Announcements
New Discussions
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate Thread
Hop To
Thought and prayers for those devasted in Joplin Mo. #232706
05/23/11 11:36 AM
05/23/11 11:36 AM
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,844
42.904444 N; 88.008586 W
Todd_Sails Offline OP
Carpal Tunnel
Todd_Sails  Offline OP
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,844
42.904444 N; 88.008586 W
What a disaster.
I hope those that made it thru are able to rebuild soon, etc.


F-18 Infusion
#626- SOLD it!

'Long Live the Legend of Chris Kyle'
-- Have You Seen This? --
Re: Thought and prayers for those devasted in Joplin Mo. [Re: Todd_Sails] #232789
05/25/11 10:57 AM
05/25/11 10:57 AM
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 4,118
Northfield Mn
Karl_Brogger Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Karl_Brogger  Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 4,118
Northfield Mn
See those cows? An udder disaster.


I'm boatless.
Re: Thought and prayers for those devasted in Joplin Mo. [Re: Karl_Brogger] #232796
05/25/11 11:53 AM
05/25/11 11:53 AM
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 678
Palm Beach County
TheManShed Offline
addict
TheManShed  Offline
addict

Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 678
Palm Beach County
Yes let’s hope they get their life back together soon. I'm from the mid-west originally I know firsthand what a mid-west twister can do. Of all the natural disasters I would put a twister at or near the top of the list of nasty stuff. Living in Florida now I can say hurricanes blow - but they don’t just drop out of the sky at less than a moment’s notice. Earthquakes yes just have a margarita ready to be shaken been in a few. Title wave and volcano’s are bad news not as common as the above.


Mike Shappell
www.themanshed.com
TMS-20 Builder
G-Cat 5.7 - Current Boat
NACRA 5.2 - early 70's

Re: Thought and prayers for those devasted in Joplin Mo. [Re: TheManShed] #232900
05/27/11 10:58 PM
05/27/11 10:58 PM
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,187
38.912, -95.37
_flatlander_ Offline
old hand
_flatlander_  Offline
old hand

Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,187
38.912, -95.37
My neighbor has been erecting cell towers in the area for several months. They took their boom truck and skid steer in to town this week to help out.
He was showing me pictures on his phone...
a photo of a BIG tree, with a pair of large steel rails wrapped tightly against it, and on the other side the cab and rear end of 2 1/2 ton, box/delivery truck
a D8 CAT tossed about 50 yards, they weigh ~15 tons
incredible power!
The search & rescue folks are expecting the death toll to increase.

Joplin was originally a coal, strip mining town.
Most of the old, homes wiped off earth were worth from $40 to $60K and will cost double that to replace.
Lots of similarities to Katrina/New Orleans.


John H16, H14
Re: Thought and prayers for those devasted in Joplin Mo. [Re: _flatlander_] #232920
05/29/11 06:08 AM
05/29/11 06:08 AM
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,844
42.904444 N; 88.008586 W
Todd_Sails Offline OP
Carpal Tunnel
Todd_Sails  Offline OP
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,844
42.904444 N; 88.008586 W
Except that N.O. knew it was coming! 2 days before it, I predicted the levee would break. IMHO, it's only similiar b/c of the devastation. Otherwise, totally opposite.

I spent many hours volunteering in the Relaint center (astrodome complex) for the 'evacuees'

New Orleans is a major accident waiting to happen all over again. They live below sea level!
Old Dikes, etc.


F-18 Infusion
#626- SOLD it!

'Long Live the Legend of Chris Kyle'
Re: Thought and prayers for those devasted in Joplin Mo. [Re: Todd_Sails] #232946
05/30/11 01:43 AM
05/30/11 01:43 AM
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 431
Netherlands
DennisMe Offline
addict
DennisMe  Offline
addict

Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 431
Netherlands
And we all live on a tiny blue planet hurtling through the hostile void of space on our way to an inevitable collision with some "heavenly body" that could turn our lives to hell in the blink of an eye.
Moral: It could happen to any of us.


Moderated by  Damon Linkous 

Search

Who's Online Now
1 registered members (TimTT), 603 guests, and 90 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
Darryl, zorro, CraigJ, PaulEddo2, AUS180
8150 Registered Users
Top Posters(30 Days)
Forum Statistics
Forums26
Topics22,404
Posts267,055
Members8,150
Most Online2,167
Dec 19th, 2022
--Advertisement--
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1