I must have missed it; what is bundle of sticks bearings donating?

One million dollars.

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Tamko=bundle of sticks Bearings? I thought they were distinctly different companies.

I don't know. It's possible I misread this post:

This is why I thought you were talking about Tamko as well.

me too. WTF WAS he talking about?

Eff Aye Gee Bearings.
Never thought of the word filter messing that one up. Kinda funny actually.

Edit: Ok, that wasn’t funny. Because of the word filter Eff Aye Gee got turned into “pillowbitter.com” and redirected the link I posted to a gay porn site instead of the site for Schaeffler Technology, home of Eff Aye Gee Bearings.

Not sure if this was posted earlier or not. Very cool before and after views using Google Maps, street level.

Total destruction. Amazing.

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pillowbiter Bearings has a large plant in Joplin and I thought they might be contributing as well.

Edit: I tried to link the website, but wordfilter got that as well.

Edit 2: Look up Schaffler Technologies for more information.

Joplin CPers. I got called for a photo gig down there in the city.

Is there anything I can bring that would be a help at all? Feel free to post in this thread or PM me.

I will be around Thursday.

Now there's a company that's overdue for a name change.

gotcha, i think its obvious why i was confused though, glad it wasnt just me

We'll be there Thursday night. On our list is:

Blankets/Pillows
Water
Canned goods/non-perishables
candles/lighters
Coolers with ice.
We have some futon mattresses that I've not known what to do with...those are going too.

beer....well, that's for me, but I'll be sure to share. :toast:

My wife has the full list. I'll add to this later when I get home.

Yea, first and foremost my business partner will be focused on the job we were hired for but we will be there in the morning. It won't take all day or anything. Happy to help if there is an opportunity.

Lol they spell it out. everyone I know who works there gets pissed when you read it as a word.

They are.

Are you kidding? That's hillarious. LMAO

KZRG radio reporting they'll be restricting cars into Joplin tomorrow. Curfew effective tonight from 9pm to 6:00am in effected areas.

Yeah, hilarious, unless you happen to be at work.

Avoiding to the city press conference nws upgraded to ef5

Wow. I guess at this point it's just a number, but damn. Best wishes to all of you and yours out there, and please be safe working in that rubble.

You want to know brave. They said police officers were manning a pa system in the 1 area that the sirens don't work in response to oncoming weather.

Tornado down near Norman OK. Same weather system headed for SW Missouri again.


Lets pray Joplin gets left out of this one, looks like another nasty storm

It's really time to shitcan the whole pillowbiter thing. It was dumb when it was first done and it's been dumb ever since. :shake:

If they need any boar goo feel free to PM me also.

Fox news just stated there are 1500 people still missing . This is not going to end well and they need all our prayers.

I'm just glad I double checked the link and got it edited out before anyone else came along.

I know of two people that stayed there (in different apts) and survived.

Damn I am sick of these already!

Missed my house by 1.5 miles... NW Guthrie not so lucky... It was pretty damn scary, something about sirens and a nasty storm just makes things freaky...

I am going to post this in every thread! LOL

This is a link to an interactive map of the damage area. Really puts things in perspective.

http://www.news-leader.com/interacti...Tornado-Damage

OK, this took some sleuthing, but just got a message from TW's COUSIN on Facebook:

Anyway, it at least sounds like most of the Planeteers we know of are OK. Hopefully there aren't any that we're forgetting.

Sirens going off in Joplin ...... I am praying it misses you all down there.

Reporting a tornado hit down outside of Joplin

Funnel clouds, possible touchdown about 10 miles North of Joplin

for those of you concerned.

tonights tornado warnings in joplin have expired.

still have thunderstorms, etc. but the threat of tornados have allegedly expired for tonite.

Not so fast. There's a tornadic cell in OK right now that looks like it will miss Joplin to the South, but who knows, that storm could change course more northward.

If it stays on course, though, it looks like it will go through Springfield.

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Theres another cell headed that way

A large part of that storm is about to hit our area. It's been advertised as the
Perfect storm. Luckily, our hills seem to have a way of diffusing tornadic energy. Hopefully that holds true tonight.

yea, sorry. they just announced it 'bout 10-15 minutes ago.

dammit.

sorry everybody.

koam tv just reported that the tornado warning has expired.
although, still a tornado watch until 3 am.

Guh. I forget that Fayetteville is that close. Here's hoping it just stays an average Spring thunderstorm.

I think this one is a Dole-ism.

Please be safe over there everyone! Praying for ya.

So glad I don't have to deal with tornados.

There was an F-5 that hit Plainfield (a few miles south of here) about 20 years ago. It scoured the surface off I-55.

That's freaking insane.

Looks like something out of a movie.

I can only remember seeing tornadoes strong enough to do this twice that I can remember offhand.

It's absolutely sickening, especially in person. No pictures can even begin to show how devastating this is. God bless this country we live in and the awesome people we are surrounded by. Throughout this terrible time it is amazing how many people are traveling here and doing anything they possibly can to help. Keep praying for those who this awful storm hit and all of those who are suffering.

Holy shit.

Yeah, that's brutal. And if you live anywhere in the midwest, that could be your neighborhood someday. Chilling.

**** prayer; that's the coward's way of helping. Keep donating.

ok? Yeah why would we pray for these people, that's a terrible idea. :hmmm:

Took a whole trailer full of food today, but you can count on me praying for everyone involved before I sleep.

Dave Lane just gave you some positive rep.

I'm gonna' save that shit until there's a white elephant Christmas party, then I'll wrap it up and give it to someone else.

That doesn't even make sense. They aren't mutually exclusive and even if you think prayer is bullshit, there's nothing cowardly about it.

For someone who prides himself on calling out bigots on this board, you sure can be pretty judgmental.

I've only read the last couple of pages, but my family and I are ok. We live in Joplin, but took no damage. We're very fortunate. I wouldn't be surprised if the death count from this thing didn't reach 1,000. It probably won't, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Pure devastation.
I'm sure it's been said in this thread, but thanks so much to everyone for their thoughts, prayers, help, donations, etc. Also, please don't come here to look around. The heavy traffic is horrible and it's really put a strain on the ability of the workers in getting around.
I spent yesterday flipping burgers for the workers in a very heavy damaged area. We fed over 1,000 people, including crews from KCP&L, police and fire departments from city's that I've never even heard of. People that had lost family. Volunteers from everywhere. The support has been unbelievable. Like our mayor said, "We're not going to let some F4 (F5 now) kick our ass!"

Oh, and I'm pretty sure that I can speak on behalf of the majority of people in Joplin when I say that we'll take all of the prayers you can give us.

Glad to see that you are okay. I'm not sure if you remember me or not but you sold me playoff tickets back in 2003. I was wondering if you were alright...glad to see that. You guys are so close to us in NWA...I know our community is doing everything they can to help out. Prayers on the way.

Sure I remember you. Thanks buddy!

If I lived out there, I would build a bunker underground (loosely called a "basement" but pretty much capable of withstanding a nuclear bomb). In it I would place all my prized possessions. Even my DVR and computer (and would run wires upstairs to the monitors, which are the most easily-replaced parts). I'd build my bed on a platform triggered by tornado sirens to automatically tilt up and dump me through a chute down into the bunker, like "The Jetsons".

I am in Denmark now and that storm even made the news here. What a horrible year it has been for storms in the USA... I pray that the ones affected can get back to normal soon and I feel for those who lost loved ones.

They have enough clothing at this time. A few things being mentioned are toiletry items, batteries, bottled water, flashlights, gloves.

When I went to check on some people about 30 minutes after the tornado, just to the west of St Johns, some of the man hole covers had been sucked out of the opening.

I heard the latest "official" death toll was at 123 (or 126, can't remember), and that there are approximately 1500 missing (which they figure at least half of those are people who have left town and not checked with anyone).

I went to Tulsa visiting my sister and her family about a month after a monster tornado wiped out Oolagah and as the tornado crossed 169 Highway it literally media blasted probably an inch off the top of the pavement for a good ¼ to ½ mile swath.
Took me a bit to figure out WTH was going on when I first hit it.

I don't think that's the same place. That should be a road to the person's right, but it looks small enough to be a driveway.

That's crazy. Imagine all that debris stripped from the highway flying around at 300MPH.

Yeah, 1,000 people is probably WAY too high, but it wouldn't surprise me. I do think that it's going to be a LOT higher than 123.

The missing persons number is going to go way, way, way down in the next few days.

They are looking for technology-related items now on the Facebook page, but still haven't indicated where people should send it...

Looting continues in Joplin.

Why is it not okay to just shoot these bastards?