The Burning Platform
I had to go and post a prepper article, and then leave out one of the main characters: GOD. Well, he visited this morning to remind me who’s in charge: HIM.A tornado hit where I live dead on at about 5am, and killed 10 people. It missed my house by only 1/2 a mile. It cut a swath through town many miles long. Admin will be happy to know there are a few hundred square feet less of retail space around here today.
I certainly heard the tornado. It was like a wind gust that just got worse and worse; very loud. Then it died down and I went back to sleep. My daughter woke me up calling to make sure I was okay.
There’s no power in town, and driving to work I saw about 150 police cars from all over Southern Illinois. They had a mobile command center set up, and there were at least 100 ambulances from everywhere. They were trying to dig people out of rubble.
FYI, this is a great example of the people that live around here. Fat, Fat, Fat dopes.
Oh the horror, McShit’s didn’t get hit. But they aren’t open either (no power)
The hospital got hit, but not the hospital I work at. It’s been deemed “unsafe for usage”. It’s our rival, and we don’t like each other!
Surprise, Surprise, a trailer park got wiped out.
God has a sense of humor. The twister took out most of the bank:
If you think God isn’t pissed by the actions of some of his “followers”, guess again:
God, I’m sorry I didn’t mention you in my “beans and rice” post. Please forgive me. We should all prepare for acts of God and nature as well as the FSA zombies, and never forget he’s in charge.
At least 10 killed as severe storms hit southern Illinois
Associated Press/Chicago Tribune
12:32 p.m. CST, February 29, 2012
At least 10 people were killed in downstate Harrisburg when a tornado hit the city of 9,000 this morning and left the medical center scrambling to treat dozens of injured, authorities said.
Officials initially reported that as many as 10 people had died in the city of 9,000, but later revised the figure. Another 100 people were injured from the tornado, which hit at 4:56 a.m., authorities said. Between 250 to 300 houses were damaged or destroyed and about 25 businesses were badly hit, authorities said.
The Harrisburg Medical Center sustained damage in the storm, but remained open and was treating some of the injured, according to Vince Ashley, CEO of the 78-bed hospital. No one was injured at the medical center, he said.
“It’s been quite a rush. They’re still coming in, but we’ve been able to keep up with the flow of injured coming in,” Ashley told The Associated Press more than three hours after the storm passed. “Helicopters have been coming in and out here all morning.”
The worst hit was Harrisburg. Whole blocks appeared flattened, and WSIL-TV reported that power lines were down throughout the city and gas lines were leaking.
The southeast portion of the city experienced the worst damage, the station reported, including a strip mall near U.S. 45 that was flattened. The Red Cross has opened a shelter at First Baptist Church on North Main Street.
Authorities were searching house by house, meticulously searching for victims, Harrisburg Daily Register managing editor Terry Geese told The Associated Press.
A 61-year-old woman whose home was nearly destroyed by the pre-dawn storm said she took shelter in her bathtub.
Margaret Shimkus said she woke to the sound of loud crashing and shattering glass. She first tried to get under her bed, then ran to her bathtub as parts of the building blew apart. Shimkus said the walls of her duplex were left standing. Besides a cut on her leg from flying glass, she wasn’t seriously hurt. Four other apartments in her complex were destroyed.
Classes at Harrisburg schools have been canceled. Ameren Illinois says service is out to about 12,300 customers.
Local emergency management officials are asking people to stay away from the Harrisburg area as crews survey widespread and serious damage, according to The Southern Illinoisan newspaper in nearby Carbondale.
In nearby Gallatin County, police say the storm destroyed a Catholic church in the village of Ridgway, leaving only the front wall standing.
Back in Harrisburg, the medical center’s Ashley said the hospital had ample warning of the storm’s approach and moved its patients to secured areas before it hit. But the storm knocked out the site’s heating and air-conditioning systems, prompting the hospital to begin transferring patients to hospitals elsewhere.
I get to practice some prepping for awhile. No electricity. But, thank you God for sparing my life! Now I can annoy more boomers and fat people, hooray!
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