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CORRECTION: Joplin tornado was rated EF5 not EF4

It was a multi-vortex tornado with winds in excess of 200 mph.

CNN posted a video of a tornado that destroyed a tractor trailer near Shawnee, Oklahoma. A slew of tornadoes have been reported from Minnesota to Texas within the last few days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS6tWnlB8cQ

There is a continuing threat of severe weather.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WqJSp0bwYs

Denning, Arkansas is a new tornado location being reported.

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RIP

Very inspiring story here.

May 27, 2011

DON LANSAW HUSBAND- REALTOR -FAMILY MAN DIED TRAGICALLY THIS PAST SUNDAY MAY 22 WHEN HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE LITERALLY OVER HIS WIFE INSIDE THEIR HOME AS THEY WAITED FOR THE TORNADO TO DESCEND DOWN ON THEM WITH ALL THE HELL AND FURY WHICH WAS ONLY THEIRS TO KNOW AND WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER BETHANY WAS STILL ALIVE LYING BENEATH HER DYING HUSBAND WHO LAY ON TOP OF HIS WIFE SHIELDING HER FROM THE SHARDS AND HORRIBLE SPLINTERING WEATHERS TORRENTIAL BEATING WHICH COST DON HIS LIFE.

NO GREATER GOOD HATH ANY MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY.

AS BETHANY TOLD THE NEWS REPORTERS - ""HE WAS MY HERO!""

GOD REST THEIR SOULS AND MAY THEY HAVE THE BLESSED STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO LIVE ON IN THE FACE OF THIS HORRIBLE TRAUMA AND TRAGEDY WHICH NO MERE MORTALS SHOULD HAVE HAD TO FACE BUT WHICH NOW WAS THE WORST TRAGEDY IN HUMAN LOSS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM A TORNADO WITHIN THE PAST 60 YEARS.

JOPLIN MISSOURI PLEASE KNOW WE FEEL YOUR PAIN AND WE REMEMBER YOU WITH THE LIFE GIVING SONG FREELY COMPOSED TODAY UNDER BRIGHTER SKIES CALLED """TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY::: SEE IT NOW HERE WITH THE TWO TEDDY BEARS TO GREET YOU . AMEN

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The warm weather has finally hit upstate NY> It will be high 80's today and 90 tomorrow. Next week is Canal Days in the village of Fairport. A fun event. Lots and lots of venders. My daughter is bringing her fiance in from New Jersey/New York City. The wedding is getting closer. Tick tock.

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Thoughts and best wishes to all those who have suffered from those nasty Tornados in the US.

It's been torrential rain for most of the day here and more tomorrow.

These were filmed by some divers off the NSW Coast not far from Sydney yesterday morning.

They were lucky because they managed to get back in their boat and escape before the twisters hit them.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8255066/dramatic-waterspouts-seen-during-nsw-storms

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Now K!

Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok ok. Seems to be quiet again, but they have extended the warning til 11pm. I'm exhausted already. I actually worked up in Leominster today. I don't like this at all.

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Oh shit. May be heading to the basement soon. Southern Worcester County ain't lookin good.

Ok ok. Seems to be quiet again, but they have extended the warning til 11pm. I'm exhausted already. I actually worked up in Leominster today. I don't like this at all.

Well, I hope it all missed you. Those things are no fun... at all. :(

I confess that until today I never really thought of tornadoes hitting Massachusetts. Yeesh.

Hope everyone's okay up there.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meanwhile, here it's very :veryhot: and I try to stay close to the :fan:

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^She may still be in her basement. Massachusetts really got hit. Read the power went out. Hope she's got a flashlight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a4kp7cJxjk

You can see the funnel of the tornado as it siphons and swirls up water from the Connecticut River.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeiFYJvcAhU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqVQUDH0KJM

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Jun 1, 2011

Multiple tornadoes slammed western and central Massachusetts, destroying buildings, flipping vehicles and leaving four people dead and dozens injured.

At least three tornadoes struck the city of Springfield, Mass., alone, with a fourth unconfirmed twister possibly touching down in the city, Mayor Dominic J. Sarno said. Many of those storms also blasted the areas surrounding the city of more than 150,000 residents 90 miles west of Boston.

The Massachusetts twisters hit as unstable weather threatened the entire Northeast, bringing tornado watches to Philadelphia, New York and Boston.

The situation in Massachusetts was so bad that Gov. Deval Patrick declared a statewide state of emergency, calling up 1,000 members of the National Guard.

Two of the four fatalities in Massachusetts occurred in West Springfield, and there was one each in Springfield and Brimfield, a state official said, correcting earlier official statements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHwCj1_Q9xE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbHLYkvdEWo
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Hi :wave: ,

Sorry I haven't updated here in a bit. Yeah, Wednesday night was not fun. Tornadoes just don't come around here very often! My daughter and I did head for the basement for a short time. The weather was weird here in Southern Worcester County, no leaf movement, very vivid colors, and a fog that would not lift.

Some of the stories I have heard are unbelievable. Like the woman in Monson, MA who found hay stuck in the wall of her barn, resembling a dart board. Try to imagine that. Or, the mail that was found in Natick, a suburb of Boston...clear across the state. Friends had insulation in their yard, clearly from a home that was leveled.

What I was most affected by personally was how quickly things can change. We complain about the cold and snow here, but very rarely do you hear of someone losing their home. I am referring to roof collapses, which do happen.

I hope this is not a trend for the Summer of 2011.

Hugs to all.

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Missouri River, Gavin's Point Dam, near Yankton, near the border of Nebraska and South Dakota

June 14, 2011

Gavin's Point Dam releases 150,000 cfs into the lower Missouri River. The Army's controlled flood below here will inundate large portions of the Missouri Valley in the days and weeks ahead.

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