Oklahoma tornado, 90+ Deads

[RussiaPrussia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbEKP-AO5u8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTQ0lKliEGE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPtRCdEcDs

[Leliana]

RIP. :( But I'll never understand why US Americans build wooden houses all the way, and not with massive brick stones like in Germany.

[Drawing-slim]

RIP. :( But I'll never understand why US Americans build wooden houses all the way, and not with massive brick stones like in Germany.that would coast over a million dollar per house in america and still not gonna help in case of these massive twisters with 200-300 miles p/hr wind which has destroyed big downtown buildings in the past.

this is heart breaking story since most deaths are kids, and people of oklahoma are really nice too.

[Smaland]

RIP. :( But I'll never understand why US Americans build wooden houses all the way, and not with massive brick stones like in Germany.

RIP to all the victims, and their surviving family members. :cry2

You're right, a stone house would provide more protection against a tornado, but a few tornadoes are so powerful that they can destroy even stone homes. The strongest of all, twisters rated EF-5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Fujita_scale), can even deform large skyscapers.

Since the advent of modern storm measurement technology, the most powerful tornado to strike in America had top wind speeds of 302 mph (503 kph). It struck the same city as the one referred to in the OP (Moore, OK).

Edit: I see that I covered some of the same ground as Drawing-live, but I don't think anyone will mind.

[King Claus]

how many black people died?

[Smaland]

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/graphics/photos0506/threestrikes.jpg


On the 20th day of May in 1916, Codell, Kansas was hit by a tornado. Well, you say, that part of Kansas is in Tornado Alley, so it is not too surprising to hear that fact. True, but on the same day, in 1917 and again in 1918, Codell was struck by a tornado. Three strikes on a community in three years is news enough, but for them to occur on exactly the same date is, well, a story for Ripley's. Even more astounding, the storms hit around the same time on each day, between 6 and 9 pm.

Of course, the twister referenced in the OP hit Moore, OK on 20 May 2013.

Full story (http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2006/alm06may.htm)

[rhiannon]

RIP. :( But I'll never understand why US Americans build wooden houses all the way, and not with massive brick stones like in Germany.The tornadoes could likely still take down a house of stone if it's strong enough. The one that hit yesterday was definitely strong enough...given that it essentially leveled an elementary school and nearly destroyed one other one.

To the children who lost their lives.....my heart goes out in tears. Keeping my little guy close and giving him tons of hugs and kisses...

This tornado is said to have been one of the worst, if not the worst tornadoes in American history.

[rhiannon]

how many black people died?
Are you trolling or what?

Victims aren't usually tabulated by race.

[StonyArabia]

May God bless the innocent victims, so sad to hear.

[Diërker]

Alot of Black people died. Their all over the internet.

[Fortitude]

Apparently some looting going on.... Guess the race of the looters.

[Leliana]

Tornado in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/21/50FA21E459381497FC50AB3085A1E6.jpg

Damage to the houses: Their massive stone-based structures are mostly intact, just the tiled rooftops took heavy damage

http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/D2/4B2B993178D51A1FDE5E3C3A622044.jpg

http://www.mz-web.de/image/view/2011/8/13/17438074,16195761,dmData,Blick%2Bauf%2BPeien%2Bbei %2BBernburg%2B%2525281315819387702%252529.jpg

And now the damage to thin wooden houses in the USA...:(

http://images.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2013-05/oklahoma-tornado-3/oklahoma-tornado-3-540x304.jpg

[SKYNET]

all day I wasn't in the mood. RIP :(
Damn Nature, you scary

[Baluarte]

You don't seem to understand that North America has completely different meterological conditions than Europe.
That's why they have hurricanes, while Europe doesn't.

Tornados are far more frequent in Central US, and their average potency is higher as well.

Different contexts and problems cannot be solved with the same solution

[Alenka]

RIP


Tornado in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/21/50FA21E459381497FC50AB3085A1E6.jpg

But the recent USA one had a diameter of 3km.

[Quasimodem]

Tornado in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Damage to the houses: Their massive stone-based structures are mostly intact, just the tiled rooftops took heavy damage

And now the damage to thin wooden houses in the USA...:(



The two are not directly comparable. That Sachsen-Anhalt tornado was an F3, supposedly, which means winds of 136-165 mph (218-266 km/h). The Moore tornado was an F5 with winds estimated at 210 mph (338 km/h).

[Baluarte]

Curious things:

State of Oklahoma:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Oklahoma_in_United_States.svg/800px-Oklahoma_in_United_States.svg.png

Plains Indians original territory:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Plains_Indians_range.png

Plains Indians in daily life:

http://www.battlemountaintourism.com/images/plains-indians.jpg

[The Lawspeaker]

Tornado in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/21/50FA21E459381497FC50AB3085A1E6.jpg

Damage to the houses: Their massive stone-based structures are mostly intact, just the tiled rooftops took heavy damage

http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/D2/4B2B993178D51A1FDE5E3C3A622044.jpg

http://www.mz-web.de/image/view/2011/8/13/17438074,16195761,dmData,Blick%2Bauf%2BPeien%2Bbei %2BBernburg%2B%2525281315819387702%252529.jpg

And now the damage to thin wooden houses in the USA...:(

http://images.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2013-05/oklahoma-tornado-3/oklahoma-tornado-3-540x304.jpg
Tornado's in the Netherlands:

http://dute.home.xs4all.nl/Borculo15.JPG

http://www.nieuwsdossier.nl/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/tornado_treft_chaam_en_tricht.jpg

http://www.weer.nl/uploads/pics/20070625_Tornado_bij_Deil_naderen_rotonde.jpg





The major storms and tornado of 1 August 1674 caused a lot of damage all over the Netherlands and was responsible for the collapse of a part of the Utrecht Cathedral (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zomerstorm_van_1674). (claiming hundreds of victims in Utrecht alone)

Borculo, 10 August 1925. (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormramp_van_1925)(4 dead, 80 wounded)

Neede, 1 June 1927 (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormramp_van_1927). (10 dead, 150+ wounded)

3 tornados hit across the Netherlands: the Veluwe. Haulerwijk (Friesland) And in West-Brabant on 23 August 1950. (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_van_23_augustus_1950) (no deaths, some sustained injuries).

2 tornadoes strike at Oostmalle (Belgium), Tricht and Chaam (the Netherlands) on 25 June 1967 (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_van_25_juni_1967). (7 dead, 150+ wounded).

It is estimated that we get around 35 landspouts a year. Most of them are just mild disappear within minutes but the examples given above show that we are not always so lucky. Tornadoes, albeit rare, can strike here too.

[The Lawspeaker]

You don't seem to understand that North America has completely different meterological conditions than Europe.
That's why they have hurricanes, while Europe doesn't.


I don't think that you have been in Europe for a long time then. We have hurricanes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm) here: they are rare but we have them. 1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953) comes to mind (you know: the floods started with something), 1990 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns%27_Day_storm) (another one). Every single severe flood in the Netherlands, the German Bight, Denmark and England has started with one of those.



For a more extensive tabulated list of European windstorms, see List of European windstorms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_windstorms).
Historic windstorms

Grote Mandrenke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Mandrenke), 1362 – A southwesterly Atlantic gale swept across England, the Netherlands, northern Germany and southern Denmark, killing over 25,000 and changing the Dutch-German-Danish coastline.
Burchardi Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burchardi_flood), 1634 – Also known as "second Grote Mandrenke", hit Nordfriesland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordfriesland), drowned about 8,000–15,000 people and destroyed the island of Strand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_%28island%29).
Great Storm of 1703 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1703) – Severe gales affect south coast of England.
Night of the Big Wind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Big_Wind), 1839 – The most severe windstorm to hit Ireland in recent centuries, with hurricane force winds, killed between 250 and 300 people and rendered hundreds of thousands of homes uninhabitable.
Royal Charter Storm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Charter_Storm), October 25–26, 1859 – The Royal Charter Storm was considered to be the most severe storm to hit the British Isles in the 19th century, with a total death toll estimated at over 800. It takes its name from the Royal Charter ship, which was driven by the storm onto the east coast of Anglesey, Wales with the loss of over 450 lives.
The Tay Bridge Disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster), 1879 – Severe gales (estimated to be Force 10–11) swept the east coast of Scotland, infamously resulting in the collapse of the Tay Rail Bridge and the loss of 75 people who were on board the ill-fated train.[34] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm#cite_note-34)
Eyemouth Disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyemouth_Disaster), 1881 – A severe storm struck the southeast coast of Scotland. 189 fishermen were killed, most of whom were from the small village of Eyemouth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyemouth,_Scotland).
1928 Thames flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Thames_flood), January 6–7, 1928 – Snow melt combined with heavy rainfall and a storm surge in the North Sea led to flooding in central London and the loss of 14 lives.

Severe storms since 1950

North Sea flood of 1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953) – Considered to be the worst natural disaster of the 20th century both in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, claiming over 2,500 lives.
North Sea flood of 1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1962) – The Storm reached the German coast of the North Sea with wind speeds up to 200 km/h. The accompanying storm surge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_surge) combined with the high tide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide) pushed water up the Weser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser) and Elbe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe), breaching dikes and caused extensive flooding, especially in Hamburg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg). 315 people were killed, around 60,000 were left homeless.
Gale of January 1976 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_of_January_1976) January 2–5, 1976 – Widespread wind damage was reported across Europe from Ireland to Central Europe. Coastal flooding occurred in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany with the highest storm surge of the 20th century recorded on the German North Sea coast.
Great Storm of 1987 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1987) – This storm affected southeastern England and northern France. In England maximum mean wind speeds of 70 knots (an average over 10 minutes) were recorded. The highest gust of 117 knots (217 km/h) was recorded at Pointe du Raz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_du_Raz) in Brittany. In all, 19 people were killed in England and 4 in France. 15 million trees were uprooted in England.
1990 storm series – Between 25 January and 1 March 1990, eight severe storms crossed Europe including the Burns' Day storm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns%27_Day_storm) (Daria), Vivian & Wiebke. The total costs resulting from these storms was estimated at almost €13 billion.[35] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm#cite_note-35)
Lothar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Lothar), Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Martin_%281999%29),[36] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm#cite_note-36) 1999 – France, Switzerland and Germany were hit by severe storms and rain. Over 100 people were killed, and the storm caused extensive damage to property and trees and the French and German national power grids, including an emergency due to flooding at the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Blayais_Nuclear_Power_Plant_flood).
Kyrill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrill_%28storm%29),[37] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm#cite_note-37) 2007 – Storm warnings were given for many countries in western, central and northern Europe with severe storm warnings for some areas. At least 53 people were killed in northern and central Europe, causing travel chaos across the region.
Xynthia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Xynthia),[38] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm#cite_note-38) 2010 – A severe windstorm moved across the Canary Islands to Portugal and western and northern Spain, before moving on to hit south-western France. The highest gust speeds recorded at Alto de Orduña (228 km/h/ 142 mph). 50 people were reported to have died.[39] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm#cite_note-39)

[Baluarte]

Ok, I stand corrected, hurricanes do exist, albeit rare.

[The Lawspeaker]

Ok, I stand corrected, hurricanes do exist, albeit rare.

In Dutch and German such severe storms as the ones I mentioned are known as an orkaan (singular, Dutch), Orkan (singular, German).