Change of building designs in tornado and hurricane prone areas in the United States of America
Posted by: dhreff
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 05:21:53 -0700 | disasters-news
The need for change of building designs in tornado and hurricane prone areas in the United States of America By Alfredo B. Ancheta Anchor for Allvoices Philippines The terrible and horrible devastations of tornadoes and hurricanes in prone areas had...
May 15 storm damage in North Texas estimated at $250 million
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:59:37 -0700 | travel-news
Tell us The May 15 storms in North Texas that included tornadoes and hail produced an estimated $250 million in insured losses, according to an insurance industry group. Mark Hanna, spokesman at the Insurance Council of Texas in Austin, said...
TCU follows Thursday high point with an all-time low Friday
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 06:18:25 -0700 | sports-news
A day after putting together a season high point, TCU hit an all-time low. The Horned Frogs set a dubious Big 12 tournament game record with nine errors in a slapstick-filled 10-3 loss to West Virginia. The nine miscues ties...
Amid the rubble, laughter and tears for one family devastated by tornado
Source: Datzhott
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:04:23 -0700 | entertainment-news
A little treasure in the debris of a home that once welcomed Rebecca Garland's four grandchildren gave her such a delight as her friends and family scoured the mountain of rubble for any mementos left behind by Monday's powerful tornado....
Most buildings in ‘Tornado Alley' lack shelters
Source: Japan Times
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:06:06 -0700 | allnews
Seventy-five percent of the world's tornados occur in the U.S., yet few people who live in Tornado Alley bother with the trouble and expense of a proper shelter from the storms. Mel Evridge, 69, a retired builder who experienced both...
Storm took town's youngest as it swept through
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 09:13:01 -0700 | allnews
Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school;...
Oklahoma businesses accused of fraud
Source: United Press International
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 07:00:56 -0700 | allnews
Investigators said they have uncovered evidence of businesses committing fraud by increasing prices in areas of Oklahoma devastated by tornadoes. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt told ABC News that 30 investigators began checking for fraud in the hours after the...
Tornado: Vets Use Facebook To Rehome Lost Pets
Source: Sky News
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:15:54 -0700 | allnews
Facebook sites have been set up to help reunite people with dozens of pets that went missing after a Tornado tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City...Others have sprung up in the wake of the devastating event, to cope with...
Hobby Lobby's birth control fight up for federal appeal- FOX NEWS POLL: Most want pre-ObamaCare ...
Source: Fox
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 04:04:55 -0700 | political-news
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The...
Youngest Oklahoma tornado victims remembered- PHOTOS: Tornado tears through Oklahoma - HOW YOU CAN ...
Source: Fox
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:10:49 -0700 | allnews
Okla. Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field. Kyle Davis, 8, was nicknamed "The Wall" because of his size and presence on the soccer field...The three were among seven small children...
Youngest Oklahoma tornado victims remembered- PHOTOS: Tornado tears through Oklahoma - HOW YOU CAN ...
Source: Fox
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:10:49 -0700 | allnews
Okla. Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field. Kyle Davis, 8, was nicknamed "The Wall" because of his size and presence on the soccer field...The three were among seven small children...
Schaumburg couple injured in Oklahoma tornado
Source: Chicago Tribune
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:26:01 -0700 | political-news
Schaumburg Trustee Frank Kozak and his wife, Char, survived a terrifying encounter with the Moore, Okla., tornado when the twister demolished the ranch house where they were staying, their son Steve said Wednesday. The Kozaks were visiting relatives in the...
Oklahoma medical examiner: Cataloging the dead a 'horrific' task
Source: Datzhott
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:10 -0700 | entertainment-news
That was the word Dr. Eric Pfeifer, the chief medical examiner of Oklahoma, used Wednesday to describe the challenge of identifying and performing autopsies on two dozen victims. After working around the clock for two days, Pfeifer emerged from the...
Ex-AccuWeather's Bastardi Slams 'Ambulance Chasing' by Global Warming Theory Activists
Source: Newsbusters
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 17:16:02 -0700 | green-news
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's The O'Reilly Factor on FNC, meteorologist Joe Bastardi of Weatherbell Analytics -- formerly of AccuWeather -- argued against the view that global warming is causing more violent tornadoes and compared Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's...
Oklahoma clean up underway (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:46:50 -0700 | political-news
Oklahoma clean up underway Newstalk ZB Staff, Newstalk ZB May 23, 2013, 11:30 am The clean up of Oklahoma City is well and truly underway as thousands rally to help those most affected from this week's deadly tornado. The twister...
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