Hello from Moore Oklahoma

[EchoPlex]

Welcome! This place is a wealth of knowledge.

 

[seabee1999]

Greetings and welcome from Norman, OK.

 

[greysmoke]

Welcome aboard from southeastern PA

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from KC!!

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia.

 

[tklee]

Hi, welcome from Malaysia!

 

[mso489]

Hey from central North Carolina. I see Moore, OK, is just southeast of Oklahoma City, pretty much the center of the state. Long ago, I worked a summer internship at Neosho, Missouri, not far from the eastern Oklahoma line, at a daily paper published there at the time. Welcome aboard.

 

[georged]

For anyone who might be wondering why a faint memory bell is ringing in your head when you hear the words "Moore, Oklahoma", but can't figure out the where or why, it's probably because it's the most "tornado famous" place on Earth. Two EF5's in a 14 year period, with seven more in the time between them. And the first biggie was a confirmed "old scale" F5 (no E) with an actual measured wind speed over 300 mph.

How scary is 300+ mph wind? It will lift and strip asphalt roads from the ground; and residential structures aren't just knocked over, or just flattened and scattered, they are completely erased. (Except for the concrete boxes below ground level that were once basements, there is absolutely nothing left.)

 

[mso489]

Whoa! That's a hair-raising weather report. I know that's tornado territory, but I didn't make the association between Moore and repeated storms. Yipes.

 

[Avdoc]

Thank you, I am truly a beginner. Just bought my first pipe so I could enjoy an occasional smoke with a dear friend. My Brother-in-law who is a pipe smoker recommended this sight so that I could learn.

Greetings and welcome from Norman, OK.

Thanks Seabee, not far from home and Thank you for your service

 

[Avdoc]

For anyone who might be wondering why a faint memory bell is ringing in your head when you hear the words "Moore, Oklahoma", but can't figure out the where or why, it's probably because it's the most "tornado famous" place on Earth. Two EF5's in a 14 year period, with seven more in the time between them. And the first biggie was a confirmed "old scale" F5 (no E) with an actual measured wind speed over 300 mph.

How scary is 300+ mph wind? It will lift and strip asphalt roads from the ground; and residential structures aren't just knocked over, or just flattened and scattered, they are completely erased. (Except for the concrete boxes below ground level that were once basements, there is absolutely nothing left.)

Well described, the May 3rd 1999 missed my house by 1/4 mile and the May 2013 F5 lifted in the field next to my Church and spared it.

 

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[trouttimes]

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[dunnyboy]

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[tirefire]

Welcome, from smoky Indiana.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

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[NashNathan]

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[trudger]

Welcome from Michigan, you like fish so that’s a good thing.

 

[RobNYC]

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