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60 Powerful Photos Of Joplin Rebuilding
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, Missouri. The tornado left behind is responsible for 161 deaths and hundreds of injuries, but one year later there are signs that the town is beginning to recover. Truly amazing stuff.
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Link: Toto The Tornado Kitten Inspires A Children's Book
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/toto-the-tornado...
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The six ounce kitten was found clinging to the top of a tree last year after miraculously surviving a tornado. Since then he's become a local celebrity.
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30 Awe-Inspiring Photos Of Tornadoes
Culture Buzz The photographers who got close enough to capture these images have nerves of solid steel. The string of tornadoes that ripped through Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska over the weekend produced these amazing images.
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Kittens Rescued From House Demolished By Tornado
Culture Buzz A scrap of good news in the wake of the powerful twisters that swept through Texas, destroying homes and hurtling semi-trucks through the air. Fortunately no one was killed or seriously injured during the dozen or so tornadoes that hit the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
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Dallas Tornado Tossing Tractor Trailers Like Toys
Science Buzz Stay safe Texas! Raw footage of the powerful destructive force of Nature.
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What Being In A School Bus Hit By A Tornado Is Like
Culture Buzz Here's a surveillance video taken from inside a school bus right as a tornado throws it into a wall. You can only imagine how grizzly the aftermath would be if the children hadn't been successfully evacuated. (via doobybrain.com)
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Link: Scientists Recreate Massive Mars Dust Devil
http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/03/21/mars-dust-devil-video
The Cat 5 twister was reconstructed using computer simulations. Last month, NASA's new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a stunning image of a dust devil swirling about on the planet's rocky surface.
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17 Eerie Photos Of Snow-Covered Tornado Devastation
Culture Buzz To add insult to injury, tornado-ravaged Indiana was hit by snow over the weekend. It looks downright apocalyptic.
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Baby Girl Found Alive In A Field 10 Miles From Her Home After Tornado
Culture Buzz This is an absolutely incredible and heartbreaking story. UPDATE: Unfortunately the little girl passed away from her injuries.
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Man Weeps As He's Reunited With His Dog After Deadly Tornado Outbreak
Culture Buzz This is alternately heartwarming and heartbreaking. More twisters ravaged the the Midwest and the South today, claiming at least 3 lives on top of the 12 that were lost earlier this week. This is at least one spot of good news amid all the devastation.
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26 Photos Of Deadly Tornado Destruction In The Midwest
Culture Buzz Severe storms and powerful tornadoes ripped through the Midwest last night, killing at least 12 people in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois. Branson, MO, Harveyville, KS and Harrisburg, IL were hardest hit.
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The Earth-Sized Tornado Moving Across The Sun At 300,000 Miles Per Hour
Science Buzz And you thought “Twister” was bad! Last week, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite captured these stunning images of magnetically captured plasma moving like a tornado across the sun's surface. But even more stunning than this video of the solar tornado are its statistics: it's estimated to be about as large as Earth itself, with wind gusts approaching 300,000 mph and a temperature of 15,000 degrees fahrenheit. Uh… wow.
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This Official E-Mail From The State Of Oklahoma Got Someone In A Lot Of Trouble
Culture Buzz Can you spot why the Oklahoma Insurance Department had to apologize profusely after this e-mail was sent to hundreds of people? This mass e-mail asking for nominations for awards at the National Tornado Preparedness Summit has one very unusual criterion. Busted (works on a few levels here)!
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Amazing Tornado/Lightning Artwork
Incredible painting inspired by a very popular weather photo. The artist did a very good job on putting this chaos onto canvas. (Illustrated by Max)
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Video: Russian Tornado Footage
The city of Blagoveshchensk in eastern Russia was hit by a massive tornado Sunday night. There was extensive damage, and while numerous injuries have been reported only one fatality has been confirmed. (via)
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Tornadoes Kill 4 In Massachusetts, Hundreds Injured
Culture Buzz A series of tornadoes in Western Massachusetts caught 19 communities off guard yesterday, killing at least 4 and wounding over 200. These are the first tornado-related casualties in the state since 1995.
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Video: Bro-iest Storm Chasers Ever Get Stuck In A Tornado
This is why you should never drive into a tornado. ESPECIALLY while listening to Marcy Playground.
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Joplin High School Hope
Culture Buzz The J, L, I, and N all blew off with the tornado. So, someone fixed it.
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Video: Elephants Assist In Joplin Tornado Clean Up
Elephants helped move vehicles in Joplin, MO on Saturday after the Picadilly circus was forced to cancel their show. Elephants fucking rock!!!!
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Image: Wood Speared Through A Concrete Curb
From Joplin, Missouri. Absolutely incredible and terrifying.
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Youtube Celebrity Sucked Out Of Vehicle In Joplin Tornado
Culture Buzz Will Norton and his father were on their way home from Will's high school graduation when the Joplin tornado struck. Despite his father's frantic efforts to hold on to him, Will was sucked through the sun roof of their vehicle by the tornado. His father is in stable condition, but Will is still missing. Will Norton was known as Willdabeest on Youtube, where his video journals had been seen over 1.6 million times. His family has established a Facebook page to try and find him. Just one of hundreds of tragic stories to come out of Joplin.
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Before And After Satellite Images Of Joplin
Culture Buzz Satellite photography of Joplin, Missouri before and after the massive tornado of May 22nd. Horrifying. Links to aid the recovery efforts in Joplin can be found here.
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Image: Dog Sticks By Dead Mother After Tornado
Absolutely incredibly heartbreaking. Ahhhh. This is actually from the tornadoes in Alabama a month ago, but the picture was just released yesterday. ; (
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Image: Joplin Still Has A Sense Of Humor
Despite almost unimaginable carnage from the recent tornado, as this AP photo of a destroyed home in Joplin demonstrates, these people are showing a remarkably resilient sense of humor. Bless you guys. Here are some links to offer help.
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10 Pictures Showing The Incredible Force Of The Joplin, Missouri Tornado
Culture Buzz Here are some pictures that convey just how powerful the Joplin tornado was. I can't even comprehend the chair stuck into the wall. Totally out of this world crazy.
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Video: News Team Caught In Oklahoma Tornado
Stunning footage from a news team caught in one of the tornadoes near Oklahoma City. Power poles dance in midair as their vehicle is swept off the road. The crew from KFOR miraculously survived without injury. Others across the region weren't so lucky. This twister was one of more than 30 that struck Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas last night. At least 13 people are dead.
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Joplin Tornado Deadliest Since 1953
Culture Buzz The massive tornado which struck Joplin, Missouri has killed at least 123 people, making it the deadliest twister in the United States in nearly 60 years. President Obama has declared Joplin a disaster area and will visit the area on Sunday.
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