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Electric Monk

(13,869 posts) Mon May 20, 2013, 05:03 PM May 2013

"... didn't have the strength to open the shelter door to let their neighbors in ..." [View all]

I just heard some reporter on CNN (KFOR?) use that phrase (in the context of the OK tornadoes), and I'm troubled to even imagine how that could lay on one's conscience over the years afterwards.

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"... didn't have the strength to open the shelter door to let their neighbors in ..." [View all] Electric Monk May 2013 OP

I agree. I would never be able to get that out of my heart. redwitch May 2013 #1

The wind was too strong Texasgal May 2013 #2

I suppose those types of doors use low air pressure to help seal the door more tightly. Poll_Blind May 2013 #3

I would think it humanly impossible to open one of those doors given the situation... a sad memory, NotThisTime May 2013 #5

It's not like they didn't want to open the door, wind was too strong - was impossible to open door Tx4obama May 2013 #4

And had they managed to open the door, might they all have been sucked out? . . . Journeyman May 2013 #6

I would find it very hard to deal with for a long time.. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #7