd probably do the same thing but it's bad advice for the general public, especially in a rain-wrapped case like yesterday when even experienced chasers can be caught in precarious positions.
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    I guess it depends if a lot of the fatalities occurred in the commercial areas. It looks like it mowed down a lot of residential real estate. I just think having it plow through at a time of day when everyone is completely oblivious is probably worse.
  16. Hoosier
    This year is becoming like 2005 was for hurricanes...and the next couple days look really active.
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    There were some bad circumstances as you mentioned, but yeah, I'm surprised. Joplin is practically in the middle of tornado alley so you'd expect preparedness/awareness to be better than most areas. I always thought the next 100 fatality tornado would occur in a sizeable population center outside of tornado alley or at a big outdoor sporting event. I think we will have to take a look at the entire system to see what improvements can be made, but it may be that there are not a lot of practical solutions.
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    http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nws-joplin-storm-an-955263.html
  19. Hoosier
    Looks like a confirmed high-end EF4 so far but survey still ongoing.
  20. Hoosier
    That makes it the deadliest since the Woodward, OK tornado of April 9, 1947, and currently the 9th deadliest on record in the US.
  21. Hoosier
    Yeah, good point.
  22. Hoosier
    The hurricane parallel to this event is something like Charley in 2004. Everyone knows about the potential (or they should), warnings are in effect, but the rapid ramp up into a beast catches people off guard. I really can't think of a worse set of circumstances for Joplin unless it would've hit at night.
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    Forward motion wasn't extremely fast but it wasn't a slow mover either. I think it was somewhere around 40 mph give or take.
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    We've been incredibly unlucky this year with major tornadoes hitting large population centers. As far as fatalities, you really have to go back to 1953 (Waco, Flint/Worcester) to find something like this less than a month apart. Unfortunately, this type of thing may become less rare in the future with all the population growth and expansion.
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