At least 26 dead as 'destructive' tornado, storms batter Mississippi, Alabama

Don M. said:
A small town....Rolling Fork, MS., has been totally destroyed....lots of pictures on the Internet.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...j?p=rolling+fork+tornado&fr=yset_chr_syc_hp-s
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It was a rough night. I started to post a thread but still feel too emotional after last night and pictures, reports from friends today. I stayed with my parents who have a basement and my mom and I stayed up watching TV (which broadcast weather only for hours) and an internet weather guy who communicates directly with storm chasers. At one point, the track of this tornado was 20 miles away and there was a super cell storm (that one wasn't on the ground, thank God) 30 miles in the other direction.

Have been going through clothes, gathering personal hygiene items, food, bedding to send to shelters Monday.
 
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hearlady said:
I was watching a YouTube weather channel as it was happening. It turned into a fundraiser for the people and a shout out to responders who could come right away and help.
Devastating!
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Ryan Hall Y'all? If so, the funds were near $100,000 while the tornado was still tracking across the state. Very impressive. Ryan does excellent weather coverage nationwide and informative live streams during severe events.
 
AnnieA said:
It was a rough night. I started to post a thread but still feel too emotional after last night and pictures, reports from friends today. I stayed with my parents who have a basement and my mom and I stayed up watching TV (which broadcast weather only for hours) and an internet weather guy who communicates directly with storm chasers. At one point, the track of this tornado was 20 miles away and there was a super cell storm (that one wasn't on the ground, thank God) 30 miles in the other direction.

Have been going through clothes, gathering personal hygiene items, food, bedding to send to shelters Monday.
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@AnnieA you must have been terrified. Good for you, finding what you can to help those poor people.
 
AnnieA said:
It was a rough night. I started to post a thread but still feel too emotional after last night and pictures, reports from friends today. I stayed with my parents who have a basement and my mom and I stayed up watching TV (which broadcast weather only for hours) and an internet weather guy who communicates directly with storm chasers. At one point, the track of this tornado was 20 miles away and there was a super cell storm (that one wasn't on the ground, thank God) 30 miles in the other direction.

Have been going through clothes, gathering personal hygiene items, food, bedding to send to shelters Monday.
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So sorry this affected you. My prayers.
 
A very sad aspect of this is that we're one of the poorest states in the nation and Sharkey County where Rolling Fork is located is in the top ten most impoverished counties in Mississippi. These people had so little to start with and so many now have nothing. The positive is that so many donations are pouring in that we're getting information about staging areas that are full and can no longer accept physical donations. As that happens, locations further out are opening up and transporting items into the area as needed.
 
AnnieA said:
A very sad aspect of this is that we're one of the poorest states in the nation and Sharkey County where Rolling Fork is located is in the top ten most impoverished counties in Mississippi. These people had so little to start with and so many now have nothing. The positive is that so many donations are pouring in that we're getting information about staging areas that are full and can no longer accept physical donations. As that happens, locations further out are opening up and transporting items into the area as needed.
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Stories like this soon after this devastating news sure are nice to read. This is tragic!🙁
 
RadishRose said:
@AnnieA you must have been terrified.
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I didn't respond to this earlier (had to think it all through) because I wasn't terrified for myself since I was in a home with a basement and radar is so sophisticated now that its pretty easy to see the super cell storms and their direct path for several hours in advance. It was very emotional to watch nearby areas getting hit and feeling so scared for them and it's definitely stressful when the threat level is as high as last night ...constantly following TV, internet and radar apps.

It is terrifying to be out on the road during when a known high risk storm front is near. I try not to be in that situation ...will reschedule appointments, stay late at work rather than getting on the road but that's maybe once a year, more if it's an El Nino year.

A few times I've been caught in situations where there's not much of a threat when a cold front is coming through but all the sudden a funnel cloud will pop up. I was on the road twice when that happened and it is a horrible feeling. Like there's a monster all the sudden bearing down on you in a nightmare. Thankfully those were small and neither touched down.

This is the actual risk of getting hit according to NOAA: "Even in the most tornado-prone parts of Oklahoma and Kansas, a given point on the Earth can expect just one direct strike from a tornado every 1,585 years." There are some paths that are the exception to this. The Vaiden MS area has had damage at least five times that I can remember but mostly rural structures with few deaths. The Jackson Metro are has had several hits with multiple deaths.

NOAA article: https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/struck-twice-americas-f5-tornado-towns-20130528#/1
 
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SmoothSeas said:
Mother Nature sure is one cruel mistress. we'd better starting her with the respect she deserves; these natural disasters are only gonna grow more fierce... :cool:
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I'm very concerned about the warming climate but the most deadly tornado in Mississippi killed 317 people in Natchez in 1840. It was the second most deadly on record. The worst carved a 300 mile path through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana in 1925 and killed 695 people. That's only since death tolls have been recorded. There are personal accounts and natural signs of devastating ones prior to official records.
 

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