LIVE WIRE: M.E.'s Office confirms 91 dead in Moore tornado

KOCO-TV ^ | May 21, 2013

[2ndDivisionVet]

ALERT: State medical examiner's office: 91 killed in Oklahoma tornado; death toll expected to rise. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott tells KOCO 5 that 51 of the deaths have been confirmed but that her office was awaiting the arrival of 40 more fatalities.

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Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado.

Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says there is no word of injuries from the elementary school. Knight says the school suffered "extensive damage" on Monday afternoon. He did not say which school was hit.

Neighborhoods in Moore, Okla., are flattened and blown apart....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Pray for the families.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Very sad Oklahoma ping.

[GeronL]

bump

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Ten years or so ago, a twister hit Oklahoma City . . . and carved a mile-wide path of destruction between the homes of two of my aunts then living in OKC.

[Yaelle]

Heartbreaking. Prayers up for all who have lost. I can’t imagine.

[justa-hairyape]

Here is the path it took through the heavily populated areas.

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Image from Dailymail UK.

[justa-hairyape]

Here is the timeline.

[laplata]

That’s the other tornado we’ve been hearing about today.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

This is unbelievably sad. Prayers for all those poor families.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

I’m wondering about the repeat hit. It seems Moore is subject to tornados. I grew up in North Texas and it seemed like Wichita Falls was always getting hit. Is there some topography that lends itself to the formation of tornadoes, or possibly sort of “funnels” a tornado along a certain path after it has formed? Does anyone know about that?

[justa-hairyape]

Well, according to this map below, you need to live in or close to the mountains if you want to avoid tornadoes.

[justa-hairyape]

BTW - Looks like there have been 4 long and nasty F4’s that have traveled through the Texas panhandle sometime in the past.

[combat_boots]

[wolficatZ]

KFOR’s meteorologist predicted Monday’s tornado will also be classifed a 5 with 300 mph winds after the data in analyzed..we’ll see.

[Bender2]

My heartfelt prayers and my donation goes out to the souls in Moore, Oklahoma—

Yet, is it just me or am I the only one who cannot stand to watch any more continuing breaking news any more. The reporters (Fox, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, local) are all like idiot savant parrots repeating the same wrong/misleading/inane semi-factiods over and over again?

[Dusty Road]

Flat country.

[Old Sarge]

The reporters (Fox, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, local) are all like idiot savant parrots repeating the same wrong/misleading/inane semi-factiods over and over again?

Just like they did at Sandy Hook...

[GeronL]

Like bleating sheep

[Rightly Biased]

Seems there were some long ones in the Northern Alabama Mississippi area.