Gmack are you ok?

[billwmeyer]

Gmack, are you ok and did you get much damage?

Gmack lives in a small town close to Picher, OK. A tornado virtually destroyed Picher today, leaving 6 dead at last count. These storms have at last count left 16 dead in our area. This tornado stayed on the ground for a very long time starting in Chetopa, Ks. going through Oklahoma, and into Missouri. I heard of damage in Quapaw where Gmack lives, but no real details there.

I hope everyone is ok.

Bill

[billwmeyer]

Picher, Ok

It was odd for Picher to be in the news twice today. Here is a story about the town that was posted on Msnbc today.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24555711/

Bill

[billwmeyer]

Update

Quapaw was hit by the tornado also, and they have no power. It was hit on the north edge, and I believe, but I could be mistaken, that Gmack lived on the south end of town.
I hope so.

Bill

[leehljp]

Quapaw was hit by the tornado also, and they have no power. It was hit on the north edge, and I believe, but I could be mistaken, that Gmack lived on the south end of town.
I hope so.

Bill

Thanks Bill, for the update.

The link to Pincher was interesting and sad, and now to be hit hard by the tornado.

[billwmeyer]

slide show

Here is a link to a slide show of the destruction in this area. I hadn't mentioned that they also got some pretty large hail. I live probably 20 miles north of the areas hit. I had some heavy winds and lost some tree limbs. We also had pea sized hail, but not a lot of it and somewhere under an inch of rain.

Link:

http://www.joplinglobe.com/homepage/...show_131214539

Bill

[billwmeyer]

George is ok

I just got an e-mail from George. He is was visiting out of town and is ok.
Bill

[leehljp]

I just got an e-mail from George. He is was visiting out of town and is ok.
Bill

Thanks for the update. Glad to hear that he is OK!

[gmack5]

I'm OK

I was out of town when the darn thing hit Town!
I didn't even know about it, till I got home Wed. afternoon, about 5 PM.
The tornado missed my house by about 6 blocks.
I live a block West of the Town Hall, right in the middle of town, between 4th and 5th streets
The tornado took the back side off of the school house, about 6 blocks North of my home. I got home too late to inspect the damage done to the town, but I'll check it out tomorrow.