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Subscribe to RSSThe strong winds lifted tractor trailers, hurling them through the air. After the wave of storms subsided, damage spanned several counties near Dallas. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Updated at 12:31 a.m. ET: Up to a dozen tornadoes touched down in areas south of Dallas on Tuesday, tossing tractor-trailers hundreds of feet into the air and causing widespread damage, especially in Lancaster and Arlington. At least 17 people were injured but there were no reported deaths.
As the storm system moved northeast, it spawned another tornado in Forney, a suburb just east of Dallas, where the fire station and several homes were hit and the high school saw roof damage, NBC News reported.
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was hit by large hail and more than 225 outbound flights were canceled, NBCDFW.com reported. Travelers were taken to shelters as the storms passed. American Airlines canceled all its remaining flights Tuesday to inspect for hail damage.
One tornado hit the Flying J Truck Plaza in Dallas, tossing two trucks, said driver Michael Glennon, who caught the destruction on his video camera.
"The second trailer is ripped to pieces and thrown 50 to 100 feet into the air," Reuters quoted him as saying.
Ten to 12 tornadoes touched down during a massive storm that brought chaos from high winds, rain and hail to the nation's fourth most populous metropolitan area, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jesse Moore.
Seven people were injured in the suburb of Arlington, police said. Most suffered only minor injuries but one person hit by a falling tree was in critical condition, said Arlington police spokeswoman Cheryl Carpenter.
In one of the hardest hit areas south of Dallas, Lancaster, tornadoes damaged 300 structures.
Of the 10 people injured in Lancaster, two of them were severely hurt, said Lancaster police spokesman Paul Beck.
At the height of the storms, NBCDFW.com and other TV stations showed live video of "debris balls" in Dallas, Ellis, Johnson and Tarrant counties.
Severe weather specialist Dr. Greg Forbes explains why the slow-moving tornadoes dwelled over the Dallas region.
A huge funnel cloud was seen flinging large truck trailers high in the air as flashes of exploding power lines lit the sky. "There's lots of 18-wheelers," said one NBC 5 reporter near Arlington. "I've never seen this before."
The orange tractor-trailers were from the operations yard for Schneider National trucking company. The yard saw "massive" damage, the Wisconsin-based company said in a statement.
Video highlights from Texas tornadoes, storms
Arlington's mayor declared a state of emergency, and many homes there were destroyed or damaged, NBC 5's Mola Lenghi reported.
Three people suffered minor injuries in Arlington, officials said. Two were taken to a hospital from a wind-clipped nursing home, they said.
Larry W. Smith / EPA
At least two tornadoes hit suburban communities in the Dallas area.
In Lancaster, at least 10 people were injured, two severely, officials said. About 300 structures were damaged, Mayor Marcus Knight told a news conference Tuesday evening, the Dallas Morning News reported. A curfew was put in place from 7 p.m. Tuesday until 9 a.m. Wednesday, he said. A shelter was opened at the city recreation center, but Knight advised residents to seek shelter outside the city if possible.
Images, video of the tornadoes from NBCDFW.com
NBC 5 reporter Ken Kalthoff said, "there's tremendous damage here." More than 100 children and adults inside a daycare center appeared safe, but the building was heavily damaged, Kalthoff said.
"People have stumbled out of their houses surprised they survived," reported Kalthoff, who saw the funnel cloud from about a mile away.
Lancaster High School and a large water tank barely avoided damage, he added.
Live video from NBCDFW.com showed a Lancaster subdivision along Pepperidge Drive East in which dozens of houses had been damaged or destroyed. Emergency crews were staging in a parking lot at Cedar Valley College to the east of the subdivision.
Lancaster resident Devlin Norwood was at home when he heard the storm sirens. He was making a quick trip to a nearby store when he saw the funnel-shaped tornado come down and kick up debris, The Associated Press reported.
"I didn't see any damage until I got back home. We had trees destroyed, fences down, boards down, boards penetrating the roof and the house, shingles damaged," said Norwood.
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Damaged trucks and trailers are seen after a tornado pased through south Dallas on Tuesday.
Schools south of Dallas were locked down, NBC's Charles Hadlock reported, adding that one of the funnel clouds touched down in the town of Red Oak.
At least 40,000 customers lost power in the storms, which also dumped hail the size of golf balls across the area.
In Dallas County, the storm pushed cars into fences and toppled trees. A motor home was torn apart and crumpled in a driveway where a home's roof was torn off.
Mobile homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged in Kennedale and one person was hospitalized, the fire department said.
The massive Parks at Arlington mall along Interstate 20 shut down and management ordered shoppers and others into the basement, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Employees at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington were moved into the tunnels, the newspaper said.
At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, American Airlines was having to inspect 68 planes for hail damage. Several airlines canceled Dallas-bound flights for the rest of Tuesday.
A member of New Zealand's Parliament, Jacinda Ardern, was among those at the airport when the tornado siren went off, the New Zealand Herald reported.
"It was really loud; it was a real roar,” said Arden, who was attending a leadership conference. “I was away from the windows but there were hailstones the size of golf balls coming down
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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wow, from the picture it looks like its a big one. hope everyone is safe.
Wow. Someone with compassion.
A tornado hits Dallas and causes $30 million dollars worth of improvements.
and a tornado drops a house right on you tripod...
- From someone who lives in the heart of Dallas.
An honest cynical question: I wonder if they'll ask for Big Government Federal Assistance...
That said - I hope all are safe - Thank God for the National Weather Service, NOAA and their early warning innovations...
Compassion. lol. Compassion means jack sh-t to the dead because they had their head smashed through their a$$.
An hand on the shoulder or a slap on the back will make someone feel a lot better as they look at where their house used to be.
"hope everyone is safe" ... what do you expect someone to say, Floyd? "hope everyone dies"?
My comment is directed at Floyd, not the OP. I'd expect the OP to say something like that. Floyd acts surprised that someone would. What a goof!
Every dog has his day, hey Tripod
I live about an hour from Dallas and they are talking that another is possibly trying to form again. Tripod... You will get yours. I hope all those that are affected will be ok!. They have had over 5 already. Lancaster, Near Euless, Rockwall, Arlington, Dallas etc. Red cross is being asked for help due to Severe damage and alot of people have been hurt. As I was typing this, they just issued a tornado warning for Delta County where alot of my family lives.
I hope nobody was in that 18-wheeler sucked up into the tornado... what an awesome show of natural force...
Hey I had my day. Wednesday April 27, 2011 at 2:52 P.M. C.D.T. in Cullman, Alabama with an F4. The local and national weather service gave us ample warning up to 12 hours before the storms hit. When it comes to natural disasters you can hope and pray in one hand and you can crap in the other hand and see which one fills up first.
Well congrats Tripod, too bad you came through perfectly fine, maybe then you wouldn't be making stupid comments trying to be the funny guy, when people are still being hurt by all these tornadoes going on right this minute, possibly even killed.
Well, that was good for you then Tripod. Others however sometimes get little to no warning whatsoever. Your nastiness is a true sign of your bad character.
im guessing pat robertson will tell us in the coming days that this was GOD punishing the gay texans.
sorry straight texans, I dont know why GOD cant manage to be more specific in his outrage.
Pray...
I lived in Dallas for a number of years. Our house was hit by a tornado while living there and often found myself huddled in a closet, or bath to avoid another. I moved. My nerves just could not take it. I feel for all those including family members that saw or felt any devastation. I have been that person on a highway unable to get off as the wall cloud approached with nothing but tractor trailers all around me hoping to get out of harm's way. Awful.
Im here...very scary and another round to hit shortly...pray for these folks, its VERY scary....
Does BUSH live in Dallas?
Some of the best people I've ever met are Texans, especially those in and around Dallas. Until last December My Son, Daughter-in-law, and my 2 little Texas born Grandsons lived in Rockwall since 2004. Many friends and acquaintances there. My Son and His family, many, many more. I fervently hope for the safetly and well being of all the folks in and around the Dallas area.
I did not come through it okay. Lost a son and my home. Where was God when I needed him last year? But I can tell by your remarks and your attacks that you are fake christians any way. One is wishing a tornado to drop a house on me for making an untimely joke. Is that what you think Christ would do to show compassion? I can understand the logic coming from a bunch of Texans.
@mike277 maybe not anymore
Let us all hope that Ray Nagin does not live in Texas.
I hope those hurt have insurance.
Looks like all this Texas Twister coverage will take over the GOP Tuesday Primaries
Nice!!!!
THIS JUST IN: Fox News is claiming this is Obama and the liberal media’s fault.
God has nothing to do with it. It's mother nature just being her old grump/bitchy self. She is beautiful to look at but she'll take all you have in a split second. And you know Tripod, most of these people wouldn't want you to actually get hurt, but when alot of us who live near these places and have family and friends living there, It's a pretty upsettting thing to see people making light of the situation and trying to be the funny man. Anger and fear.
Tripod - I have to call BS on you. No one who loses a son in a twister goes on Newsvine to joke about twisters unless they are a sick individual.
So please, we know you didn't go through a twister.
As for the people around Dallas, our prayers are with you. Hopefully no one died in these twisters.
They looked pretty strong. Of course the info is just trickling in.
And to the commenter who wonders if Texas will get any of the money back that we sent to Washington - I'm sure they are wasting that money as fast as they can in DC. Probably won't have any left to send back here for our disasters. Most people have no idea that Texas sends the second most money to Washington that doesn't get sent back. We get back $.94 for every dollar we send. The majority of other states get back more than they send. So we pay for other states disasters, but then can't get back some of our own money to help with ours?
Rather watch Fox News than the B.S. that MSNBC puts out.
ryan,
or they choose to use humor to deal with the pain of their loss. Not everyone goes out and drowns in a glass, bottle's it up, or whatever else people do to overcome great losses; some use a morbid sense humor to deal. There are as many coping mechanisms as their are forms of life in the sea.
You think the "untimely joke" was compassionate?
I dunno if i missed it or not, but I didnt see how powerful the tornadoes were ? Cant see the video, work blocks videos here.
Hey its TEXAS..all know everything is bigger in Texas!
NY (79¢), IL (79¢), CT (74¢), NJ (62¢), Mn (54¢), and especially DE (40¢) are the ones who have a right to complain, not TX, Ryan. BTW, why did your governor refuse stimulus money, then turn around and spend several million of that money after all to repair his mansion that should have been paid for by TEXAN money, not federal money. Still have to wonder who caused that fire, don't you?
Then why are you even on msnbc.com sharriannie?
It's a sad day for humanity when someone (Tripod) jokes about a disaster impacting other people. But it's inexcusable when, after being called to task, defends their "joke" by saying a previous tornado killed his son.
I agree with Ryan... B.S. on you Tripod and karma is a MF!
I, along with others, cannot imagine that anyone who has lost so much would joke about other people potentially experiencing the same loss unless that person has some serious issues. Besides, God doesn't drop houses on people or take their sons in tornadoes. He GAVE up his own son. And if you want to point fingers about why bad things happen, it wasn't God's fault-he made things perfect, it was us who screwed it up and caused bad things to come into the world. Blaming God for the fall of man is like blaming the owner of a jewelry shop for a robbery because he had diamonds on display. I don't think a jury in the world would buy it. God is the one who took the punishment for the robbery instead of just leaving our rear ends in jail. He gave Jesus to the world to die so we wouldn't have to suffer the consequences of the the things we do, and Jesus himself chose to come and to die a horrible death for it. So do you really think a God like that is going to deliberately take someone's son in a tornado? It's a natural consequence of the fall of man. These things will end one day.
Could this mean that god is angry about GW Bush living in Texas? Where is Pat Robertson on this. I'm sure he has explained it all. There are too many gays or somethimg....
Tripod
It was I who posted the comment about dropping a house on you. Its terrible that you lost a son and your home. For someone who has, I think you could have chosen to not exercise humor at a time when someone else could have been experiencing the same thing. I am not a Christian fanatic, and often find myself against the things that most 'mandate' are from god, but even I know, that you treat others better than they treat you.
....because natural disasters only happen in Texas? They happen everywhere and, having lived in thru the 253 mph tornado in Joplin I can only say that politics has nothing to do with it. However, you do find out pretty quickly that God is about the only protection you have. Not sure why so many "compassionate" liberals are trying to make this political considering the vast rainbow of races, ethnicities, economic levels and sexual identities a city the size of DFW has, but my prayers are with you. I know how you feel.
A lot of black people and Hispanics live the greater DFW area too. So Dogma, maybe you didn't cover all your bases in asking God who He was angry with. You democrat liberals are such a riot. Literally with the OWS crowd.
That must have been one huge tornado to throw those semi trailers around like that. It is amazing to see the power of mother nature taking something that weighs close to 7 tons and tossing it around like a child's toy. I just hope that no one was killed or seriously injured in these tornadoes.
Come on, people! Tripod is a flaming troll! This website has been crawling with trolls and you people keep taking their bait! Ignore them and they will eventually go back to Yahoo News, You Tube, or maybe even the gaming site from which they were exposed. I don't even want to read the comments anymore because it takes so long to weed through the responses to the trolls.
Rush Limbaugh spent the better half of the day calling the twisters ‘Sluts’, because of all that sucking to a town they don’t even know.
@sharriannie – This is my right to free speech. If you don't like don't read it.
Wow...I am right here in the heart of this. Thankfully no reports of fatalities yet, but many are critically injured, lost everything they owned and are traumatized like you wouldn't believe and you folks crack jokes, talk politics and even talk about this state? WOW!!!! How incredibly cruel and callous can you be? You should really be ashamed...for real
I am glad nobody died. From the looks of it, they were huge. It's Amazing.
However, I know this cynical, but I wonder how many are actually thanking God, because they were underwater, and their houses were insured for more than they could sell them for.
@Ebeneezer:
Don't thank god for the National Weather Service, thank "big" government who actually had something to do with it!
Is it safe to assume you are a republican?
My son, who lives in south Dallas, called me from his vehicle as he rushed to pick up my grandson shortly after the first tornado struck southwest of Dallas. For the next hour, I definitely lost any interest in politics, humor or anything else until I knew that my family was safe. Only idiots make jokes in time of crisis.
Thankfully, the twisters spun their way north after extensive damage but no casualties. And, surely, they didn't check their victims' race, color, creed or political party while destroying their property.
That's because the republicans have not come up with a weather green card yet. It's ok I'm it was only poor people in its path and they all have great heath insurance.
noOne: rather an apt avatar, as in no one really cares what you're selling. Your trolling skills are a mite weak, go practice elsewhere.
@noOne
Ummm... so are you against green cards? I didn't even know that liberals were anti-green card; seems like an odd point of contention but whatever.
I watched the tornado that went through Arlington go around my office building today. It was pretty cool to see up close. That being said I understand that people were hurt and their property badly damaged and I'm sympathetic to that. I hope everyone recovers quickly.
I don't know Tripod, but I do know about the April 27 tornadoes in Alabama since I live here (in Alabama) and Cullman was hit. My little town of around 660 people was also hit and I lost friends I went to school with. My house was actually hit in a tornado in Oct 2010 and we are still trying to get stuff fixed. I hope everyone in Texas is alright but Geowill is right not everyone deals with pain and loss the same.
Seen to much: Nature has a lot more power then people give credit actually a lot more power then some imaginary being. As I said I hope everyone is ok but no imaginary being is going to help those injured recover or replace what was lost only time and their fellow man can help heal those wounds.
@mygirly1 - I have as much of a right to be here as you do. You may go somewhere else if you like.
@JQ 12261891 - I’m against Republicans and their; whatever it is, “I'm against it” stance.
noOne
I don't think Republicans are against green cards either; again it seems like a non-issue.
You are more than welcome to do whatever you want but I feel at the very least I am obligated to suggest that you give it a few years and then come back and comment. It will give you some time to develop and maybe in the future we can avoid these types of embarrassing situations. The problem is that when you are going through adolescence your abilities to use reason and logic are largely undeveloped. When someone in your stage of development tries to join adult conversations it compromises the very notion of intelligent communication and often leads to these socially awkward situations. That's not your fault; it's strictly attributable to your age. When you grow up things will change... or they won't and you'll become what we call a liberal.
Remember Texas... Bootstraps, Bootstraps, we dont need no Gubment aid. That being said glad none was killed
nunya - no. I'm a flaming liberal - you should read more before you assume. Yes, I'm a Liberal Pro-Choice Catholic. Go Figure. Bishop ain't too happy with me, especially since I'm trying to become a Deacon...but them's the breaks...
JQ 12261891
Funny how that works out....Well said.
@JQ 12261891
You must be dense. My post was a reply to the one above it.
And if state "that Republicans have not made it mandatory for you to have a weather green card" then that would imply that Republicans are for such an action.
@Ouch! My Balls itch – That a nice name.
There marvelous govenor talked about sucession. Someone should tell him that now might be a good time to go before he ask for FEMA's help!!!
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I did not come through it okay. Lost a son and my home. Where was God when I needed him last year? But I can tell by your remarks and your attacks that you are fake christians any way. One is wishing a tornado to drop a house on me for making an untimely joke. Is that what you think Christ would do to show compassion? I can understand the logic coming from a bunch of Texans.
Its funny you talk about compassion but joke when a tornado hits Dallas. You of all people should know that when a tornado hits your home, the last thing you want to hear is a joke. So stop making jokes in a time like this and sorry for your loss.
Tornado Rips Thru Texas Trailer Park
Causes $ 500,000 Worth of Improvements
Film at Eleven !
"...where was God when I needed him..."
The same place he was when His Son was being killed.
Obviously that one flew over your head. Let me explain it to your mental midget brain.
The moniker comes from the pain I feel when Liberals run the country. It is a constant kick in the nutz from the IDIOCRACY who voted for and are currently running this great country of ours into the ground.
Kinda racist, don't you think?
Oh it's far worse than even a conservative robot like yourself knows, 10tacle. I'm an INDEPENDENT! I was a republican until Bush Jr. and I've never been a democrat. Your problem is that we Independents DO NOT like your hero mittsy and most of us will not vote for him. You raging conservatives need to learn to play well with the dem's if you ever want to get the time of day again.
Thanks for playing though. ;->
We say...Come Lord Jesus.
He was with a male hooker last night and he drained him dry... it'll take awhile before he can come again.
really i thought he was flying in aboard a white horse , surrounded by angels ,singing alleluia , instead it is a funnel cloud with winds over two hundred mph desroying homes and ripping people limb from limb - amazing well you guys always knew how to have to facts fit the fairy tale - i say its global warming and not the return of someone who did not return the first time - good luck down there looks like this spring / summer will bring more chaos then last year
Well said
Rougue, these are just the birth pains ....... this is nothing compared to stuff ahead of us ..... Jesus said these things will happen ....hmmmmm.
dude i feel sorry for you, you better get it right or you will regret it when you go down...
So did the National Weather Service.
Fred, you are a jerk.
It happens man. No reason to make it seem spectacular.
Only God knows when the world will end what is with all of these doomsday people? It is sad to see so much damage; pray for the people, their homes, families and lives. This destruction is awful and this time of year tornadoes do seem to pop up.
As usual no shortage of folks posting everything but concern for the poor people in the path of a tragic event.......Hope everyone is alright!
RogueDisciple
Sure if your Jesus consists of two air masses of differing temperatures converging. Science easily explains it all. The fact that 10 people favorited that silly post says enough about what is wrong with America today. But go ahead and pray for the people of Dallas/FW if you think it will do them any good and it makes you fell better. It won't change a thing. I have friends in Richardon just hope this misses them.
Look at that truck up in the air! Amazing the power of nature. Pity the person inside. Man is nothing against such weather forces.
Well, those of us who are Christians should be thinking about what we can do to help our fellow man. If you really want to help, a donation to the Red Cross would be a very positive act. Even if you aren't a Christian, a donation is a good idea.
How bout everybody drop the Religious bull@!$%# and just hope that everyone is going to be ok. Seriously, cut the bull@!$%#, I am religious but this isn't the place for that argumet.
no need to donate a thing, the texans are rich and can take care of themselves.
if you need help, just ask the Koch Brothers, im sure their christianly ways wouldnt mind chipping in.
Rapture? Dang, are you people still here?
Jessica...really? I live in Texas and damn sure aint rich. You really ought not to speak on something you know NOTHING about.
SweetAz: You have to understand that any tragedy brings out the trolls and ghouls. They feed on tragedy, that is all their febrile and weak spirits are capable of.
You are quite right and I know better....they just have zero clue what we are going through here and it really pisses me off when they have all kinds of hideous things to say when folks have lost everything. Ugh....but you are quite correct....
Amen, Brother... Amen.
perry just got off the phone with the feds. said,"we dont need your help, or any of your stinkin' money!" as he gives a big hug to his bottle of maple syrup.
I invite you citizens of all faiths and religions to come to my conference to pray to Lord Jesus to end the recession. FEMA is out of money but I guess its better to have small government and a large army.
Amen to all the above - if it were the coming of Jesus Christ, it couldn't be soooon enough!!!
na, just your god saying "get this @!$%# off my planet".
Just curious, you would have Jesus control the weather?
Bye. Have a nice Rapture.
We should only be so lucky!
I don't see no house or cows or wicked witch of the west (PARLIN) flying around in that tornado video.
Look I'm not religious but you people are pathetic. I think you erroneously believe yourselves intellectuals worthy of degrading the beliefs of other people due to your lack of beliefs but you come off sounding like a bunch of bigoted fools. Or maybe you're just a$$holes, either way if someone wants to express their faith and acknowledge their reliance on their faith then what the hell does that have to do with you and why do you feel compelled to insult them for it? You're sad... not smart, just sad.
Instead of sitting on your ass waiting for Jesus to fix everything, why not get off your ass and volunteer your time and money to make the world a better place? Do you remember what Jesus said about doing nothing while we await his return? When he does come, he will chew a new hole in your backside for failing to do anything to make the world a better place.
@JQ
look people are hoping for a rapture, and a rapture cannot happen without the comming of the anti-christ. While people wait for the anti-christ, there is a tornado killing people in Dallas, and what is the response people give? I hope it is the rapture. I am no religious fanatic, but people dying should always be a sad thing.
The end of days are nigh! LOL
Lord Jesus WHO????? Good luck with that!
Anyone know what town this is in? My family is in Mesquite. Very vague story!
This is just south of downtown Dallas and the Lancaster, Red Oak area. Not quite to Mesquite.
Cheeky, I live in Fort Worth and I can teel you that the first tornado has hit very close to Mesquite, and most likely the western part of Mesquite. I am not trying tp worry you, but this is happening as we speak. We have had several tornadoes but I have never seen one this powerful. God Bless.
I am in Keller Texas (north fort worth) right now and we are expected to be hit within 10 minutes. It was headed towards the Arlington area. No word on that. West fort worth, including white settlement is completely locked down.
I'm working just north of Keller and it sounds like it's getting started here now. I live in W. Fort Worth and we had lots of hail. The tornado sirens were going off just a while ago. Stay safe everyone!
Touched down in Read Oak and Lancaster heading toward Dallas. Johnson County, south of dallas county is currently on lock down. Parts of Dallas as well. No where near Mesquite. Yet. Texas Storm Chasers has the most up to the minute coverage.
http://texasstormchasers.com/
Scary stuff!! Everyone be safe!!
And MSNBC (and pretty much every news channel)...PLEASE REMOVE THE BANNERS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE VIDEO!! The anchor kept referring to sparks from transformers, but much was hidden by the huge "breaking news" banner at the bottom. Please remove all that garbage so that we can actually see what's going on!!
Prayers to all in the path...
Hope your family is OK. Sirens are still going off near the DFW airport. This is a strong storm system.
I hope all in the path get to shelter and stay safe. Prayers are with you.
I hope all of you and your families in the path of these things stay safe.
including white settlement is completely locked down.
I'm guessing that's the name of a Prison.
Sirens were going off here too near Love Field.
Thank you all for your help. I've been there once to visit my aunt & uncle, they normally come to NM. You all stay safe!!
Thank you Shellie. We were watching channel 5 here and they suck. This isn't the first time they have given wrong locations of tornadoes. Of course, they don't give a crap about Fort Worth. To them, if it didn't happen in Dallas, then it didn't happen. I live on the west side of FW in White Settlement. They keep saying it's bad here but it has been ok. A lot of rain, but not much else.
Everyone needs to make their way to Cowboys Stadium becuase you know there won't be a touchdown there! :-)
LOL! Oh, way too funny!
ROFLMAO! Love it!
Nicely done. :D
I see what you did there
???... A joke? I mean....... really???
this was awesome and clever. good one
as Jon Stewart would say... BOOOM!
AMEN...head to the stadium!!!...that was too funny!!!...my giggle for the day!!
LOL IS RIGHT
@Texas Warren: Awesome!
@derp: chive much?
was laughing so hard at the touchdown , that i almost peed a little
too right
Good joke, horribly bad timing. My thoughts and prayers go out to the people in the affected areas.
Agreed, that was a good one.
I work at the stadium and live outside of Ft Worth with the sirens going off most of the afternoon and even I thought that was funny! lol Now that is the way to have a sense of humor without being cruel...well, except to my beloved Cowboys! lol
They're too close to The Ballpark in Arlington, so there's all those bombs.
Yikes!! Look out family!!
Can't say I would want to be the chopper pilot or the photographer with that thing so close. Yes, probably miles off, but still within the storm system.
Lol@Christians who think this is part of some apocalypse
No worse than the one's who will claim Man-made Global Warming! lol
Yea - because tornados and natural disasters are so rare....
Who said they were Christians? I personally thought they were Muslim.
No, MrEd7451, it is worse because one is scientific and the other is merely fantasy. (That said, it is really not something to laugh at anyway. People are being hurt, and there is nothing humorous, politically or otherwise, in that.)
Does everyone lol all the time? Really? Is that wearing a little thin? You laughed about Global Warming? Really? Whether it is true or not...you have a strange sense of humor.
Good call Buffalo
I wasn't laughing about global warming. I was laughing at religious nuts
So does that make you an ANTI- Religious Nut?
So, one or two people of a very large group of people say they believe a certain thing and you extrapolate that to everyone from that group. Hmm... I think that's called prejudice. I won't give you a big long less on on theology, but the Book of Revelations was not considered canonical until 392. Before then it was considered apocryphal. Most reputable theologians consider Revelations a warning to humanity about what could happen if we embrace materialism.
My daughter is in the line of the mess and she has a new born with her.. say a prayer for her please
tominstl
the only thing for sure about Global Warming is the fact that the planet goes through warming and cooling cycles, always has, always will. The rest is just theory, heavily disputed (by lots of scientists) theory at that.
donnamom.... My prayers are with her and all people in Texas, but I will also make a point of donating to the Red Cross for Texas. We should all be looking for opportunities to help our fellow Americans and human beings - regardless of what our political or scientific beliefs. Let's pull together when these terrible things happen.
It's heavily disputed alright, but mostly by folks like the Koch Bros who are in the business of causing it. They have proven that if you spend enough you can get just about anyone to say just about anything.
Amused
Just like Al Gore right?
BTW amused,
So let's look at the money behind the Democrat party huh? George Soros, a man who's self stated purpose is to bring down the economic structure of the United States. He spends billions annually toward that exact cause. And he does it through Progressive Liberal causes. The man is actively trying to bring about economic collapse in the United States and the Democrats love this guy, go figure.
Yow, MrEd. Where did you come up with that stuff?
These right wing tin hatters have been blowing smoke about Soros for years. For the record, Obama has meet the man one time, in passing. It's not like he gets his advice from him. As for the Republicans, they have completely sold their souls to the Koch brothers, ALEC, and Grover and their campaign to eliminate the American middle class so that they can pocket some more change. This guy whining about American economic collapse should pick up a newspaper. It's already collapsed and it was accomplished by a bunch of Republican numbskulls who thought that you could give back all the tax money, fight a couple of wars, hand over free money to pharmaceutical companies and nothing bad would come of it. And then deny deny deny. It's not working. We know who did it.
MrEd A scientific theory is a set of principals that explain and predict phenomena. Once a hypothesis is verified, it becomes a theory. So yes it's just a theory, but a theory is really a set of facts to science. Queue that "The more you know" thing over my head please.
I'm just at the west edge of Ft Worth. I went outside about 45 minutes ago and thought I heard thunder, ten minutes later realized it is not thunder. It is the tornados on the ground now in Ft Worth and Dallas, just had not dropped out of clouds yet.
Ghost, I am also in west Fort Worth and this is a really powerful storm. One of the most powerful we have seen in awhile. I hope all is well with you.
Yes, I'm good. I think the storms dropping tornadoes in Dallas is what was moving over us. This rumble continued for a long period and clearly was not thunder. It is a chilling sound when you can hear it but can't see it. You know it is there, just has not dropped the tail. I did not see any hail but it storms and then goes deathly still and quiet.
I work nights, the noise woke me up. After everything calmed down a few minutes ago I decided to get online and see what the weather was like for tonight, and saw this on the MSN front age. If I dont get a phone call soon Ill be pretty busy tonight.
What do you do Minuteman81?
wow, thank god for all he is in control over. We must be thankful for everything he lets happen in the world. Amen!
Are you still going to be thankful if there's a death toll?
That's some crazy cult you belong to!
For all he is in control over? Must be a real klutz, this GOD you pray to!
Like democrats?
Lets not get carried away people. I believe in God but I don't think the almighty is sitting up there shooting a few tornadoes down here. These tornadoes are the result of disturbances in the weather patterns. We can't blame every disaster on God. Democrats maybe....
Against the wind is being sarcastic. It seems pretty obvious to me. You other god bashers seem gullible and easily confused.
Dear Retired SFC, your post reminded me of a joke by Jackie "the joke man" Martling.
A man is about to start a round of golf when he sees a priest about to do the same. He asks the priest to join him and the priest accepts.
At the first tee, the man swings at the ball and slices it way off to the left. (slices go left, hooks go right, I think). The man loses his cool. "^^$#&*%#^#&^$*, i missed!"
The priest says, "Whoa, hold it right there, young man, but you can't be swearing like that. Its wrong and after all I'm a man of the cloth." The embarassed man apologizes and promises not to do it again.
At the second hole, the man swings at the ball and hooks it way off to the right. He loses his cool again. "^^$#&%#^&^$*, I missed, again!"
Again the priest says, "Whoa, stop that swearing or I'm going to report you to the golf club. Your behavior is reprehensible." Again the man apologizes and promises not to do it again ("cross my heart, hope to die".
At the third hole the man swings and tops the ball; it goes nowhere. His cool is lost again. "^^$#&%#^&^$*, I missed again. Soon storm clouds come over the man and priest. A bolt of lightning comes out of the cloud striking the priest.
From the clouds a deep voice is heard, "^^$#&#^&^$*, I missed!"
lol! Love it.
Reminds me of another joke...
A river is flooding over its banks so emergency workers in an ambulance are trying to evacuate people. They come to a house and the man that lives there tells them, "No thanks, God will save me."
The water continues to rise so more emrgency works approach the man in a boat and try to get him to leave and he says, "No thanks, God will save me."
The water has gotten so high that the man is standing on his roof and is knee deep in water when emergency works approach him in a helicopter to evacuate him and the man says, "No thanks, God will save me."
When the man dies in the flood and goes to heaven, he says to God, "Where were you? I waited and waited."
God says to the man, "I sent an ambulance, a boat, and a helicopter. What more did you want?"
Athiests think all Christians are nuts,yet every single president we had was/is a Christian.Also,about half of the Democratic party believes in Christ.When you look at Athiest leaders(Josef Stalin),things don't go so well.
Sapp-I remember when my grandfather told me that same story.
@Random pennsylvanian Uh no, we've not had all christian presidents. Madison, Jefferson were deists (if you are smart enough to know what that means), Lincoln had no religious affiliation with any church and stated "The Bible is not my book." We've probably had a number more too that only pander to the religious to get votes. Now Stalin was a seminary student before he became a deranged despot. Wonder where he learned how to execute such a reign of tyranny? Seminary probably.
No, all christians are not nuts. They're just delusional.
No, we Christians aren't delusional. We have faith. Most of us aren't "get in your face" about our religion, but we do have faith that God exists. I don't usually paint everyone that is not a Christian with a broad stroke like jetjoky just did, but hey, who knows, maybe instead of having no faith, people who think we are delusional are all just cynical.
There is nothing that says science and faith can't both exist. Personally, I believe they do. There is too much proof of evolution to not believe it, but that doesn't weaken my faith in God. The universe began somewhere. I choose to believe that it was God that created it and I will continue to do so until science can offer definitive proof, not theory.
There are probably a lot more Christians like me in the world than there are the "in your face" types. We just aren't as vocal. But when you insult them, you insult all of us when you say things like No, all christians are not nuts. They're just delusional.
I guess jetjoky doesn't believe in anything and if he does, he's delusional.
Sapp11, Really science is what mankind does when it tries to answer the age old question: How does God do it?
Read over God's comments regarding those that were building the Tower of Babel.
And there's something from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" that when presented with an argument about the non-existence of God, God's reply was "Huh! I never thought of that" , then vanishes in a puff of logic.
MrRighteous - I am the wrong person to try to convince. I am not a bible thumper or scriptural scholar. As a matter of fact, I am of the opinion that The Bible was written by men for men not the direct word of God. I think it was written by men in an attempt to get society to behave in a way the men who wrote it wanted them to behave. I never argue when an atheist says its a fairy tale. It very well could be. It was written by man after all.
None of that shakes my faith though. As I said, it is all faith. Either you have faith and believe or you don't.
My dad was a minister. He raised me to believe that God put us on Earth and we do what we do and answer for it when our life is over. He taught me that God doesn't sit around pulling people's number or stop bad things from happening to some people and not help others. God created our universe and we are free to do as we please while we are here. I choose to live in a way that I won't have to be embarrassed when its over and God says to me, "So, tell me about your life." For me, its that simple.
DeSoto and Lancaster are tornado alley in North Texas. Don't know why, but there have been multiple tornados through that area for years.
Soooo.... your god brings destruction? Interesting.
I just hope the damage is minimal in such a place.
Who are you talking to when you say "Your"? Every citizen of Texas? Or Dallas? What?
The ones whose god it is that is apparently shooting tornados at Texas and they are considering this a good thing.
Personally, I would think it's a bad thing, but we dont get tornados here, so maybe I'm missing something.
jesus is fake science is real
prove it
Alex...I have a message from God...He says that he is tired of you using His air and drinking His water so if you don't believe stop using them.
Ouch .....lol,
Brain... hearing voices is a symptom of schizophrenia... that's not god, just your damaged psyche...
Story about a tornado and you just come onhere and go straight to God bashing. Why?
Can't we all just send good wishes and thoughts to our fellow American citizens.
Alex is a Democrat. Enough said.
@ lisa s-1749992 - THANK YOU!!! A lot of people are suffering right now and these simpletons are cracking jokes. There is nothing funny about any of this.
WhiskeyOnTheRox, Your right there is nothing funny about our fellow citizens being in peril.
Hope everyone comes through this unharmed
Zero chance of that. Do they have tornado warning systems in Dallas?
I live in West Fort Worth. So far there have been injuries in Kennedale and in a nursing home in Dallas. There are warning systems here. Sirens went off in South Dallas and in many parts of Fort Worth around 12:45 to 1. There are still lines going through Arlington and Dallas still possibly producing tornadoes.
Leroy yes we do, all over the place actually.
Agreed Mike xD It's just tornados, they happen everywhere in... what's that place called? Oh yeah, tornado alley.
On the other hand, hope no one gets hurt unless they do something really dumb.
Then again, I'm not feeling very good about that statement... with the first couple comments, somebody may try to run into the tornado to meet Jesus.
Crazy weather patterns this season, we will see more of this stuff thru to the end of the season. Hurricane season is on the horizon and I'm guess that there will be about 15 named storms with 3-5 of them cat3 or higher. Hope everyone stays safe this year and be on alert.
Love these Old Testament Christians out today.
Awww! We love you unconditionally! That's what makes us Christians :) God Bless!
Yeah, riiiight...
Flying Spaghetti Monster bless!
@Kyliesmom You have no concept of unconditional love for your fellow human if you are a religious person. Religion commands you to love which is ridiculous as if love can be commanded. But the real lesson taught by religion is to persecute and hate those who won't believe like you do or live their lives according to your rules. I was a religious person for many years. Luckily education and science cured me of all that nasty hate and prejudice so that I have real love for my fellow human, including the religious people who are always wanting to send me to their nonexistent hell. The atheist bashers here prove my point. Frankly, we aren't the ones who are intolerant of other's views but we will call BS when we hear it.
Yes Louisiana, you seem to be the epitome of all that is tolerance. It's true that the most tolerant among us visit the comment sections of articles where people of faith might be expressing said faith then proceed to ridicule those people; completely rational. People of faith are inundated with hatred and prone to persecuting their faithless neighbors; that's not a generalizing/bigoted statement at all. Clearly, you're the calm voice of reason in the chaos of Christian hatred exhibited all over this thread. Yes, I'm sure that in visiting this thread your goal was simply to spew your "tolerance" all over the place.
For all he has control over? Must have butter fingers on this one!
pic from helicopter?! no way in hell I'd be up in the air with that kind of weather
Hope it hit Bush's mansion, thank God the Lord for any devastation he can pile on Texas, God I give you permission to f*&% with Texas all you want.
You got that right, if I was in an aircraft seing that, if the camera was not able to point directly aft, there we be no footage.
Great footage, bad life choices, In the words of Josey Wales, "Dyin' aint much of a livin, boy"
I am no fan of Bush but Garry you need to get your cranium checked.
wow thanks y'all usually all I see is f*ck you Texas you deserve it.
As bad as this sounds, I hope there is enough damage so FEMA wont deny them aid.
NYMike, understand that your comment was with the best of intentions. But for the record FEMA has not denyed anyone aid in a very long time. Not since Katrina has there been a poor response from FEMA. The only delays have been when the Governors wrongly hesitiated to take Federal assistance based on ideological nonsense. Let's see what Rick Perry does. He just turned down the aid for womens health care. I to hope everyone is well. I have some very good friends in that area as well. I lived there for 5 years.
FEMA has denied several claims within the past couple of years.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/March/FEMA-Denies-Help-for-Illinois-Tornado-Victims-/
http://www.rgj.com/article/J0/20120330/NEWS/303300013/FEMA-denies-disaster-aid-Oregon-homes?odyssey=mod_sectionstories
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/10/07/FEMA-denies-Va-quake-aid-request/UPI-58071318046289/
There are plenty more out there. Bottom line is, a predetermined set of circumstances need to be met. That is regardless if the counties or states can even dig out of said disasters. If they get denied and the states have poorly managed their finances, it's the residents that get screwed.
Wow! That was incredible. Did you see the truck trailers flying in the air?
Mesquite isn't really near Dallas, USED to live in Granbury. Google search it PPL
Mesquite is on the east side of Dallas....this storm is going North
At work, no time to google and just on break so I can check this. I did call my family, 3 tornados have touched down around Mesquite they say but not close enough to damage. Thank you all again for your help.
Actually, Demented1, Mesquite borders Dallas directly. It's a suburb of Dallas. I know this because I grew up there, and graduated from Mesquite H.S. I hope the tornado doesn't hit my alma mater!