Huge tornado in Iowa, today!

[imanamerican63]

A friend lives near Winterset Iowa((south and west of Des Moines). She is okay and no big damage, but not so lucky for many others in the area. She said that she had some tree limbs down. She said that she could see the massive storm about five miles away. Haven’t heard if any causalities, but hope everyone is okay?

[SheltieLover]

1. Glad your friend is ok!

[yagotme]

2. This!

Horrible winds here, 25+ sustained, gusts probably hitting 35 or so out in the boonies.

[SheltieLover]

3. Glad you are ok!

[yagotme]

5. Here in town, it's not so bad,

Get out where there's no protection, it'll beat you up. Fast front coming through tonight, probably have fireworks then.

[SheltieLover]

7. Stay safe!

[rurallib]

4. this is weather we usually don't get til May

I am on Iowa's eastern shore and the storm is still coming.

[stopdiggin]

8. howdy there Quad Cities

(which briefly flirted with the idea of becoming the '5 city' metro - except that nobody could figure out how the heck to say it. Quint Cities? Penta-plex? Never really caught on.)

[rurallib]

10. Whe I grew up it was the Tri Cities,

the Quad Cities and the Quint Cities - looks like they met in the middle.

[dalton99a]

6. .

[rsdsharp]

9. Six confirmed dead in Madison County. Officials are

asking for volunteers to look for missing persons. I haven’t heard about the number of injured yet.

[a kennedy]

11. So sad......

🙏🏻 🙏🏻