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While Oklahoma staggers, Joplin marks 2 years after its own tornado

2 minutes agoNews : Field Notes

While Oklahoma begins to clean up after a ferocious tornado, the site of one of the worst twisters in American history — Joplin, Mo., a little more than 200 miles away — is marking a solemn anniversary. On May 22, 2011, a tornado all but wiped Joplin off the map. The …

Is there any way to prevent damage from monster tornadoes?

Authorities in Moore, Okla., have wrapped up the search for bodies and survivors in the mounds of rubble left behind by Monday's ferocious tornado, and started the huge task of cleaning up the debris. The tornado killed 24 people as it tore a 1.3-mile-wide path through town, tearing houses down to their foundations as it passed. Show More Summary

The 2013 Moore Oklahoma Tornado – a synopsis

By Paul Homewood I have deliberately held off running this post for a day or two, partly because I felt it inappropriate to do so earlier, and also because I wanted to wait until the facts became clearer. NWS have … Continue reading...

Indiana paper apologizes for Titanic/Oklahoma tornado comparison

That commentary was deleted and executive editor Scott Underwood told readers: “We used bad judgment in comparing the Titanic to the tornado in Oklahoma. Please accept our apologies.” The paper also posted this message:

Wolf Blitzer’s Atheist Interview Sparks Huge Debate Online [Video]

4 minutes agoNews : The Inquisitr - News

Wolf Blitzer’s atheist interview has sparked a huge debate online, with many praising the interviewee and condemning the veteran CNN anchor. On Tuesday, Blitzer was interviewing survivors of the devastating EF-5 tornado that struck Oklahoma Monday afternoon. Show More Summary

Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show

11 minutes agoTelevision / Reality TV : Rickey.org

Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show via Rickey.org Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

Geeky tornado relief fundraisers

13 minutes agoOdd : Boing Boing

Alan sez, "Two items here on the same theme: Ruben Bolling, comic author of Tom The Dancing Bug, contributor to JoCo Funnies, etc. has a raffle posted on his blog. If you donate to the American National Red Cross through a page he has set up, you will be entered into a drawing for a [...]

Obama to travel to Oklahoma

President Barack Obama will travel to Oklahoma City on Sunday, where a massive tornado killed nearly two dozen people. Obama will visit with affected families and first responders, White House spokesman Jay Carney said. Obama's FEMA director and secretary of...

The Tornadoes Back Home

33 minutes agoNews : News Desk

When the geography of one’s childhood is tied to a single self-satisfied place, as mine was, the urge to move away, far away, tends to obscure a proper appreciation of what’s being left behind. At eighteen, knowing that no matter where...Show More Summary

Takes: The Power of Tornadoes

36 minutes agoNews : News Desk

Among people who see supernatural implications in natural phenomena, tornadoes have long been regarded as the most apocalyptic of storms; it may well be that the whirlwind out of which God spoke to Job was a tornado…. It has been contended...Show More Summary

Adorable 7-Year-Old Boy Tells CNN How His Family Escaped Oklahoma Tornado

41 minutes agoNews : Mediaite

As the Moore, Oklahoma residents continue to recover from Monday's deadly tornado, CNN's Jake Tapper and Brooke Baldwin were on the scene today to speak to people who narrowly escaped the destruction. The two anchors spoke to a particularly adorable 7-year-old boy named Jules Miller who explained how he and his mother evacuated their home just in time.

9-Year-Old Tornado Victims Found Together Were Best Friends to the End

Post by Kiri Blakeley Two elementary school children were best friends in life, each the other's greatest comfort, and in death, it was no different. The two 9-year-old girls perished together in Plaza Towers, one of the schools razed by the devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Show More Summary

Ricky Gervais Uses Tornado Tragedy to Mock People of Faith

Ricky Gervais is using the tornado tragedy in Moore, OK to mock people of faith. The atheist comic, apparently rattled by the rash of #PrayForOklahoma hashtags on Twitter, tried to start his own social media meme with the hashtag #ActuallyDoSomethingForOklahoma "I feel like an idiot now," he tweeted on Tuesday morning. Show More Summary

New Zealand: Where Tenacious D Delivers The Weather Report

52 minutes agoOdd : The Inquisitr - Odd

Probably not the best guys to talk about serious flooding, tornadoes and other major catastrophic events. On the other hand … funniest weathermen in New Zealand! New Zealand: Where Tenacious D Delivers The Weather Report is a post from: The Inquisitr New Zealand: Where Tenacious D Delivers The Weather Report is a post from: The Inquisitr

Building a Monster Tornado

59 minutes agoNews : The Rundown News Blog

Homes, trees and cars damaged by Monday's tornado are seen by early morning light near Telephone Road and SW 4th Street in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman / NewsOK.com. On Tuesday, the...

Birth of the Moore Tornado

1 hour agoOdd : Neatorama

YouTube user Charles Cook uploaded a video clip that captured the birth of the devastating May 20, 2013 tornado at Newcastle, Oklahoma. That tornado later moved to Moore, where it turned into an EF5 tornado, with peak winds at 210 mph (340 km/h) and width of 1.3 miles (2.1 km). Show More Summary

How To Rally in Tornado Alley

Growing up in Oklahoma and losing friends to tornadoes, Tim Hoch has learned how to confront one of the wildest forces in nature: the human spirit

Oklahoma tornado video: Two very chill guys in their truck

When a devastating and deadly tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, May 20, the two guys in this video were driving down the road. The NSFW result is very funny.

Daniel N. Nelson: May 20

Carnage and suffering in Oklahoma, for thousands of Americans who have suffered through nature's terrors -- tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, floods, and earthquakes -- is all too common.

Wolf Blitzer asks tornado survivor about religion, she has quick response — VIDEO

While wrapping up an interview with an Oklahoma tornado survivor in Oklahoma, Wolf Blitzer asked what he probably thought was a

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