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series of tornados hit
much of the Midwest and South over the past week, and
as I like to do, I've gathered up a bunch of the more interesting images
and made some comment on them. I like destruction, sorta.
So say that's your
plane. Now what? And where can you find a plane garage to fix it.
Oh wait...
A
Cessna airplane lies upside-down Saturday, May 10, 2003, at Wiley Post
airport in Oklahoma City, after it was blown over by a tornado late
Friday night. The twister was the second to hit the Oklahoma City
metro area in as many days. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Haderthauer)
So say that's your
house? Now what?
The
remains of a home can be seen in this aerial view of Moore, Oaklahoma
May 9, 2003. Oaklahoma Governor Brad Henry declared a disaster
emergency in Oklahoma and Cleveland counties. Oklahomans on Friday
sifted through the damage spawned by a powerful tornado that destroyed
300 homes and injured over 130 people in Oklahoma City suburbs a day
earlier. REUTERS/Sue Ogrocki/POOL
Damn. So the wind
ripped some building apart, and drove a piece of lumber from it right
through the side of the truck. Pity the photo wasn't taken
competently, so you could see it from the side and get an idea how big
the log is.
Susan
Owens (L) and Evelyn Moritzky look over Owen's truck, which was
pierced through the side with a piece of wood in Moore, Oklahoma May
9, 2003, after a tornado struck the town late yesterday. Emergency
officials in the town just south of Oklahoma City reported about 300
homes were destroyed and another 300 to 500 were damaged. REUTERS/Rick
Wilking
This is the funky thing
about tornados. What they hit is obliterated, and then something
10 feet away might not even suffer any visible damage. So one end of the
hotel lost power, and the other end lost the roof.
Traffic
drives by a tornado-damaged motel along Interstate 35 in Moore, Okla.,
Friday, May 9, 2003. The Thursday tornado injured more than 100 people
along a 19-mile path, destroying 300 homes and 35 businesses in Moore,
said Gary Bird, the city's deputy fire chief. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki,
Pool)
Just imagine having
everything in your home strewn in a huge pile, mixed in with most of the
roof, broken into small pieces. Horrible state of affairs. At
least assuming you aren't a bachelor, in which case you'd probably be
hard-pressed to tell any difference.
Mitch
Francis sifts through the debris of his home in Moore, Okla., Friday,
May 9, 2003, the day after tornadoes tore through town. The storm
destroyed 300 homes and 35 businesses injuring more than 100 people,
but remarkably killed no one along a 19-mile path. (AP Photo/Sue
Ogrocki)
I love this one.
How the hell does it put all the cars/trucks into this one
tightly-packed pile? Just the vagaries of 200 MPH swirling
winds.
General
Motors Assembly plant employees look over their personal vehicles
outside the plant May 9, 2003, after it sustained major damage to new
construction on the north side of the plant in Oklahoma City. An
outbreak of powerful tornadoes continued to wreak devastation in the
south central United States, with the latest destroying at least 300
homes and injuring more than 100 people, five critically in Oklahoma
City. REUTERS/John Sommers II
I like the
caption. "sustained major damage" Uh yeah, that
would about sum it up. Did the complete lack of a roof or walls tip you
off?
A
view of a manufacturing plant after it sustained major damage from a
tornado in Oklahoma City, May 9, 2003. The tornado cut a path of
destruction May 8 about 35 miles long injuring at least 104 people.
REUTERS/John Sommers II
There are a bunch of
pictures like this, where people appear to be standing on their roofs,
until you realize they are on the second floor. And their roofs
are just gone. Along with the walls, beds, upstairs bathrooms,
etc. Ever wonder why they say to go downstairs or to the
basement? Now you know.
A
view of residential home after it sustained major damage from a
tornado in Oklahoma City, May 9, 2003. The tornado cut a path of
destruction May 8 about 35 miles long injuring at least 104 people.
REUTERS/John Sommers II
You're like,
"okay, so she's cleaning out some dirt" and then you notice
the rather large new skylight... What's the point in sweeping when you
don't have a lid on your house?
Carla
Speigal cleans debris from her damaged house Friday, May 9, 2003,
after a Thursday tornado heavily damaged her Moore, Okla.
neighborhood. (AP Photo/Jackson Laizure)
In case you wanted some
irony to go with your tragedy. The town insurance guy's office was
leveled. Wonder if he insured himself?
Jerry
Snider (L), owner of Snider Insurance Agency, talkes with J.R. Oldham
(C) about his damage claims as Snider's secretary Susie Bolen (R)
takes notes in the parking lot of Snider office building in the small
downtown community of Stockton, Missouri, May 8, 2003. Snider is
working from his car because his office building was totally destroyed
by a strong tornado May 4 that killed three people and left extensive
damage to buildings in the downtown area. REUTERS/John Sommers II
Good caption on this
one.
Bill
Modglin talks with some of his neighbor, May 7, 2003, about why he is
keeping the front door of his home that was destroyed by the May 4
tornado that hit in the small town of Pierce City, Missouri. Modglin
said, 'when the tornado hit, it blew in the front door hitting me and
knocking me into the bedroom and onto my bed. The door then landed on
top of me, protecting me from the roof of the house that collapsed on
top of the door and me.' Modglin said, the door saved my life and I am
keeping it.' REUTERS/John Sommers II
Yes, I saved the
requisite trailer park shot for last. No, I'm not above such easy jokes.
David
Baliey, cousin to Chad and Michelle Shreves looks through debris from
the Shreves' mobile home that landed more than a quarter-mile away
from where it once stood, the morning after tornadoes ripped through
Massac County near Mermet in southern Illinois Wednesday, May 7, 2003.
Hundreds of people across rural, southern Illinois were hit by a
cluster of tornadoes spinning through the Midwest. (AP Photo/Charles
Rex Arbogast)
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