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RNR 05-23-2011 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief Roundup (Post 7658581)
Thanks RNR
Check your rep~

Pitt Gorilla 05-23-2011 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by luv (Post 7658509)
The Carthage High School class of 2011 raised $15,000 for their Project Graduation. They are giving it all to the tornado relief.
Awesome job, Carthage.

siberian khatru 05-23-2011 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by luv (Post 7658509)
The Carthage High School class of 2011 raised $15,000 for their Project Graduation. They are giving it all to the tornado relief.
WOW.

SuperChief 05-23-2011 03:06 PM
The support is amazing. A few close friends and family I have are doing what they can to help monitarily and with volunteer efforts, even from 100's of miles away. They, along with you great people of CP, are making a difference. Kudos to all of you.

Let's just hope that this new batch of storms doesn't add to the carnage.

siberian khatru 05-23-2011 03:07 PM
Man, I tell you what ... that Carthage HS news gets me a bit choked up.

We spend a lot of time talking about how shitty people are and can be, but then something like this happens and you see such an outpouring of goodness.

Dante84 05-23-2011 03:11 PM
I'm impressed with KC as well. Everyone seems to care; there are emergency blood drives going on, people are collecting items, S&R teams and tons of medical personnel are heading down if they haven't left already.

I bitch about the heartland a lot, but there is something to be said about our compassion and willingness to lend a hand when its needed.

tooge 05-23-2011 03:12 PM
I'm curious. It looks like a total disaster with almost nothing left standing for thousands of homes and businesses. I'm wondering how the death toll isn't closer to a few thousand if there aren't many basements down there. I would think on a sunday evening, most people are home or out to dinner at that time, neither of which seem very safe. Do more homes have basements down there, or was there a very good warning system in place for this storm?

Chief Roundup 05-23-2011 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by luv (Post 7658509)
The Carthage High School class of 2011 raised $15,000 for their Project Graduation. They are giving it all to the tornado relief.
Can I get you to post a link to this information please.

Los Pollos Hermanos 05-23-2011 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by tooge (Post 7658610)
I'm curious. It looks like a total disaster with almost nothing left standing for thousands of homes and businesses. I'm wondering how the death toll isn't closer to a few thousand if there aren't many basements down there. I would think on a sunday evening, most people are home or out to dinner at that time, neither of which seem very safe. Do more homes have basements down there, or was there a very good warning system in place for this storm?
After seeing the pictures of Wal-Mart I would think that there would have been hundreds of casualties there alone. Down here, there's no busier place on a Sunday afternoon then Wal-Mart.

dirk digler 05-23-2011 03:17 PM
The NWS rated it a EF4 with winds at 198

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world...an-955263.html
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NORMAN, Okla. — The National Weather Service says a tornado that swept through Joplin, Mo., and killed at least 116 people packed winds up to 198 mph.

The weather service's director, Jack Hayes, says the storm was given a preliminary label as an EF4 — the second-highest rating given to twisters. The rating is assigned to storms based on the damage they cause.

Hayes said the storm had winds of 190 to 198 miles per hour. At times, the storm was three-quarters of a mile wide.

Donger 05-23-2011 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by dirk digler (Post 7658622)
At times, the storm was three-quarters of a mile wide.
My God.

tooge 05-23-2011 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ChiefsfansofDallas (Post 7658620)
After seeing the pictures of Wal-Mart I would think that there would have been hundreds of casualties there alone. Down here, there's no busier place on a Sunday afternoon then Wal-Mart.
Thats what I mean. I'm truly thankful (hopeful) that it isn't worse, but I'm shocked as to how it isn't.

SuperChief 05-23-2011 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 7658629)
My God.
Could you imagine something like that coming at you and your loved ones head on?

I get nervous when the Chiefs get in the red zone. Sheesh.

luv 05-23-2011 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief Roundup (Post 7658614)
Can I get you to post a link to this information please.
I'll see what I can do. I have a friend who is an alumni, and she posted it as her facebook status.

gblowfish 05-23-2011 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by luv (Post 7658509)
The Carthage High School class of 2011 raised $15,000 for their Project Graduation. They are giving it all to the tornado relief.
That's outstanding, made me tear up.


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