# Oklahoma Tornado **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [May 21, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742 "2013-05-21T05:12:30Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/1 "2013-05-21T05:12:30Z")
![http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130520232945-ap-22-oklahoma-city-tornado-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130520232945-ap-22-oklahoma-city-tornado-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg) ![http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130521063812-05-ok-weather-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130521063812-05-ok-weather-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg) ![http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130521064629-06-ok-weather-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130521064629-06-ok-weather-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg) ![http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/21/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1](http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/21/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1) ![http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130520232051-20-oklahoma-city-tornado-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130520232051-20-oklahoma-city-tornado-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg) ![http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130520215427-10-oklahoma-city-tornado-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130520215427-10-oklahoma-city-tornado-0520-horizontal-gallery.jpg) ---
### Author: ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/2 "2013-05-21T05:17:12Z")
I’ve been watching this closely. I was in Oklahoma City last week and go often for work. So far I haven’t heard any bad news from the people I know down there, but there are still a few people that I’ve been trying to get a hold of. ☹ ---
### Author: ![josuedc2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/josuedc2/32/5111_2.png) [@josuedc2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/josuedc2) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/3 "2013-05-21T05:17:23Z")
SAD ---
### Author: ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/4 "2013-05-21T05:33:52Z")
Mother nature is pretty intense… ---
### Author: ![Terry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/terry/32/7207_2.png) [@Terry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Terry) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/5 "2013-05-21T05:39:27Z")
Unbelievable. CNN is reporting (so probably not true) that another 40 are dead, a good chunk of them kids. ☹ ---
### Author: ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/6 "2013-05-21T05:40:01Z")
Tornadoes are really fucking cool… Until they kill people, then they suck. This sucks. Ill fall back on the age old argument: You guys can complain about the weather in WNY all you want but at least we dont have to deal with hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes (mostly). ---
### Author: ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/7 "2013-05-21T05:40:58Z")
I went to boot camp in Fort Sill, OK. We were doing training exercises when a tornado came through a field next to our barracks. They are no joke down there. They say this tornado was 1/2 mile wide once it started growing and by the time it reached Moore, it was up to a mile wide. ---
### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/8 "2013-05-21T05:42:20Z")
1 to 2 miles wide, 166 to 200 mph winds. I think the guy that compared it to a 2 mile wide lawnmower blade rolling through town said it best. Something to think about next winter when you’re clearing the snow from your driveway for the 4th time in a week. ---
### Author: ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/9 "2013-05-21T05:51:09Z")
![http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Weather/660/371/OKstorm2.jpg?ve=1](http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Weather/660/371/OKstorm2.jpg?ve=1) ![http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap_moore_oklahoma_kb_ss_130521_ssh.jpg](http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap_moore_oklahoma_kb_ss_130521_ssh.jpg) ![http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/21/1369136479009-tornado052013-005-1305210742_3_4_r383_c0-0-380-510.jpg?50fc00bf5ab7468a0e0d29f64f706e982e0d3912](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/21/1369136479009-tornado052013-005-1305210742_3_4_r383_c0-0-380-510.jpg?50fc00bf5ab7468a0e0d29f64f706e982e0d3912) ![http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/21/1369136479008-tornado052013-006-1305210749_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/21/1369136479008-tornado052013-006-1305210749_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4) ![http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/21/1369136479004-tornado052013-010-1305210753_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/21/1369136479004-tornado052013-010-1305210753_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4) ![http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/20/1369107033000-MOORE-Tornado-gallery-9-1305202335_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/20/1369107033000-MOORE-Tornado-gallery-9-1305202335_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4) ![http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/20/1369105342002-Moore-Tornado-gallery-6-1305202303_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/05/20/1369105342002-Moore-Tornado-gallery-6-1305202303_4_3_rx513_c680x510.jpg?6c3c24a06b2ec04d15c066f5e9a76a10a837ffd4) ---
### Author: ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/10 "2013-05-21T05:56:35Z")
Goddamn! ---
### Author: ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/11 "2013-05-21T06:11:27Z")
I started watching the news yesterday when a helicopter was filming this thing from a distance… the whole thing was filmed. You can’t see the heavy damage because it becomes rain-wrapped, but here is the whole thing in time-lapse: [https://youtu.be/\_kc04f9zdBA](https://youtu.be/_kc04f9zdBA) ---
### Author: ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/12 "2013-05-21T06:12:35Z")
This shot is crazy! ![http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/moore052113/s_m03_48295811.jpg](http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/moore052113/s_m03_48295811.jpg) ![http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/moore052113/s_m20_28294947.jpg](http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/moore052113/s_m20_28294947.jpg) ---
### Author: ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/13 "2013-05-21T06:16:22Z")
![http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2013/05/20/monster_tornado_kills_at_least_10_in_oklahoma_city_area/smashed_cars.jpg](http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2013/05/20/monster_tornado_kills_at_least_10_in_oklahoma_city_area/smashed_cars.jpg) ---
### Author: ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/14 "2013-05-21T06:22:18Z")
unreal can we go one month without having to discuss a major event? fuck. Hurricance Sandy, Sandy Hook Shootings, Boston Marathon, Oklahoma Tornados? What’s next? Fucking scary. ---
### Author: ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/15 "2013-05-21T06:22:25Z")
Unbelievable. I’m actually surprised their weren’t more people killed. 80% of the homes didn’t have basements, unreal. ---
### Author: ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/16 "2013-05-21T06:23:19Z")
> [@Beck](#): > > Unbelievable. I’m actually surprised their weren’t more people killed. 80% of the homes didn’t have basements, unreal. That’s the real kicker. You live in Tornado alley, basements should be a building code requirement. ---
### Author: ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/17 "2013-05-21T06:24:10Z")
I couldn’t imagine being a parent with a child at that school. Shit sucks. ---
### Author: ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/18 "2013-05-21T06:25:07Z")
Jee sus Christ. ---
### Author: ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/19 "2013-05-21T06:25:37Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > That’s the real kicker. You live in Tornado alley, basements should be a building code requirement. Yeah. I’d imagine the majority of the homes with basements were the ones built after the destruction of the 1999 Tornado, or at least since then. I’d also imagine that it would be near impossible to sell a house without a basement now. ---
### Author: ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker) #### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742/20 "2013-05-21T06:26:23Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > That’s the real kicker. You live in Tornado alley, basements should be a building code requirement. I know they…at least some of the houses have shelters though. Basically underground bunkers for tornados…not sure if that counts as a “basement” or not. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oklahoma-tornado/230742.md?page=2)