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Food Dude Deadly Oklahoma tornadoes make it tough to think about cooking out
Each spring, there are two rites of passage in Oklahoma -- one good, one bad. The good one is dusting off the barbecue, cleaning off the grates and filling the propane tank or stocking up on wood or charcoal in preparation for opportunities in the warm-weather months to gather friends and family to cook out. The other one is waiting for storm season to come and go. From late April to early ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Bank Vault Saves 24 Lives
Today, the nation watched as the aftermath of the Moore, Oklahoma F5 tornado poured in. Stories continued as the day went on, and while prayers were said, and people worried for the victims, stories of inspiration presented themselves as well. Whether it was ...
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Father loses home daughter in Plaza Towers elementary
MOORE, Okla. – A father searched all night for his daughter and didn’t find out until the next day she was killed in Plaza Towers elementary during the Moore tornado. The single father said he was running errands in Oklahoma City when he got word about the Moore tornado. He lost his daughter, Janae Hornsby, at Plaza Towers and he lost his home in a nearby neighborhood. A ...
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Anxious wait for Oklahoma parents
The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening intently as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barrelled through their community. For many families in Moore, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy. Others were left to wait in the darkness, hoping ...
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Day Two More Tornado Survivors Share Their Stories With News 9
MOORE, Oklahoma - A massive tornado swept across the Moore area Monday afternoon, killing at least 24 people and injuring hundreds. On Tuesday, many residents who survived the killer tornado went back to their neighborhoods, trying to recover as many items as they can from the rubble of their homes. News 9 has several crews out in the area hit by the tornado. We are hearing from more victims ...
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National Guard Members Use Thermal Imaging To Search For Tornado Survivors
Meanwhile, members of the 146th put boots on the ground in neighborhoods, looking for the living with heat sensing thermal ...
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Volunteers Bring Water Hot Meals To Residents Stuck In Moore Neighborhood
They were trying to help out residents, but when residents couldn't make it out of their neighborhoods Tuesday, volunteers headed into the ...
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PR Specialist Offers Tips On Effectively Using Social Media In Times Of Crisis
TULSA, Oklahoma - Moore has been on people's hearts and minds since a tornado hit there Monday. Thousands have been showing their support on social media, and that includes News On 6 graphic artist Angela Taylor. When she saw pictures of ribbons being posted online, inspiration hit. "I wanted to do something that was my own, instead of something I just pulled off. So, I worked on ...
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Wyandotte Begins Clean-Up After Small Tornado Damages Destroys Homes
WYANDOTTE, Oklahoma - There was other tornado clean-up going on in Oklahoma today, on the opposite end of the state, in Wyandotte. There are two sounds that always come after a tornado tears through: birdsong and wood chippers. And both filled the air in the neighborhood Tuesday off Highway 137, between Wyandotte and Miami. It dropped quickly, and didn't last long. "I expect small ...
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Young Parker boy reconnected with parents
KOCO 5 News anchor Paul Folger reports Tuesday that Josiah Parker has reconnected with his family. He told KOCO crews Monday that he wasn't sure if his parents were alive or ...
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Tornado victim finds dog alive in rubble
A woman named Barbara Garcia was describing her story of survival to a reporter, when her dog emerged from a pile of rubble behind her.Photographer: Courtesy ...
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Key ingredients led to Oklahoma tornado
This photo, taken Tuesday, shows the path the deadly tornado took Monday through suburban Moore, Okla. The EF5 twister, with winds exceeding 200 mph, killed at least 24 ...
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Aftermath of Oklahoma tornado
Destroyed houses and toys are seen in Moore, Oklahoma, May 21, 2013, one day after a tornado moved through the area. A powerful tornado attacked on Monday afternoon the southern suburbs of the Oklahoma City, capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people, including 9 ...
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Oklahoma tornado authorities shift from rescue to recovery with all survivors believe found
United States Rescue teams working in the tornado-struck suburbs of Oklahoma City believe they have located all the dead and missing after Monday's devastating storm.Authorities lowered the death toll to 24 overnight after initial fears 91 people had been killed. About 240 people were injured.Nine children are among the dead, including seven who died at Plaza Towers Elementary School, ...
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May 20 takes new meaning for Oklahoma
Rachel Maddow points out that since the record setting tornado of May 3, 1999, "May 3" has had special meaning for Oklahomans. Monday's tornado may do the same for "May ...
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Optimism in Oklahoma One tornado survivors story
Debbie Guidry lives in Moore, Oklahoma, and her home was destroyed in Monday's deadly tornado. She joins MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell in Moore to tell her ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Heatherwood addition survivors begin to rise again
MOORE -- The sticks were broken, but not the spirit. The hearts and strength was strong of the survivors in Heatherwood addition, a subdivision in Moore that sits a mile and a half east of Interstate 35, as they picked through the devastating rubble of what was once their ...
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Chris Harrison flew over Oklahoma as Moore tornado hit
Former Oklahoma City sportscaster Chris Harrison literally was flying over Oklahoma on Monday when an EF-5 tornado tore through Moore. When his direct flight from Los Angeles to Newark landed in New Jersey, it didn't take long for Harrison to learn what he had ...
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Oklahoma Schools Lacked Consistent Tornado Shelter Rules
deadly tornado that swept through the Oklahoma City area Monday lacked designated safe rooms designed to protect children and teachers, despite state warnings that the absence of such facilities imperils lives. At least two other schools in Moore -- the epicenter of the disaster -- did have safe rooms. So far no fatalities have been tied to those schools, whose buildings were fortified after a ...
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After Oklahoma Tornado To Rebuild Or Not To Rebuild
To rebuild or not to rebuild? As recovery slowly begins after deadly tornadoes flattened subdivisions in Moore, Okla., and tore through nearby areas, the complex question has come up again for the disaster-prone region that sits within Tornado Alley. Moore, a 55,000-resident city south of Oklahoma City, is no stranger to destruction. A 1999 tornado that wreaked havoc upon Moore had winds ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Orr Family Farm begins rebuilding
The southwest Oklahoma City farm, which for the past decade has been a place of memory making for families, was in the direct path of Monday's monster ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Power restored at Oklahoma City water plant
Power was restored to the Lake Draper water treatment plant Tuesday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after it was knocked out by the tornado, prompting concerns about low water pressure throughout Oklahoma ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Follow reporters editors on Twitter to get late-breaking coverage
Follow reporters, editors on Twitter Our reporters and editors will be working diligently throughout the week to bring you coverage of the deadly tornado in Moore. We've put together a Twitter list that you can go to and follow our ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Stories from the neighborhood
Oklahoma tornadoes: Insurance companies set up in Moore, in it for the long haul 05/22/2013 A command center has been set up at the First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27, giving victims access to insurance companies, disaster relief agencies, ...
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Obama Oklahoma needs to get help right away in wake of devastating tornado
Aerial photos of May 20 tornado in Moore, Okla. View the aerial photos of the damage caused by the May 20, 2013, 13 ...
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Tulsa city hall due for make over
The moving of city hall in 2008 was contentious, but was framed as beneficial to the city. In 2010 this may be coming true as new development plans for the old building take shape, alongside wider plans to recreate the downtown experience.
It was first reported in 2007 that the city council would be moved to a new City Hall and that the old City Hall building would be sold. Tulsa news media were told the move would benefit the city economically as the new building would be cheaper to operate and maintain, while the sale of the old building would partially fund the purchase of the new one. Read more
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