Normandy Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 In Jeff's video you can see how strong the winds were far from the wedge (2:24 or so). Very interesting how it had an intense core surrounded by damaging winds....almost sounds like a tropical cyclone on a super micro-scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Disaster Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Jeff Piotrowski posted a longer video of his Joplin tornado chase. It's beyond riveting. That gave me chills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Any estimates on number of people left homeless? I wonder how many will never return... I am so sad about what has happened to Joplin, Tuscaloosa, Western Mass, etc etc etc. What a horrible year Joplin is a big metro area with about 250K people during the day. People are moving around but won't move out of the area. Maybe to another town near by for a few months and then back into the city. If the Joplin metro was a small little town it would probably lose a lot of people. But I don't think that will happen with a city this big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I had a huge conversation with the NWS from Springfield yesterday. Also the warnings cordinator from another office came to talk as well to get my thoughts on what I thought they did well and what could have been done better. It was an interesting 2 hour conversatation and I think they will be evaluating this tornado for a long time to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Just heard on KSN news (local NBC affiliate) that the death toll is now 150 after 5 more people died in hospitals Been seeing more signs of repairs and reconstruction going on around the area. Everyone is still in a pretty upbeat mood, and happy to be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 6 died today JoMo, it is now 151 is the death toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 It is so damn sad that so many people who survived this horrific tornado are now succumbing to their injuries. I hope this is about the last of it, and I hope nearly everybody else who is injured is able to pull through and recover. Just a damn shame, especially for the families and friends. I guess this is to be expected with this tornado, but it still sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 It is so damn sad that so many people who survived this horrific tornado are now succumbing to their injuries. I hope this is about the last of it, and I hope nearly everybody else who is injured is able to pull through and recover. Just a damn shame, especially for the families and friends. I guess this is to be expected with this tornado, but it still sucks. Very sad... I sure hope the death toll stops rising. This is very unusual, in many tornadoes the death toll usually stabilizes after a week. Maybe this says something about cause of injury/death for many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 On a side note 1 lightning strike hospitalized 77 soilders!! As if they don't put themselves in enough danger as it is. http://beta.news.yahoo.com/lightning-hit-sends-77-cadets-miss-hospitals-211025436.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 6 died today JoMo, it is now 151 is the death toll. Is this a tally over the past several weeks ? It would be strange to have no deaths for two weeks and then 8 in one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Is this a tally over the past several weeks ? It would be strange to have no deaths for two weeks and then 8 in one day. You haven't been paying attention then.....without needing to do any outside research, just click back in this very thread and read the updates every single day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Is this a tally over the past several weeks ? It would be strange to have no deaths for two weeks and then 8 in one day. These are people that are dying of their tornado injuries at hospitals around the area. The death toll was 138 or 139? after the tornado but has since risen to 151 after the deaths from the people in the hospitals over the last 2 1/2 weeks. I read a story today that some of the people who were triaged now have infections as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Is this a tally over the past several weeks ? It would be strange to have no deaths for two weeks and then 8 in one day. The tally was at 135 last week. So 16 have died in the hospital over the past 6 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 The sound between 0:20-0:40 seconds sounds pretty much like the 'rumbling' sound I heard that I first thought was rolling thunder. Of course it was slower to come and go in real life. It became very loud, and I was 2 1/2 blocks away from where the major damage occurred, so I can only imagine what it sounded like for those poor people in the path. Also just heard from someone who won't be coming back to Joplin. She was with her sister and brother at her sisters apartment. The apartment collapsed and her sister didn't make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 The sound between 0:20-0:40 seconds sounds pretty much like the 'rumbling' sound I heard that I first thought was rolling thunder. Of course it was slower to come and go in real life. It became very loud, and I was 2 1/2 blocks away from where the major damage occurred, so I can only imagine what it sounded like for those poor people in the path. Also just heard from someone who won't be coming back to Joplin. She was with her sister and brother at her sisters apartment. The apartment collapsed and her sister didn't make it. Great video, it has really hit home for us. And remember if you need anything let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Great video, it has really hit home for us. And remember if you need anything let me know. Thanks but everything is 'normal' over here. It's eerie how you can be so close to destruction but everything looks the same in the neighborhood and life goes on. I just want to commend you on being an all-around awesome guy. I just watched the story on KOAM about how you invited that 13 year old kid from San Diego to come watch you work and practice his skills and he just happened to be here on May 22nd. http://www.koamtv.com/story/14877642/future-meteorologist-visits-doug-heady-on-may-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-joplin-infections-idUSTRE7587HW20110609 OH COME ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Thunder Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Very important line from the above article: [/color] Although I'd like to see separate service assessments from 4/27 and Joplin, I definitely could see them clumping all the severe storms this spring into one, especially since there are at least four disasters (4/14-16, 4/27, Joplin, and the MS River Floods) from this spring that could be assessed. It's my understanding that Joplin IS a separate service assessment from 4/27. That doesn't preclude some of the findings being similar in both assessments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This is an amazing story we did tonight. Weather fans will like this one. Here is the link, http://www.koamtv.com/story/14877642/future-meteorologist-visits-doug-heady-on-may-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This is an amazing story we did tonight. Weather fans will like this one. Here is the link, http://www.koamtv.co...heady-on-may-22 Quite the experience right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Quite the experience right there. No kidding Stebo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 No kidding Stebo Does he still want to be a meteorologist in the Plains where the action is or do you think he'll be sticking to San Diego weather? I'm not really sure if that scary experience would make him be more excited about weather or less excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joplinmet Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Does he still want to be a meteorologist in the Plains where the action is or do you think he'll be sticking to San Diego weather? I'm not really sure if that scary experience would make him be more excited about weather or less excited. He acted like he was still pretty excited, but I know it really freaked him out. I grew up in KC and have always been used to tornado warnings. But If I went to California and went through an earthquake I would be scared to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 He acted like he was still pretty excited, but I know it really freaked him out. I grew up in KC and have always been used to tornado warnings. But If I went to California and went through an earthquake I would be scared to death. Yeah I'd like to hope that he kept his interest of Meteorology, seems like a smart kid with a very high interest in meteorology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 He acted like he was still pretty excited, but I know it really freaked him out. I grew up in KC and have always been used to tornado warnings. But If I went to California and went through an earthquake I would be scared to death. Yeah, that happened to me. I grew up in NY and within two years of moving to L.A., the city had its biggest and most violent quake in well over over a century (Northridge 1994). Scared the crap out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 It's a real bummer to hear about all of the people who are now dying from that fungus, who otherwise would've eventually recovered from their injuries suffered in the tornado. Ugh. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/8612835_deadly_fungus_strikes_joplin_tornado_survivors_volunteers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 As of June 9th City News Conference: 197,000 cubic yards of debris have been removed. Around 30,000-40,000 cubic yards removed a day. 21,454 registered volunteers 69,452 volunteer hours Not including the people who didn't register 30% of hotel/motel capacity being devoted to people without homes FEMA = 2,343 rental assistance 62 residents still at the shelter. 10 units manufactured housing units headed towards Joplin 60 total units ordered. First units installed and ready by Thursday of next week. 147 pad locations, 63 have been approved. 2,453 FEMA applications for housing.. 75 need assistance for manufactured housing. Numbers are fluid and dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I was watching a video about Greensburg, Kansas and they were showing the FEMA housing/trailers that people used for a bit. Do you know if they plan on setting them up in a similar way (ie almost like a mini-town)? The amount of debris is staggering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I was watching a video about Greensburg, Kansas and they were showing the FEMA housing/trailers that people used for a bit. Do you know if they plan on setting them up in a similar way (ie almost like a mini-town)? The amount of debris is staggering I don't think so. They are going to use the commercial and private lots already around the area. No new lots will be constructed unless more people need them. They are still phoning people that signed up as needing housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This is an amazing story we did tonight. Weather fans will like this one. Here is the link, http://www.koamtv.co...heady-on-may-22 Well done and good luck to the young man. Imagine the odds of that happening on that day at that location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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