Tornado Strikes Scout Camp - Large Emergency Response

NWS ^ | June 11, 2008

[silentknight]

A possible tornado has struck the Litle (spelling from site?) Sioux Scout Camp in Iowa. Very large response is being reported by media. Large number of injuries.

[silentknight]

Reports of a possible tornado moving into Omaha (as of 7:30 PM Central)

[the invisib1e hand]

Godspeed.

[MEG33]

Prayers for all in harms way.

[ConorMacNessa]

Ping.

[Corin Stormhands]

This close to you guys?

[festus]

Prayers.

[Drago]

Looks like a typo on the site...here is a link to the official site: (Little Sioux BSA Ranch)
http://www.mac-bsa.org/index.php?Itemid=80&id=92&option=com_content&task=view

[silentknight]

6 N Little Sioux [Monona Co, IA] law enforcement reports TORNADO at 06:35 PM CDT — tornado hit a boyscout ranch just north of the harrison county line. thirty to forty injuries with 4 fatalities reported by harrison county dispatch.

www.stormreports.org

[Drago]

Omaha live Web camera:

http://www.ketv.com/wxcam/1477550/detail.html

[NRA2BFree]

Oh no! Prayers go out for all who have been hurt, and for their frantic families. May God protect them all.

[darkangel82]

Oh no....

[txhurl]

Oh no.......

[EternalVigilance]

Prayers going up.

[afnamvet]

Prayers for the scouts and their families. This truly looks bad.

[livius]

Prayers for them and their families!

[EternalVigilance]

I attended this camp when I was a kid.

Lord have mercy.

[silentknight]

OAX continues Tornado Warning for Cass, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Seward [NE] till 8:00 PM CDT ...AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS MOVING INTO LINCOLN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

[Conservative4Ever]

Prayers for the scouts/families/first responders.

[Viking2002]

Hang in there, guys. If anyone outside the U.S. military can handle themselves, you can. God and America is on the way.

Praying Like Hell,

Maryland Troop 7, Second-Class-For-Life, Viking

[Drago]

Live storm coverage from KETV, Omaha (streaming video):

http://www.ketv.com/weather/index.html?livestream=2

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Prayers Up...

GOD Bless All...

[Domestic Church]

Prayer Bump!

[SandRat]

TORNADO OUTBREAK THIS EVENING...

6 N Little Sioux [Monona Co, IA] law enforcement reports TORNADO at 06:35 PM CDT — tornado hit a boyscout ranch just north of the Harrison County line. thirty to forty injuries with 4 fatalities reported by Harrison County dispatch...

RESIDENTS REPORT A TORNADO MOVED INTO THE CAMP AFTER CROSSING INTERSTATE...

June 11th - Massive Response To Possible Tornado Hit In Iowa - Scout Ranch Struck...

Media Being Kept Away...

June 11th - Deadly Storm Hits Iowa - Numerous Children Injured - Possible Causalities...

[Lijahsbubbe]

Terrible.

Tornadoes in Minnesota right now too.

[silentknight]

Numerous reports of tornadoes on the ground in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa

[txhurl]

If any Omaha freepers see who/where to donate for medical/funeral expenses, please post it for us.

[Tax-chick]

Aw, shoot. I guess they didn’t have a cellar.

[Viking2002]

Not good....not good....not good.....I hate to feel helpless at times like these. It happened.....pray it was just an F-0 or better. I was reading that the other day, a twister recently picked up a dog and safely put him down in a nearby field. Let's hope........

[ConorMacNessa]

Prayers going up for the killed and injured and all those affected by this disaster.

[aliquando]

Crap, can’t let my wife know about this. My son is at Scout camp in North Ga. this week. Prayers for Scouts and families. Emphasize the “R” tonight.

[McGruff]

thirty to forty injuries with 4 fatalities reported by harrison county dispatch.

Oh no. Saying a prayer.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Oh no. This just gives me chills. Prayers being lifted.

We camped near there on our cross country trip in 2001.

[rdl6989]

Prayers sent.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

My daughter just called and said four confirmed dead. Many injured. This may be the worst disaster yet for Iowa. Tornadoes flying around my daughter's house. Supposedly, it's headed our way.

Nothing compares to these young boys. My house can be blown away. I don't care. The tragedy of these young boys is just too much. Pray

[Brad’s Gramma]

Will you PLEASE use Logan’s prayer list for this? I’m going to be outta here in a bit.

MANY prayers for these kids and their families!!!

[CindyDawg]

Prayer

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Thanks. This is just too much. The flooding is nothing in comparison to the loss of life of these youngsters. I've heard as many as 40 injured.

My grandson is a firefighter in Omaha and he said reports are that this is very serious.

[Strategerist]

Confirmed tornado approaching Omaha.

[2111USMC]

Link to Iowa radar:

http://www.accuweather.com/index-radar.asp?partner=forecastfox&traveler=0&zipcode=52803

Huge nasty line of storms stretching entirely north to south and moving east.

[LibertyRocks]

Prayers for those injured, and for those coming to their aid.

[LibertyRocks]

Man, that is horrible news... Prayers continuing - especially for any family members who must be terrified right now.

[HAL9000]

Omaha - Live video from storm chasers -

http://www.tornadovideos.net/index.cfm/do/s.LiveTracker

[AnAmericanMother]

Fervent prayers from BSA Troop 1 and Venture Crew 29 here in GA.

We had a tornado warning once while in camp, but nothing touched down. You're just very exposed, even in the NGA mountains.

[CAluvdubya]

Prayers sent from a former den mother....

[LibertyRocks]

The radar they are showing right now is by far probably the WORST I’ve ever seen... Thanks for that link.

[NRA2BFree]

4 dead and 40 hurt. How incredibily sad. They must not have had any place to take shelter or they didn’t get a warning.

[cyclotic]

Prayers up from a Asst Scoutmaster,Den Leader, Asst Cubmaster.

Talk about worst case scenario.

I’ll bet that an unprecedented number of hero stories come out of this in a few days, cause that’s what Scouts do.

[uglybiker]

tornadovideos.net Live Tracker

[txhurl]

Fatalities expected to rise :(