Boston.com's Big Picture has just released a series of photos of the tornado damage in the Midwest. Striking photos as usual, they did a great job showing the scope of the carnage. The photos can be found here:
Big Picture Severe weather Continues
I listened to a scanner feed for a suburb of Oklahoma City for a very short while yesterday. I believe it was several hours after a tornado had hit and there was quite a bit of traffic. It sounded like the command system was in place with several geographical divisions operating. The voices on the radio sounded calm, in control but tired.
ADDENDUM:
The South Kansas City Observer sent me this link with a recording of dispatch traffic from Joplin, MO at the time of the massive tornado that occurred there on the 22nd. It can be found here:
dispatch tape link
My thoughts and prayers go out to the people who have suffered loss as a result of these storms and to the first responders who rose to the occasion and dealt with these disasters. Strong work folks.
Thanks for reading,
Schmoe
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ReplyDeleteHere's a link to a link of the radio traffic in Joplin. It's compressed, but according to the blog author, a former FF, it's all there.
http://groucho-karl-marx.blogspot.com/2011/05/public-safety-dispatch-audio-of-joplin.html
Amazingly calm. Which is the kind of weather I am ready for--calm, sunny and in the 80s sounds about right!
The Observer
Thanks observer I am going to link it.
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