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Old 05-21-2013, 06:18 PM   #1
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Default Oklahoma media coverage

yesterday evening I was channel surfing between news stations and landed just as this was being said as rescue workers struggled to find survivors at the school ..

" whats going on with all the digging" ?

as I fumed out the ears, the "news anchor" begins dissecting the strength of the doors and roof ... seriously, an F5 ?

I kid you not.

that's just a very small reason I find it impossible to waste my time when Greta is wasting mine.
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Old 05-21-2013, 06:22 PM   #2
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I can just imagine what that thing sounded like. Had to of been horror.
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:05 PM   #3
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The one that caused me to roll my eyes was HLN hopscotching between the Jodi Arias cluster and the tornado coverage. Fifteen minutes of lawyers-cum-talking-heads going at it hammer and tong over the minutiae of the sentencing phase alternating with fifteen minutes of questions from people who know little to nothing about tornados. Tough to sit through if you were born, raised and lived 50+ years in tornado alley but sort of understandable if you realize more than half the country(and 90%+ of either coast) doesn't have a clue.

But, the good thing is, though unfortunate in many ways, we have a lot of experience. I was sort of surprised that the death toll was initially as high as 51 because of the scope and depth of coverage and warnings which routinely happens prior to and during these events.
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:07 PM   #4
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I can just imagine what that thing sounded like. Had to of been horror.
knowing it was coming and waiting 40 minutes before it hit disturbs me as much as the devastation , add that to the roar of its power right before it hit had to be something beyond human imagination
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:11 PM   #5
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The one that caused me to roll my eyes was HLN hopscotching between the Jodi Arias cluster and the tornado coverage. Fifteen minutes of lawyers-cum-talking-heads going at it hammer and tong over the minutiae of the sentencing phase alternating with fifteen minutes of questions from people who know little to nothing about tornados. Tough to sit through if you were born, raised and lived 50+ years in tornado alley but sort of understandable if you realize more than half the country(and 90%+ of either coast) doesn't have a clue.

But, the good thing is, though unfortunate in many ways, we have a lot of experience. I was sort of surprised that the death toll was initially as high as 51 because of the scope and depth of coverage and warnings which routinely happens prior to and during these events.

agreed // the 99 twister was predicted the day before, they predicted this one 5 days before ..
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I was standing in my front yard today talking to a neighbor when some east coast talking guy drove by and asked us why don't we have more basements in this part of the country. Now, I live in the Denton area so it's not as tornado prone as north and west of here but I asked the guy if he thought having an in ground swimming pool under his house was a good idea. He gave me a "huh" sort of look and I had to briefly explain to him how the lack of shallow bedrock and the mobile nature of the soils in this part of the country makes it very challenging to build and have a basement. It's not impossible but it is a lot less practical than it is in other parts of the country. Plus, since it's the wide open spaces, the tendency has been to go "wide" instead of up and down for a very long time. Besides, it's a lot easier to pump out, patch and reseal a 8' x8' 'fraidy-hole than a 1500sqft basement.
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:40 PM   #7
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I lived through two very bad tornados and i was not even in tx or ok or ks
here are the links
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+...w=1120&bih=569
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+...w=1120&bih=569

https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1120&bih=569
https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1120&bih=569
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I can just imagine what that thing sounded like. Had to of been horror.
like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfT6IacNjJ0
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Old 05-21-2013, 09:14 PM   #9
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agreed // the 99 twister was predicted the day before, they predicted this one 5 days before ..
they were talking today about not having school that day for the predicated areas that most likely to be hit

two things that effected me the most

1. The teachers shielding their kids with own body, just like the teachers in Conn.

2. The amount help the people of Oklahoma are providing. They waiting up to 2 hours to provide goods that are needed and this is going on all over the state
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Best wishes for a speedy OK recovery.

Re the media, how the fuck does the death count go down? Did they get up and start walking around? No, the bozos guessed, and how is that different than bait and switch sales? I'm glad less folks are dead, but report facts and avoid sensationalist conjecture.
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As horrific as the tornadoes were ... And these were only the latest ... Every cub reporter wants to be Dan Rather and ride the swirling winds of destruction to a network gig.
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Candy, just point out to the next nimrod about the seven children that DROWNED in a basement at the school.
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Amazing the people who rode it out in a bathtub covering the kids had to be the scariest time ...
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Best wishes for a speedy OK recovery.

Re the media, how the fuck does the death count go down? Did they get up and start walking around? No, the bozos guessed, and how is that different than bait and switch sales? I'm glad less folks are dead, but report facts and avoid sensationalist conjecture.
Sadly there is a great urgency to be first, and almost all networks are wiling to sacrifice being correct.

All the major ones are that way.
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Best wishes for a speedy OK recovery.

Re the media, how the fuck does the death count go down? Did they get up and start walking around? No, the bozos guessed, and how is that different than bait and switch sales? I'm glad less folks are dead, but report facts and avoid sensationalist conjecture.
Any time there is a major disaster, there are LOTS of inaccurate reports, both by the media and the police and fire departments.

Which is why I laugh at the conspiracy theorists, like SE3772, that kept repeating police scanner traffic (during the Boston Bombing) that later turned out to be wrong as some kind proof that there was a hidden conspiracy going on.

Cops are human and they get things wrong, too. And they also repeat wild stories as well. But conspiracy theorists always see something sinister.

Speaking of which, I wonder if SEE3772 has heard if the police were "conducting a drill" in Moore, OK, when the tornado hit.
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