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19. According to someone on the news there the school had a cellar

Mon May 20, 2013, 04:16 PM

May 2013

Which is where they are saying they are trapped by debris (no links,just listening online via cbs)

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OK tornado hit elementary school: [View all] Are_grits_groceries May 2013 OP

They are reporting the other school is Plaza Towers. ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #1

There was a pic up of that one. Are_grits_groceries May 2013 #3

Pic at this link dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #13

That was an elementary school. nt Are_grits_groceries May 2013 #17

Jeebus...... dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #23

Now saying they don't know if the kids were there but damn uppityperson May 2013 #6

Plaza Towers enrollment is 440 kids K-6 riverwalker May 2013 #20

15 or more kids are trapped under the rubble of the school dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #24

75 kids in school when it hit. Streaming link.... uppityperson May 2013 #25

Oh goddamnit villager May 2013 #2

omg....... Marrah_G May 2013 #7

Catastrophic damage...whole neigbhorhoods with just slabs... ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #12

omg... yes watching it now Marrah_G May 2013 #16

there are two schools hit.... spanone May 2013 #8

I lived there for 8 years. a la izquierda May 2013 #9

Don't they have underground shelters in these schools? Rectangle May 2013 #10

That's what I am hoping. Texasgal May 2013 #15

Not usually hack89 May 2013 #18

According to someone on the news there the school had a cellar The Straight Story May 2013 #19

Good! I hoped that they would have learned from past Tornados. Rectangle May 2013 #22

Poor things! :( Cha May 2013 #14

"You will not be safe above ground" dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #21