[DeTomaso] Tornado

[Will Kooiman]

Jim,

Sorry to hear about your daughter.  At least she is okay.

My son was missed by about 2 miles.
--
Will





On 5/21/13 1:26 PM, "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

>Hence the irony in my statement.  In Florida, I've lived through three
>direct (eye passing over) hurricanes and too many indirect hurricanes and
>tropical storms to count. I know that if you live in a well built house
>with adequate elevation to avoid flooding or storm surge and are prepared,
>they become inconvenient but not life threatening.
>
>Tornadoes, however, strike with little notice and the only elevation you
>can plan for is to be underground. In Florida though, if you dig 5 feet to
>make a shelter, you hit water/mud instead.
>
>Rob
>
>On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Rob,
>>
>> Maybe Moore should be named Less.  I has been  hit consistently for the
>> last 20 years.  The same area was hit in 1999 but it was a level 5 storm
>> instead of this level 4 storm.  There have been one or two other major
>> storms in Moore and a few minor ones in the last twenty years.  A minor
>> storm is pretty major if you are in it.
>>
>> jerry
>>
>> On 5/21/2013 10:07 AM, Rob Dumoulin wrote:
>> > Not to make light of the disaster and it is great to hear of no
>>injuries
>> to
>> > our immediate brotherhood, but "the house can be fixed" reminds me of
>>the
>> > movie "The world according to Garp".
>> >
>> > You look at a house as it gets demolished by a twister and you say:
>> >
>> > "We'll take it. The chances of another twister hitting this house is
>> > astronomical. We'll be safe here".
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Larry - Ohio Time Corp <
>> > larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Jim,
>> >>
>> >> Thank God you and your family are ok. The house can be fixed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Larry - Cleveland
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On
>> >> Behalf
>> >> Of Jim Gray
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:41 AM
>> >> To: detomaso at poca.com
>> >> Subject: [DeTomaso] Tornado
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the prayers and good wishes from all of you.
>> >>
>> >> The tornado went through South OKC/Moore about a mile or two south
>>of my
>> >> neighborhood.  I'm on SW 118th in OKC and the storm went across on SW
>> 134
>> >> and SW 149th.  Wife and I are OK.
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately my daughter had lost the roof off her house on Sunday
>> night.
>> >> She and her family are now living at the Embassy in Norman, OK.
>> >>
>> >> Jim "feeling lucky" Gray
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