[meteorite-list] OT: Photographs Raining From the Sky After Tornadoes

[James Beauchamp]

Sorry for the reply all (OT disclaimer!)..

Debris is scattered everywhere around the OKC metro.  Mostly little stuff - shards of insulation, cardboard, lots of leaves.

The metro was extremely lucky because the events stayed out of heavily populated areas.  The atmospheric conditions were ripe for a big event.  State workers and even some schools were released early in anticipation.  Joplin's horrible storm was still fresh in everyone's minds, adding to the nerve-fray factor.

Our part of town was in the bullseye of the Chickasha tornado.  We were huddled with neighbors in their bunker, and watched the wall cloud pass over with multiple vorticies moving about in random directions.  It was also an eerie green-gray color (green = lots of energy).

Fortunately for us, the storm was in it's final "rope out" phase, dotting short-lived damage around our area, but leaving most alone.

We did get another round of tennis ball sized hail and a lot of rain.

Walking into work the next morning, I picked up a piece of paper that turned out to be a W-2 of someone whose house was disintegrated to the foundation.  I made contact with them on Facebook that afternoon, rejoicing that they were OK.  It's in the mail to their PO box.

Hopefully, this is the last round of this stuff for the year.

Thanks also for the emails and phone calls from my meteor buddies.  You guys rock (pardon the pun).

James
 
--- On Sat, 5/28/11, drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Photographs Raining From the Sky After Tornadoes
> To: "Paul H." <oxytropidoceras at cox.net>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 11:21 AM
> Paul,  
> Thank you for your kind and thoughtful post as always. 
> My thoughts and prayers are with these people and all in
> crisis worldwide.
> 
> Best Always, Dirk...Tokyo
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 5/29/11, Paul H. <oxytropidoceras at cox.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras at cox.net>
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Photographs Raining From
> the Sky After Tornadoes
> > To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 12:30 AM
> > Dear Friends,
> > 
> > After the tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama,
> Missouri,
> > Kansas,
> > and elsewhere, meteorites were not the only things
> that
> > people
> > found falling from the sky. Literally, 100s of miles
> from
> > where
> > the tornadoes devastated entire towns, people have
> found
> > the
> > personal photographs and documents of people raining
> from
> > the
> > sky. One person is attempting to reunite these
> photographs
> > and
> > documents with their owners as discussed in the below
> web 
> > pages. 
> > 
> > Mom reuniting tornado survivors with precious
> artifacts,
> > WSFA 12 News
> > http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=14723637
> > 
> > Pictures and Documents found after the April 27, 2011
> > Tornadoes
> > Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/PicturesandDocumentsfoundafterAprilTornadoes
> > 
> > Portraits From a Storm
> > http://patty-portraitsfromastorm.blogspot.com/
> > 
> > Patty Bullion, Catastrophic memories
> > La Lettre, May 28, 2011
> > http://www.lalettredelaphotographie.com/entries/patty-bullion-catastrophic-memories
> > 
> > Memories Lost to a Whirlwind Alight on Facebook to Be
> > Claimed
> > New York Times, Amy Harmon, April 29, 2011
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/us/30reunite.html
> > 
> > Maybe it is not too late for meteorite hunters
> downwind of
> > the effected areas to help out in her efforts.
> > 
> > Yours,
> > 
> > Paul H.
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