Sunday, May 22, 2011

Post date: May 22, 2011 1:34:11 PM

0830 CDT: MADDENING!!! We hung around Coffeyville, KS yesterday, waiting for the CAP to break... and then when we realized we needed to be SE of OKC, we just couldn't get there in time. By the time we reached the cell, it was falling apart. Looks like many of our friends got to see the Ada, OK tornado, though, so congrats to them! Now we start Tour 2, saying a fond farewell to our Tour 1 friends... Here's today's tornado outlook:

1230 CDT: We've gotten our "lost child" from the airport (who was stranded yesterday due to power problems in Minneapolis) and now we're headed towards Tulsa, OK. Conditions look pretty good for us for at least the first few days of Tour 2, so we're hopeful and we'll see how it goes.

As for looking back at Tour 1, here's the data for the tour:

...and here's yesterday's travel map:

1600 CDT: We're headed for a tornado-warned cell in Kansas.

2345 CDT: For those of you who aren't already aware, yes, we were in Joplin, MO on Sunday... just moments after the tornado(es) hit and did unbelievable damage. We were some of the first on the scene for around a dozen tractor trailers that had been blown over near Exit 11 on Highway 44. Several of our group are emergency responders and lent assistance to a few of the injured truckers there... including transport to the hospital for a couple of them. The devastation there was unfathomable, and my thoughts are with this devastated community...

Now I need sleep..................................