may 28, 1999
divine intervention in moore?


No chasing today. Spent the day in an around Oklahoma City and Norman. Drove to Amarillo TX in the evening to position for chase possibilities the next day. On the way there I passed by the grim scene in Moore, just northeast of I-35 and Shields. To someone who will soon live no more than 10 miles from the tornado's path, the images forever etched into my mind were especially disturbing and I feel for everyone who suffered losses in this terrible event.


Damage to these brick buildings was still very apparent three weeks after the tornado passed.
As it was to these buildings.
Believe it or not, this residential area didn't see the strongest of the tornado's winds. I doubt that really matters to anyone who used to live here.
We know that anywhere a tornado strikes, there is always going to be something just outside the path that goes unscathed. But I couldn't help but stop and wonder when I saw that this church had missed the tornado's wrath by about 500 feet.

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