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xmas74

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44. I live about two hours from there

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 03:03 PM

Jul 2012

but went through about a month after. My church was down there three weeks after the tornado hit.

Joplin was a punch to the gut. It drew the same reaction as Katrina, at least for me. I knew someone who had family from Reading, KS. (Town was hit in the same time, by the same storm-no one ever talks about it.) That town was destroyed. And Sedalia was hit just a few days later-big time damage, though nothing like Joplin.

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Astonishing images of the moment apocalyptic 'derecho' superstorm battered New York [View all] n2doc Jul 2012 OP

Reminds me of the movie Day after Tommorow kimbutgar Jul 2012 #1

My cousin likened it to Ghostbusters. no_hypocrisy Jul 2012 #6

That was my first thought, too. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #77

You are so right! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2012 #47

My reaction also lunatica Jul 2012 #53

I like that movie, and that's what I though too. Thav Jul 2012 #55

I thought the same thing! xxqqqzme Jul 2012 #59

My first thought, as well. Fridays Child Jul 2012 #79

Every time I read the word "derecho" lapfog_1 Jul 2012 #2

I lived in Chicago for 30 years and I never ever heard the term "derecho", who invented this? xtraxritical Jul 2012 #37

This year is the first I ever heard the term liberal N proud Jul 2012 #39

Here you go. Uncle Joe Jul 2012 #46

I saw a similiar map on the NOAA site. Note how out of date it is! hedgehog Jul 2012 #69

We watched come through downtown Philly on the way to NYC. onehandle Jul 2012 #3

Great photos. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #4

Ugly, magnificent clouds. nc4bo Jul 2012 #5

Awesome photos! RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #7

Funny thing is, out here west of the Mississippi we get one of those about every year, MadHound Jul 2012 #8

I know! That is what I was thinking. justabob Jul 2012 #9

Wonderful photographs, MadHound Jul 2012 #12

. justabob Jul 2012 #20

And yet xmas74 Jul 2012 #27

I am sure justabob Jul 2012 #34

I live about two hours from there xmas74 Jul 2012 #44

I went down there about a year afterwards, MadHound Jul 2012 #32

Don't know why they threw in the Empire State Building. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #21

the media doesn't like to work TeamPooka Jul 2012 #64

Funny thing is, in New York they get a 6" snow fall every year, ieoeja Jul 2012 #10

Really? MadHound Jul 2012 #14

The storm wasn't even that bad in NYC. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #15

Well hell, let's move that media out here to Missouri, MadHound Jul 2012 #17

24-hour cable news has to have something to talk about. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #18

Frankly I think that the 24 hour cable news cycle is a large part of what is wrong in this country MadHound Jul 2012 #24

The idiots in this college town xmas74 Jul 2012 #31

Would that college town be Columbia? MadHound Jul 2012 #33

Nope, xmas74 Jul 2012 #48

I've been down Pine Street before, MadHound Jul 2012 #56

I've stood outside and watched. xmas74 Jul 2012 #58

The whole east coast doesn't have it easy, that's for sure. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #35

Fox is far too chicken. xmas74 Jul 2012 #50

We have a winner! Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #62

This is the first time I've ever heard that name xmas74 Jul 2012 #29

LOL MuseRider Jul 2012 #52

Same here. meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #23

I'm 60 miles north very high winds black than night intermittent power outages... Historic NY Jul 2012 #40

You guys must have got the brunt of it. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #57

You think it might have something to do with population density? bluedigger Jul 2012 #22

Let's see, two people killed, perhaps a few dozen injured MadHound Jul 2012 #25

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You're not going to get one to one payback, ever MadHound Jul 2012 #41

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So if you got more than that sixty cents you are saying Jersey wouldn't smell as bad? snooper2 Jul 2012 #42

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not really a smell but lots of traces of cocaine snooper2 Jul 2012 #71

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What industry are you in? Could you make it a rental and move to Texas? snooper2 Jul 2012 #75

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We must be sharing a brain today. xmas74 Jul 2012 #26

I live in S. Calif. and if there's even the slightest possibility of rain it's big news and reported xtraxritical Jul 2012 #43

You and Texas, MadHound Jul 2012 #51

I'm 51, and have never ever, EVER seen a summer as bad as this hatrack Jul 2012 #78

Well, put the East Coast in the same category as Atlanta getting 2" of snow. hedgehog Jul 2012 #70

Beautiful and scary. HappyMe Jul 2012 #11

Mother nature sometimes reminds us who's really in charge rather dramatically. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #13

Wow! malaise Jul 2012 #16

Amazing photos. The last one is gorgeous. nt Chorophyll Jul 2012 #19

Please. Don't belittle these storms. We DON'T want people out in them. aquart Jul 2012 #28

Do you think there aren't trees in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas or Missouri? Really? Old & big trees? Hestia Jul 2012 #45

Not with 8 million people around them, no. aquart Jul 2012 #61

those pictures are breathtaking. barbtries Jul 2012 #30

We were outside when it came through northwest Ohio... AngryOldDem Jul 2012 #38

K&R! Incredible photos! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2012 #49

Last evening in the Philly suburbs we had clouds that looked like that. drm604 Jul 2012 #54

Looks just like a stormy spring day in Oklahoma. n/t Tess49 Jul 2012 #60

My son is in Horseheads New York(which is near Elmira). mmonk Jul 2012 #63

That looks like a typical summer thunderstorm here in Kansas LonePirate Jul 2012 #65

God is coming LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #66

Wow! The first photo looks like another planet is Rex Jul 2012 #72

It's not nice to F**K with Mother Nature cbrer Jul 2012 #74

Incredible! Odin2005 Jul 2012 #76

The Carpathian Returns harun Jul 2012 #80