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Another storm another prayer for Gods mercy on Oklahoma
May 20, 2013. So accustomed are Oklahomans to severe weather warnings that Sunday's tornado outbreak took a while to get our attention. Then came Monday. Then came comparisons to May 3, 1999. Then came images of storm path charts showing where the two tornadoes crossed, a common point separated by 14 years and a thousand indelible memories. Then came the image of the backpacks at a Moore ...
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Imperfect legacy for Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman
Among the accomplishments that Wallace Collins can cite as chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party is an increase in the number of Barack Obama photographs hanging in party ...
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Foreign Students in Oklahoma Confront Tornado Threat
WASHINGTON -- For many Americans in the nation’s center, tornadoes are a frightening fact of life. But for foreign students, usually from countries where tornadoes never occur, twisters can be an even scarier experience. Such was the case this past Monday when a tornado devastated the U.S. town of Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people and leaving thousands homeless. "It was ...
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Video Up to 13K homes hit by Oklahoma tornado mayor says
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured the community ...
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‘A hot meal can make people cry’ BBQ volunteers comfort Oklahoma victims
Volunteers from Operation BBQ Relief serve hot food to people dealing with the tornado aftermath in Moore, Okla. The cooks flipping meat on grills or sweating behind smokers at barbecue competitions are all about seasoning, basting, charring -- and being the best. This week, though, these maestros of meat are putting their competitive nature aside to bring comfort to Oklahoma with classic ...
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Roundys ships bottled water to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma
Milwaukee-based grocer Roundy's on Wednesday said it sent a tractor-trailer load of bottled water to areas of Oklahoma devastated by an EF-5 tornado on Monday. Vivian King, a Roundy's spokeswoman, said the water -- more than 20,000 bottles -- left the company's warehouse in Oconomowoc Wednesday afternoon. The distance between Oconomowoc and Moore, Okla., is 876 miles. "We ...
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California Emergency Crews Saddle Up for Oklahoma
Gov. Jerry Brown called on the California Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday to send specialists from California's Urban Search and Rescue teams to aid in search efforts following Monday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma. Six specialists, including one from the Sacramento Fire Department, will be part of five California-based national Urban Search and Rescue task forces that ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Six People Still Missing
President Barack Obama has said he will visit storm-ravaged Oklahoma this weekend, where six people remain unaccounted for two days after the tornado disaster. It is still unclear to emergency officials whether those six people could be trapped in the rubble, or have simply left the area. President Obama will travel to the town of Moore on Sunday, where ferocious winds of at least 200mph ...
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While Oklahoma staggers Joplin marks 2 years after its own tornado
By NBC News 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 ...
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Oklahoma twister that hit Moore ‘more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb’
The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb on Monday afternoon dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power, according to ...
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No explosives found at Edmond Walmart
The Walmart at 2200 W Danforth was evacuated after someone called in a bomb threat about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, police spokeswoman Jennifer Monroe said. Monroe said police dogs are searching the store for explosives and detectives are working to trace the ...
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Oklahoma tornado victims astounded at how they survived
1 of 21. An American flag flutters in the wind amid the debris of a neighbourhood destroyed by a tornado, near the Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma May 22, ...
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The Caucus Obama to Travel to Oklahoma to Inspect Tornado Damage and Meet With Victims
President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to inspect the damage from Monday’s deadly tornado, which left two dozen people dead, and meet with victims from the ravaged communities, the White House announced on Wednesday. The president will reprise his role as chief comforter during a trip that comes after similar visits in recent months to New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy, ...
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Not forgotton Cleanup continues for Shawnee tornado victims
SHAWNEE–Three days after a deadly tornado hit the city of Shawnee, people there continue to clean up. The victims are Glen Irish, 79, and Billy Hutchinson, 76, both of Shawnee. While residents have voiced their complaints about being forgotten following Monday’s twister that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, city officials vowed during a news conference on Wednesday to give the ...
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Edmond Walmart evacuated due to bomb threat
-- Police are investigating a bomb threat at an Edmond store. The Walmart at 2200 W Danforth was evacuated after someone called in a bomb threat about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, police spokeswoman Jennifer Monroe ...
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South Mississippi woman is collecting items to bring to Oklahoma
A British woman who claimed to have hit a cyclist while driving her car and then driving off tweeted about driving off and not caring much about it. But then the cops tweeted ...
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Chesapeake donates $1M for Oklahoma tornado recovery efforts
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. donated $1 million to the Red Cross in Oklahoma to help with recovery efforts after the May 20 tornado. Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) donated $1 million to the American Red Cross in Oklahoma to help with relief and recovery efforts in Moore and other cities affected by the tornado this week. The Oklahoma City-based company sent its own disaster ...
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USDA Offers Aid to Homeowners Affected by Oklahoma Tornadoes
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a series of immediate steps the Department is taking to help homeowners affected by recent tornadoes in Oklahoma. "We extend our thoughts and prayers to everyone who has been affected," Vilsack said. "I have instructed all USDA offices in the disaster area as well as other offices throughout Oklahoma ...
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Okla. Rainy Day fund to be tapped for tornado relief
Watch live coverage Senate Bill 249, which passed unanimously in the Senate, directs funds to the Oklahoma Office of Emergency Management to aid recovery efforts in affected communities, according to a news release sent to media outlets Wednesday. The bill was passed after Gov. Mary Fallin made the request. According to the State Medical Examiner, 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured ...
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Lexington police officers plan volunteer trip to Oklahoma
Moore police dug through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile (.8 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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Power of twister in Oklahoma dwarfs Hiroshima atom bomb
WASHINGTON--Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create Monday's massive killer tornado in Oklahoma. The awesome amount of energy released dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled ...
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Will Oklahoma get the aid it needs
federal aid , what happened with hurricane sandy when people waited for months and months and were very frustrated, frankly as some of the opposition from western and other budget-conscious members of congress, they did not see the need in the northeast. how do you stand ...
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Sisters are youngest Oklahoma victims
Mrs Vargyas is apparently too distraught to speak.The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of the 24 victims and that 10 of those killed are children.The very youngest is 4-month-old Case Futrell who died from head injuries.The eight other children ranged in age from 4 years old to 9 years old. Of those, six were suffocated. The other two died from massive ...
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Oklahoman Reporter Recounts Coverage Of May 3 1999 Tornado
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Oklahoma City pair facing murder charges in death of 7-year-old left home alone
Lorese Paulina Cruz, 26, and Julio Cesar Nevarez, 19, both of Oklahoma City, were charged with murder, arson and burglary in an April 28 house fire that left Adrian Roberto Avalos, 7, ...
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Oklahoma City's ambitious overhaul of downtown
Oklahoma City with her 550,000 residents in the city core and a further 700,000 in the wider metropolitan area is the largest urban area in the state and Oklahoma’s largest city. We are therefore the economic hub of the state, so Project 180 was always going to cause a significant amount of disruption.
When construction on the Devon Tower was first reported by Oklahoma City news media in October, 2009 many residents of the city waited in anticipation to see what the finished product would look like. The 50-story building, will be the new headquarters of Devon Energy, will be the tallest building in the city and will contain 1.8 million square feet of office space. It is a true substantiation of the city’s status as a commercial power hub. Read more
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