Amazing tornado photos

[Horse with no Name]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/pt/slideshows/2006/05/tornado_2006/

[Faygo Kid]

1. I need that Cleaning Power in my bathroom

Amazing photos. "Enjoyed" them, respectful and awed by that power. Thanks for these.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

14. I'm Amazed How Insensitive Some Can Be.

I can't even relate to looking at those photos, and having the first thought out of me head be a cheesy joke. Course, I couldn't use the word 'enjoyed' either, even with a disclaimer.

When I was done looking at the photos I had a huge heavy feeling of sadness, and empathy of their losses, and spirit of wishing I had the ability to stop these storms from ever destroying everything a family has.

What I wasn't thinking about, was my bathroom or its difficulty in cleaning.

[aquaman]

19. Yea, that is so funny, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.....

:sarcasm:

I tell you what, the next time something tragic happens in your family, let us know so we can make a joke of it. Jesus man, use some decent judgment will ya?

[Faygo Kid]

21. I am so glad you are here to pass judgment upon me.

Perhaps you didn't read the message part; perhaps you didn't like a brief attempt at humor, which would not have been used if this had not simply been about the power of the tornado, but about human cost. To make that leap about me from one post says more about you than me, pal. You want to laugh about a tragedy in my family? You can have it. My daughter's grandfather and grandmother died this week four days apart. Go ahead, Mr. Sensitivity. Show us your stuff. Enjoy.

[Poppyseedman]

2. When I lived in Dallas

a tornado bent over one of the huge highway signs that use I-Beams for the posts like it was a twig.

[JuniperLea]

3. So sad

People put so much into their possessions and we mourn them like family. Personally, I wish I could move beyond that. My sister lost everything she owned in the Lake Arrowhead fires of 2003. Even having disaster come that close, I'm still not able to "divorce" my feelings from my antiques, books, etc. We would all be better off not being so materialistic in the years ahead.

Those beautiful old vehicles! The love that went into their restoration... all gone.

Thanks for the reflection fodder.

[Mnemosyne]

4. In 1985 a tornado twisted my Dad's bulk milk semi like a dishrag.

My heart goes out to those affected. So traumatic.

[0007]

5. Man, those are some heavy duty photos.

Thanks.

[uppityperson]

6. #2 (path) #4 (car) #15(truck pushed across field) are incredible

the wrecked homes and family of the teen who died are very sad.

[Horse with no Name]

7. I've never seen "the path"

of a tornado so vividly.
It is amazing.

[uppityperson]

9. tornado passed 6 houses away when I was a child, missed us &best friend

friend lived 3 blocks away and the path missed both of us. I remember looking at the rubbled house, seeing plumbing sticking up. My mother huddled under the stairs in the basement of our house with a 5 yr old, 3 yr old, 1 yr old and pg, probably very very very scared.

[msongs]

8. special plug ins required you HAVE to download them nt

[uppityperson]

10. map of yesterdays tornados

[seabeyond]

11. anyone know the size of the tornado

[Horse with no Name]

12. I believe I read yesterday it was an F3

But not sure.

[seabeyond]

13. lots of damage to regular homes for a 3. there are still 4, 5

loooking at possibility what it would do to my house,if..... lol lol. i live in texas. this season isnt my favorite

[Horse with no Name]

15. I hear you

I live due East of where it hit. We were under tornado warnings until about 1 a.m.
My weather radio was going nuts.
One of my daughter's friends who goes to school in Denton called and was frantic because supposedly--according to reports--we had a tornado on the ground here and she couldn't get hold of her mom.
She wanted us to get hold of her mother and wake her up. So we did.
The tornado that was on the ground was out in the middle of nowhere and didn't do damage. I understand it just dipped out of the clouds.
Was still about 10-15 miles from here--which in tornado time--is a long way.
But we still had flashlights, I woke everyone up to put shoes on, and moved some pillows and blankets to the hallway. Fortunately all we saw was rain and AMAZING sky to ground lightning.
Was a scary night. I have no doubts we'll have more of those before it's over since we live in the heart of tornado alley.

[seabeyond]

17. yes i remember. do you have sirens? we have the radio too

but our sirens if anything go off early. they dont miss around here. we have a basement that makes me feel a little, ok a lot better.

but what i noticed in those pictures is how sittin in the hallway works. the walls stayed up in hte interior of the house.

jsut have to look that the odds arent there. does make for a scary middle of night. my brother has an rv and was there. he said tornados were dropping all around him. wouldnt like that one.

[Horse with no Name]

18. I never heard sirens

My daughter said she heard them and a friend of hers said they heard them too.
However, I don't think they ever went off. I think they were just hearing things.

[northofdenali]

16. These poor people.

I'll take my 60 below winters over being in a tornado area, for sure. Very frightening.

[MiniMe]

20. Interesting question - will FEMA come to the rescue?

After all, it is Texas, and there probably aren't any greedy development companies interested in the land.

Having said that, I feel for those people, and FEMA should come to the rescue, just like they should have come to the rescue of the Gulf Coast. I just wonder if it will be handled differently since it is shrub's state.