Pics of Joplin damage

Ugh, this is just terrible.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391075/The-block-scar-Amazing-satellite-photos-pinpoint-devastation-Joplin-town-wiped-map-deadliest-tornado-modern-times.html

I keep hearing its an F4. An F hit just south of me and removed some houses from existence killing none, but this its a town that still has 1500 missing. It isn't in the news, but they are picking up body parts and then they have to find out who they belong to. I'm just saying, got to be an F5.

This is 50 miles north of me right now. I've heard it was an F5. 200MPH or better, I think. 2 families in our car club live there. The tornado went between their houses. The next day, 2 police were killed in a lightening strike while out working.

Didn't they re-do the Fujita scale a few years ago when they figured out that it didn't go high enough? I'm pretty sure I heard about that.

That damage is apocalyptic.

Those pictures look like the ones that I have seen of the Flint MI tornado of 1953. In school we were shown those pictures every year to scare us into taking a tornado warning seriously.

Our friends at SafeRacer (HQ in Joplin) are fine, according to a FB post I saw from the owner, but plenty of their friends and relatives were affected.

Simply terrible.

Per

Man, that is just armageddon.

Per Schroeder wrote: Our friends at SafeRacer (HQ in Joplin) are fine, according to a FB post I saw from the owner, but plenty of their friends and relatives were affected. Simply terrible. Per

Apparently, they didn't miss a beat. My fire system and transponder showed up 2 days after the storm hit. I must confess to a selfish "Oh no" completely related only to my jeopardized order - it took about 30 seconds for my empathy module to engage. I have some issues I'm working on

Javelin wrote: Didn't they re-do the Fujita scale a few years ago when they figured out that it didn't go high enough? I'm pretty sure I heard about that. That damage is apocalyptic.

The old Fujita scale, or as I call it, The Fajita scale did not contain much information at all, so they extended it. The EF Scale (Extended Fujita Scale) contains a little more to go on. It goes from EF0-EF5 and are designated after the National Weather Service surveys the damage. The scale its not necessarily the size of the tornado, but the amount of damage and estimated wind speed, which usually coincides with the tornado size anyway. The EF Scale designated specific wind speeds where the F Scale did not to my knowledge.

Now you know.

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Scary how the houses just exploded from the pressure , photos and sat views are shocking

The houses don't explode from pressure difference. The leaving windows open, etc, is all old wives tales.

It "explodes" because it is being slammed with 200+ mph winds.

z31maniac wrote: The houses don't explode from pressure difference. The leaving windows open, etc, is all old wives tales. It "explodes" because it is being slammed with 200+ mph winds.

Z31, you are completely wrong. 200+ mph winds ARE the pressure.

How about a Chair embedded in a concrete wall?

The devistation is amazing, and humbling. I really do feel for these folks.

Found out last night that a cousin of my wife lives there & was working when the storm hit. She had pictures up of the collapsed strip-mall she was in, and her destroyed car. There are no words for it. :(

had an EF5 pass about 5 miles to the east of me last June.. it rolled right thru a small town just south of me (Almora) and nailed the city of Wadena about 20 miles northeast of me and then kept on going for about another 20 miles after that. you can still see the half mile wide path of destruction that it carved across the countryside. if i had known there was an actual huge tornado that close to me, i would have jumped in my car and gotten a look for myself.

tornadoes are something you deal with and a risk that you accept by choosing to live in the middle of the country.

Man, that's terrible. It makes Hugo's damage look kind of wimpy.

similar looking damage in tuscaloosa too, but not as widespread.

That's from Hurricane Andrew. Must be similar winds to that chair picture.

And if the board through the trunk isn't impressive enough, the tree is also on fire.

ronholm wrote: How about a Chair embedded in a concrete wall?

Pretty sure that's EIFS and not concrete, but it still sucks.

Canoe

And here is a canoe that was IN a tornado.

Sheriff Tommy, where are you? We need your BanHammer!