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TrogL

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4. F4. Wiped out a trailer park. Lifted a train

Reply to freshwest (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 08:56 PM

Jun 2013

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_tornado

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Looters have come from afar to Okla. after tornado [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2013 OP

What is wrong with some people? uppityperson Jun 2013 #1

I was security for the Edmonton 1987 tornado TrogL Jun 2013 #2

How bizarre that must have been. Was it a really bad tornado? freshwest Jun 2013 #3

F4. Wiped out a trailer park. Lifted a train TrogL Jun 2013 #4

That is something else there. The closest one I've been to that was an F5. It carried very heavy freshwest Jun 2013 #8

Good point about the gruesome details Gabby Hayes Jun 2013 #24

In 1814, the night after the burning of Washington, a tornado hit. GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #41

I remember the Edmonton twister and kept the newspaper Gabby Hayes Jun 2013 #23

300+ mph winds, the highest recorded on earth ...!!!!! MindMover Jun 2013 #5

Someone wrote that Moore held that record some years back. It's all awful, though. freshwest Jun 2013 #7

I was working as a surgery nurse timdog44 Jun 2013 #36

You really know then, what it is. The details from Jarrell were mind searing, and quickly hushed up. freshwest Jun 2013 #37

Why were you driving a Mercedes? Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #10

I was stationed at the entrance turning away cars TrogL Jun 2013 #14

Does that mean they are looters, maybe looky loos...nt. Jesus Malverde Jun 2013 #18

A $50,000 watch, a $13,000 watch, a $2,000 fountain pen? 1620rock Jun 2013 #6

If you google expensive fountain pens you will see several in the $50,000 neighborhood. Shrike47 Jun 2013 #12

This story doesn't add up: naaman fletcher Jun 2013 #13

More like asking local transients their last known address....nt Jesus Malverde Jun 2013 #19

Good catch, though scrap requires time and a truck and all a $15k watch needs is a quick grab and .. marble falls Jun 2013 #33

Sure, naaman fletcher Jun 2013 #34

ins. won't cover a 15K watch without a rider and appraisal. elehhhhna Jun 2013 #38

Expensive watches, pens, and the like OldRedneck Jun 2013 #15

Nothing unusual about such high-dollar items in oil country.....(nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #31

I have a couple that massively appreciated. It's not an unlikely price for an antique. politicat Jun 2013 #40

there's a reality tv show planned: Looters pscot Jun 2013 #9

Wouldn't doubt it with the shit for brains media leadership running around these days. 47of74 Jun 2013 #20

Omnia sint unum. DeSwiss Jun 2013 #11

Omnia est totum skamaria Jun 2013 #39

Ain't that the truth. n/t DeSwiss Jun 2013 #42

Beware the flatbed truck heading toward a hurricane. Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #16

I think it's instinct/greed and some people are adept at it. delrem Jun 2013 #17

Comparing these guys to vultures is insulting to vultures 47of74 Jun 2013 #21

True. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #32

Just sick DiverDave Jun 2013 #22

Oklahoma needs a Clinton Tyree Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #25

A Carl Hiaasen character, right? TheDebbieDee Jun 2013 #27

Yes Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #28

Pretty sad that people travel from so far away obama2terms Jun 2013 #26

They aren't stealing photos, china, momentos. Consider them juajen Jun 2013 #30

Is it profitable to travel such a distance to loot in a middle class town vinny9698 Jun 2013 #29

No. naaman fletcher Jun 2013 #35