'Round the World Weather Report

[JackFavell]

Hahahahaha! I don't know! I wish I did! It's harder when you are inside your own life.

[CineMaven]

[Rita Hayworth]

I hit

87 Degrees

Today ... Record High Temperature for Emerald City!

[Fossy]

The weather has gone haywire. Following a cyclone in April we now have the wettest May in 27 years, and it is only 11th. The temperature is cooling down a bit, with an predicted top of 28 Deg (82 F).

[CineMaven]

Tornado in Oklahoma City. It looks devastating.

[JackFavell]

I think it hit Moore, OK. again, the town was obliterated in 1999 by tornadoes. Gosh, I feel so bad for these people! Moore is just the most tiny postage stamp town anyway, and to have this happen again? Well, it's just awful.

[movieman1957]

One headline has 50 dead.

One picture has blocks of streets where once stood homes there is now nothing. I mean nothing but driveways.

[charliechaplinfan]

I just wanted to log on to say how sorry I am that the US has suffered another tragedy. 90 dead our news is saying, it seems you've reeled from one tragedy to another since before xmas. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved and wounded and with all my dear friends here.

[JackFavell]

One of the spokesmen said that the schools were the strongest buildings in the area, that everyone did everything they were supposed to... and still, nothing in this monster tornado's path would have been safe. It stayed on the ground for 40 minutes, which to me is unheard of, and cut a path 20 miles long and 2 miles wide. The teachers saved many children by shielding them with their own bodies. My heart is with these people.

I lived just down the road apiece in Norman, no more than 5 or 10 miles away and somehow that town has been spared. I saw on the news many people from Norman making their way to Moore to help out last night. It just breaks my heart that kids once again are in the news. There are no words to say how awful it is for one town to lose all it's most precious loved ones. No words.

[knitwit45]

One of the most stirring things about this tragedy is the response of survivors. Last night a line of cars 3 MILES long formed, filled with volunteers, people donating time, food, clothing and money, waiting patiently, hoping to help. That's a part of what defines 'being an American' means to me. People helping people.

[JackFavell]

You've got that so right, Nan. Glad our Texas, Kansas, and Illinois SSO folks, anyone in the surrounding areas are OK.

[Rita Hayworth]

I am still speechless of the tragedy of the Oklahoma Tornado ... any tornado that is a mile wide of destruction going around 175-200 Mph is a force to be reckon with. When, I heard that from my brother yesterday - I was stunned and horrified seeing the impact of what's going on in Oklahoma and I equally sad that 50 plus people lost their lives. I am truly happy that people are helping people and whatever we can ... will count as goodwill to all of us that are affected by it.

My mind is numb now ...

[RedRiver]

So very sad. I saw footage of a weather expert telling people, "If you don't have an underground shelter, get in your car and GET OUT OF HERE! Right now. The usual protocol will not be sufficient." One newscaster said she had never heard anybody say that before.

[charliechaplinfan]

It's all over the news here, it's awful, I can't comprehend what it must be like to be devastated like that. My heart truly goes out to the victims.

[movieman1957]

Larry:

I hope you are safe from the flooding. Take care.