Hey gang... I hope none of you Scions out there were involved in the storms
down in Oklahoma... A friend of mine sent the below message.
Luckily, neither he or his wife were involved.
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:23:12 -0500
>From:mandrews@fd9ns01.okladot.state.ok.us
>To: Gregory Petrolati <gpetrola@prairienet.org>
>Subject: Re: u-ok?
>
>We are fine. Moore took one hell of a hit. The funnel
>was about 3/4 mile wide at the ground, and was going
>NE, having started SW of Chickasha. It was without any
>doubt a real Fujita F-5 (winds in excess of 260 mph),
>and was 1 mile wide max. This is something that
>only concrete and steel survive.
>
>My counterpart for applications programming and his wife
>were home, had enough time to get in their center room all
>bundled up. They survived; the house and dog are gone.
>Also gone are the house next door and the next-door
>neighbor.
>
>This thing was strong enough to pull the grass out of the
>ground, and to pull the asphalt/concrete/whatever out of
>the road, leaving nothing but red dirt behind. The Daily
>Diss says that at least 4 subdivisions in Moore and MWC
>just aren't there any more: flat ground, no structures at
>all standing. Rescuers are having to use GPS and mapping
>programs to determine which street they're on, since all
>the landmarks and street signs are gone.
>
>But all this was 9 to 50 miles north of us. The worst we had
>was straight winds about 60 mph, some big hail, lots of rain
>and thunder. Stuff on TV is just plain damn frightening.
>
>Today looks like a replay of yesterday, but to the east a bit.
>Seminole had a tornado warning up over the noon hour, and
>I expect the storms will head towards Tulsa.
>
>"Interesting Times"
>
Indeed "interesting"
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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