Death toll from Friday's tornadoes in Oklahoma has risen to 18

[pokerfan]

Even worse than previously thought....

Mon Jun 3, 2013 6:48pm EDT

(Reuters) - The death toll from Friday's tornadoes and storms in Oklahoma has risen to 18 people, including six children and 12 adults, the Oklahoma chief medical examiner said on Monday.

Officials added five victims on Monday to the confirmed list of dead from the tornadoes and from storms that caused severe flooding: three adults and two unidentified children, the medical examiner's office said.

(Reporting by David Bailey; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/03/us-usa-tornadoes-idUSBRE94T10N20130603

and a truly idiotic comment:

No disrespect to any of the victims or people who have lost their homes. But I have to ask the question, why would anyone live in an area prone to such disasters?

The most common definition of Tornado Alley is the location where the strongest tornadoes occur more frequently. The core of Tornado Alley consists of northern Texas (including the Panhandle), Oklahoma and Kansas. However, Tornado Alley can also be defined as an area reaching from central Texas to the Canadian prairies and from eastern Colorado to western Pennsylvania. It can also be disputed that there are numerous Tornado Alleys. In addition to the Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas core, such areas also include the Upper Midwest, the Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley and the lower Mississippi valley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Alley

Guess we gotta vacate about a third of the land are of this country.

[Downwinder]

1. Maybe give it back to those it was stolen from?

[The Straight Story]

3. Who would that be and which time? (nt)

[bluedigger]

5. We already gave them Oklahoma once... and took it away again.

Just how gullible do you think they are?

[Floyd_Gondolli]

9. That would be the entire country

Manhattan included.

[catbyte]

2. I can't believe that Tim Samaras was a victim. He was always so cautious.

It just goes to show you that nobody is immune. Also, I can't believe there have been so many large tornadoes in my area of Michigan. Storms are usually moderated that close to Lake Michigan. Although, I apparently survived an almost direct hit fromone in 1956 when I was 1, and I know that there were some devastating storms in the early 1960's.

[pokerfan]

7. Yeah, that was a shock

I heard that the twisters were behaving extremely erratically and changing directions on a dime. I suppose that probably had something to do with it.

[liberal_at_heart]

4. there is no corner of the globe that is exempt from weather catastrophies.

I live in the Pacific North West. I could be killed by an earthquake or a volcano eruption. The scariest part, I'm more likely to die of a tree falling on to my car or house than an earthquake or volcano. We have wind storms every single year. And lots of trees fall over every year in those wind storms. At least a few people die every year by being hit by a falling tree during a wind storm out here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Why do people live...in areas so prone to disaster.

I could make that argument about my country...it is really, really fire prone...and the day the San Andreas goes.

People do, te threats are different

[OKNancy]

8. widest tornado ever recorded

WIDEST TORNADO ON RECORD: At 2.6 miles wide, the National Weather Service has now rated the May 31st El Reno tornado as the widest ever recorded.