The weather

Bill Gaiche · May 22, 2011, 09:19:09 PM

Check out the weather channel and local news of the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo about 2 hours ago. bg

Magicman · May 22, 2011, 09:32:44 PM

Paul Case lives just a very few miles SW of Joplin. My prayer is that he and his family is OK.

Bill Gaiche · May 22, 2011, 10:20:24 PM

MM, i am sure he is ok. The storm was a few miles northeast of him, but he could have had some bad winds. bg

Magicman · May 22, 2011, 10:28:44 PM

The maps seem to be showing the damage in maybe the Northern or NW portion of Joplin. Maybe we will hear from him, but I'm sure that his mind is on more important things now. Hang tough Paul.

Bill Gaiche · May 22, 2011, 10:34:39 PM

MM, it was on 26th street west of range line drive. At this time 24 have been taken from us, bg

paul case · May 22, 2011, 11:39:47 PM

good here.
not so good in joplin.
no damage on the case ranch as of yet. local stations are reporting the tornado touched down west of joplin and went west to east crossing 3 major thorough fares and then I44. no word on even an estimated fatality count but certianly thousands of homes destroyed. we will be lucky if there arent that many killed from this big twister.dillons grocery store, walmart, home depot, st. johns hospital, pizza hut, at least 4 gas stations, academy sports store and joplin high school were all a total loss as far as i can tell from pictures from there. slow moving(25mph) and wide (1 mile) and high winded(100mph) all come together to be quite devastating.
we have had a tornado warning box on us all day. it has been 3 years since an f4-5 went 2 miles to the south of us. not long enough.

we were in church when it happened. only heavy rain and hail there. everyone with a phone already was getting messages by the time church let out about the tornado.
i suppose tomorow i will call again to some folks i know and try to get to help some folks in need.
thanks for your concern.
pc

paul case · May 23, 2011, 12:16:06 AM

just got word that my best friends dad, Gene, was at church services in joplin next to the high school when the storm hit. 2 people from that church were killed and Gene was hospitalized. they took him to the other hospital in joplin which is in the debris zone. i would go to him tonight but i am quite certian that i couldnt get there. my best friend is a joplin police officer and they cant seem to get ahold of him. i hope all of this will look better in the daylight tomorow, but i am afraid it wont. all i can do for now is pray and hope. pc

sandhills · May 23, 2011, 12:52:02 AM

Praying for all you folks also and hope it looks better in the daylight.

Magicman · May 23, 2011, 08:16:17 AM

Good to hear that all is OK with you Paul. My prayers are for the suffering.

Bill Gaiche · May 23, 2011, 09:49:58 AM

PC, glad everything is good at the Case farm. Sorry to hear about your friends though. Sorry for all whom lost lives and the injured. Will be thinking about you all and hope you all the best, bg

paul case · May 23, 2011, 09:55:19 AM

my friend tx me a little while ago, Gene and his wife are both ok just have broken bones but very much alive and have been released from the hospital.
meanwhile more heavy rain for today will hamper any relief efforts.
pc

SwampDonkey · May 23, 2011, 04:14:23 PM

It's only in the upper 40's today, glad I have all next winter's wood at the house. Need heat, build fire. :D :D

paul case · May 23, 2011, 06:23:29 PM

i tried this earlier and the storm cut me off.
we have had a good washing today. i am sure it slowed down relief efforts. twc's doppler indicates that we have had 11'' of rain in less than 24 hours. most of that was today since 8 am.
serious cloud to ground lightening has kept me away from the mill most of the day. pc

WDH · May 23, 2011, 07:44:02 PM

Keep your head down and your eyes and ears open.

Autocar · May 23, 2011, 08:35:35 PM

Our prayers to all that need them this evening , we had storms again tonight 3/4 inch of rain. Corn planting may not happen here this spring.

Larry · May 23, 2011, 08:46:36 PM

Emptied the rain gauge twice today. It runs over with 5". From what's falling now, I don't think it will make it till morning.

In our new house Kathy's closet is actually a tornado shelter disguised as a closet. I never finished building the door for it...she made that my number one priority yesterday. I got too many number one priorities.

paul case · May 23, 2011, 10:45:09 PM

maybe i could get cathy to put on your list to come put the door on the storm shelter in my new 2 year old house. anita might appreciate it. ;D pc

WDH · May 24, 2011, 12:32:13 PM

Y'all should have renewed motivation, unfortunately.

SwampDonkey · May 24, 2011, 02:23:03 PM

Motivation for me will be them pay cheques. :D Gotta work in the rain since it's going to be wet the rest of the week anyway, but a little warmer. :

tyb525 · May 24, 2011, 05:46:50 PM

Just when it seems like it's gonna dry up, it pours. probably 2 inches in half an hour.

sandhills · May 25, 2011, 12:58:21 AM

Hope you folks down in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas are fairing OK tonight, so far just thunderstorms here.

thecfarm · May 25, 2011, 06:22:52 AM

Sun is out nice and bright. Seems like we have not seen the sun to really amount too much all month. Weather man said it's been 288 days since we had temps in the 70's.

paul case · May 25, 2011, 10:11:48 AM

made it past one more here. just heavy rain. pc

Warbird · May 25, 2011, 11:23:13 AM

My parents-in-law dodged the bullet. The fatal tornado in Arkansas hit about 3 miles from their place. They have no power/phones right now but we managed to speak with them briefly.

SwampDonkey · May 25, 2011, 05:30:45 PM

We've had several 70 degree days up here, but they don't stick around. The sun disappears and it rains and turns cold for 4 days. :D Was warm today, woods was wet in the a.m., so I wore rain gear. I was hot when the sun got warm. :D