Tornado On Ground: Quad Cities--Cops Using Humvees For Rescue--Dangerous Floods Hit Midwest
by Monica Davis
I’m sitting 100 feet from an angry Ohio River. The water is slate gray, the clouds are drenching an already saturated ground, and trees give up the ghost in water saturated soils and fall over–right in to power lines. The usual highways and streets are flooding, and motorists are ignoring high water signs, putting themselves and their rescuers in danger.
Police and sheriff’s deputies are patrolling the roads, and have already put the word out for people to keep off streets which habitually flood. Not that it makes any difference: some folk are sure they can walk or drive on water and the cops have to rescue them when they can’t.
Power outages are reported all over. Minneapolis is reporting major power outages:
The thunderstorms that rolled through the Twin Cities area starting around 4 a.m. knocked out power to thousands more customers. While Xcel Energy had restored power to all but about 112,000 by Saturday night, that number had climed to 122,000 by 7:30 Sunday morning, said Xcel spokesman Tom Hoen. MOREHERE
Storms have pummeled Nebraska, Iowa and parts of the upper Midwest, leaving flooded land, damaged houses and power outages behind. The Upper Midwest is at risk for possible tornado producing storms, as the southern midwest, southern Indiana, northern Kentucky deal with flooded roads, power outages and water rescues.
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 312 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
STANNWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANWOOD...CLARENCE...OLIN...OXFORD JUNCTION...CENTER JUNCTION...
WYOMING...ONSLOW...LOST NATION...MONMOUTH...NASHVILLE...CANTON...
HALE...OXFORD MILLS...BALDWIN...ELWOOD...WILDWOOD ACRES...
BUCKHORN...MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...EMELINE AND MAQUOKETA
CAVES STATE PARK.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUZZARD RIDGE WILDLIFE AREA...
MASSILLON PARK...JOINERVILLE COUNTY PARK AND EDEN VALLEY REFUGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW! source: national weather service
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pay attention to roads—flooded roads n roads with stornn debris
I’m sorry to hear about the disasters in this area and my thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by these storms, but I’m also interested in finding out the “intent” behind this posting.
Is this a “pro” or “con” story?
The fact that the police used “Humvees” to rescue people, made me wonder.
A “Humvee” is a “military” style vehicle, see what I mean?
If the police in question, used Humvees as a last resort to rescue people, then they had to do, what they had to do, and more power to them.
But, if on the other hand, they were conducting some military or other gov, anti-American citizen drill at the time, then that changes the whole story, see what I mean?
Just wondering.
analyse it as u see fit: humvees are military vehicles, but this was a disaster; much of our national guard was used in homegrwn disasters; now they are worn out with repeated deployments==and their equipment is either over seas or worn out