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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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Hey Jim Rose... tell us you are okay...!
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:39 AM
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I hope everyone is ok also. I live in McAlester, Ok and with me being here in the sand, I hate that my wife is there and I am not. Guess they expecting more today.....ugh...
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Jim should be fine. He posted after all of them hit.
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Man, they were falling out of the sky faster than the weather guys could acknowledge them. I was stuck at a red light yesterday when the sirens sounded and one was bearing down coming from the west. Here's a pic I snapped with my cell phone just before it dissipated.

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I was at school. What a cluster ****!

Where was that SugarDemon?
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Carl, everything is fine! The tornados were no where near me in far NW OKC> Now Choctaw, norman and Harrah is a different story! Thanks for your concern!

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That was in Yukon about a mile south of I-40.
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Old May 11, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
Carl, everything is fine! The tornados were no where near me in far NW OKC> Now Choctaw, norman and Harrah is a different story! Thanks for your concern!
Good deal Jim.. and yes, Norman is a tornado magnet. My daughter lives there now but they hit about a mile from her.
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Glad she was safe!
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Hope all forum members and family are not touched by the tornados.
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Best wishes and prayers for all in that area!! The greater St.Louis area has been Very lucky this year,,bot this past winter and so far this spring!!Hope things settle down soon for all!!
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We got lucky here in tulsa we had a little rain thats about it.
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Thoughts go out to all forum members in the area of the storms. Hope everyone is OK and did not experience any property damage.
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Originally Posted by SugarDemon
Man, they were falling out of the sky faster than the weather guys could acknowledge them. I was stuck at a red light yesterday when the sirens sounded and one was bearing down coming from the west. Here's a pic I snapped with my cell phone just before it dissipated.

Yikes!!!!
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