Pictures of tornado damage around Dallas:

[Are_grits_groceries]

Flying debris in the middle of the storm:










4pm weather map: DAMN!

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/texas-tornado-storify_2012-04-03

Sheeeeeit!

[GoCubsGo]

1. Yowch!!!

That "flying debris" looks like tractor trailers. I sure hope the occupants of the truck in the bottom photo were able to get out and into a ditch.

[gateley]

2. What the hell is that flying through the sky??? Yikes! nt

[Gold Metal Flake]

3. Looks like the red trailers as seen in pix #2?

They got way up there, huh?

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Saw tractor trailers flying through the air on MSNBC live coverage!

Yikes!

[K Gardner]

13. OMG... n/t

[aquart]

4. Honestly, I don't care about trucks as long as no one is in them and they don't land on anyone.

I prefer a business loss to funerals. So far we haven't heard about human damage.

[w8liftinglady]

5. unfortunately,this is a hugely populated area of dallas

2 state prisons in the same area

[aquart]

9. Oh, God. My news was calling it sparsely populated and rural.

We'd know if it had hit a prison, wouldn't we?

[w8liftinglady]

18. so,a little more

Hutchins Correctional facility-at the intersection of I-45/I-20

Houses 2200 inmates.Employs 450.

just a few...no comment necessary

http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/hj.html

[uppityperson]

8. That can take a bit of time to assess. Photos show that the winds were really strong.

Hoping for the best for all.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

6. Flying 18-wheelers....

Holy moly!

[Horse with no Name]

10. This is like Armageddon

tornadoes ALL over the area. And a very wide area.

[perdita9]

11. Will Rick Perry demand federal disaster assistance?

As American citizens, his state is entitled to it. I'm just wondering what with all his complaints about federal government 'waste'.

[meow2u3]

12. My family is in the Dallas area

My younger sister works around the area struck by the tornado. I hope to God she's all right and in one piece.

YIKES!

[lovuian]

14. Wind speeds will increase due to Global Warming

Our children are looking at very bleak days ahead

[countryjake]

15. And our great-children will be looking at...

[roguevalley]

16. horrible. welcome to the new normal. :(

[Horse with no Name]

17. I have to say that this is one of the most horrific weather events I have ever seen in Texas

besides hurricanes, of course. The storms were so widespread and devastating.

I have a friend who has kids in two different cities who each had tornadoes a couple of blocks from each of their house.

Usually this crap dies down...but these storms just kept coming back for more.

I am thinking it is okay to settle in for the night...but not quite comfortable with that yet.

[w8liftinglady]

19. I have lived through almost 40 years of Texas Tornados.never have I had 3 straight hours of warnings

Never.

[Horse with no Name]

20. Hey. I have heard reports that Lancaster is just about gone

are they true?

[Horse with no Name]

21. My nerves are shot for the night

rain, thunder, sirens, in and out of the safe area....finally got the kids settled in and I am afraid to go to sleep.

We are still seeing storms come through--not like earlier, but heavy nonetheless.

I've never seen ANYTHING like this.

[zappaman]

22. Stay safe! n/t

[Cleita]

23. So I wonder if the Dallas Tea Party member still believe that there isn't

climate change happening.

[Horse with no Name]

24. They are so entrenched in their hate and stupidity

they wouldn't believe it if Moses himself handed them a tablet with it inscribed.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

25. Cuz Moses was a liberal fascist Kenyan, didn't you know?