eyewall Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 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. wow that is crazy to see a school just wiped off the map... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 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. The amount of force it would take to destroy a well built brick building like that is just unfathomable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 This is a new video of the joplin tornado. It shows it going from wall cloud to wedge tornado in just 60 seconds. Man that is just unbelievable how fast that thing spun up, it literally went from wall cloud to monster in 60 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 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 am so sorry for the tragedy that your fine city has had happen. I wish all of you the best as lives and homes are rebuilt. So many sad tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 The amount of force it would take to destroy a well built brick building like that is just unfathomable. being sandblasted by large objects cant be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Here's a vid of the damage around the high school and Franklin Tech. At around 10-11 seconds on the left of the screen, you can see a parking lot and what looks like cars, just to the left of that is where Franklin Tech used to be, but there is nothing there at all. He turns down the street my ex-gf lives/lived on I believe and I think at the end of the video is what's left of her house although I am not sure. Her husband, step-daughter, and she were in either a bathroom or a closet and survived, some in this area were not so lucky she said as she saw a couple of people that did not make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Here's a vid of the damage around the high school and Franklin Tech. At around 10-11 seconds on the left of the screen, you can see a parking lot and what looks like cars, just to the left of that is where Franklin Tech used to be, but there is nothing there at all. He turns down the street my ex-gf lives/lived on I believe and I think at the end of the video is what's left of her house although I am not sure. Her husband, step-daughter, and she were in either a bathroom or a closet and survived, some in this area were not so lucky she said as she saw a couple of people that did not make it. wow that is amazing, yet chilling and scary video right there JoMo... just think how many people would have been in that high school had graduation been there instead of at the college.... from what I have heard graduation was just getting out when the sirens sounded, would have been a disaster of epic proportions if the ceremonies had been at the school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Have there been additional survey details revealed yet? A wind designation or just "in excess of 200MPH" for now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yak Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I think this video really demonstrates why folks in a populated area are probably MORE at risk from a strong tornado than someone living on an isolated farm, for instance. Tornadoes don't avoid populated areas and when they hit, there is that much more debris to increase damage. Anyone stranded in their car or any kind of weak structure would never have survived the kind of debris storm shown in that video. Adding my best wishes for JoMo. What an experience... Wowsers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Will Norton, who was pulled from his SUV returning from high school graduation, has been identified as dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Don't know if this video was posted or not. This must have been on the northern edge of the tornado, as it says the camera's pointing north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Just read JoMo's account of the storm. Really glad he's ok, it must have been a hell of a scary experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 There's a series of videos from someone who just moved here 2 weeks ago from Seattle as he ventured out right after the storm. Video 1 and 2 are pretty boring. Video 3 which I have linked shows Wal-Mart on 15th and Rangeline. Video 4 is pretty boring as well but shows the Home Depot from a distance. Video 5 shows the area around the high school and Dillons Supermarket which was also destroyed and the apartments around it. This was in the EF-5 damage area. Video 3 Video 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I just knew there was something really fishy about that picture. This makes much more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I just knew there was something really fishy about that picture. This makes much more sense. Ugh! This and the mistaken gas-station receipt in IN are almost disappointing, in a weird way. The Joplin catastrophe is so enormous, it's like we want special confirmation of it in these novelties. Is this one a deliberate hoax? The receipt was an honest mistake, and the folks who discovered it immediately came clean when they realized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Ugh! This and the mistaken gas-station receipt in IN are almost disappointing, in a weird way. The Joplin catastrophe is so enormous, it's like we want special confirmation of it in these novelties. Is this one a deliberate hoax? The receipt was an honest mistake, and the folks who discovered it immediately came clean when they realized. I'm wondering if the winds still sent the debris into the drain due to the cracked concrete. Doubt it was a deliberate hoax... The chair in the wall is very weird, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I'm wondering if the winds still sent the debris into the drain due to the cracked concrete. Doubt it was a deliberate hoax... The chair in the wall is very weird, too chair in the wall seems to make sense especially if the chair was metal. it did not penetrate terribly deeply into the exterior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I just knew there was something really fishy about that picture. This makes much more sense. Perfect sense now, no missing concrete. the crack is due to the piece of wood being torqued. My guess is rescuers ran it over with a truck after the tornado. . It can probably be recreated by feeding a long 2X4 into one of those things and having a heavy person step on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Word just down now that the death toll is up to 142 in Joplin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Word just down now that the death toll is up to 142 in Joplin That is the official toll, but they also said that the 142 includes 'partial remains', and that there is a chance that some of the remains listed separately may actually match up to single individual persons. This whole thing must be traumatic for the search and rescue people and the people working at identification. I don't know how they do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahawkeyedave Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I know I'm late to the news, and I don't know you personally JoMo, but I'm glad you are ok! Hope that the recovery is quick for you and your town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Really glad your OK Jomo! We were all worried sick about you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMIweather Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 That is the official toll, but they also said that the 142 includes 'partial remains', and that there is a chance that some of the remains listed separately may actually match up to single individual persons. This whole thing must be traumatic for the search and rescue people and the people working at identification. I don't know how they do it. Ugh that is just God-awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontonian Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Word just down now that the death toll is up to 142 in Joplin I heard that 142 are confirmed dead and 100 are still missing. The final count is going to be much higher still. Is this the highest death toll from a single tornado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I heard that 142 are confirmed dead and 100 are still missing. The final count is going to be much higher still. Is this the highest death toll from a single tornado? It is the highest official toll in a single American tornado since 1947. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I toured the entire area today. I can't believe the destruction and I got lost in my old neighborhood. Everything looks so closed in, but so far away. The only way you can tell there was a house at the locations worst hit is because there's a driveway in front of it. I did take some pictures and I have pictures left over from days ago as well that I will have to upload sometime. Someone requested a pic of Franklin Tech, I think a meteorologist, and I can clearly say Franklin Tech doesn't exist anymore. There are a couple places that still have bricks that are about chest high, the rest of it is completely destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 It is the highest official toll in a single American tornado since the 1940s. Today's additional additions to the toll have made 2011 the most deadly year since they started "official" record keeping in 1950. Obviously other years (1925) had more, but those were supposedly estimates... ... and it is only Memorial Day weekend. I hope we have seen the last fatality this year (doubtful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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