Amory and Smithville posters

[parabrave]

Hope you are ok and Safe. A massive tornado just hit Amory and heading toward Smithfield.

[Homedawg]

Just saw that. Terrible.

[parabrave]

Radar indicated winds at 180 surface winds when it hit Amory.

[Commercecomet24]

This the same tornado that hit rolling fork and silver city?

[parabrave]

This the same tornado that hit rolling fork and silver city?

Apparently the same cell. Major damage in north Amory.

[Dawg_Lover]

Wasn?t Smithville pretty much wiped out 10 or so years ago? Good grief, those poor people.
SVD was right. Tonight has been so bad.

[parabrave]

Wasn?t Smithville pretty much wiped out 10 or so years ago? Good grief, those poor people.
SVD was right. Tonight has been so bad.

Roads are blocked in Amory from all the debris blocking the roads.

[Commercecomet24]

Apparently the same cell. Major damage in north Amory.

Wow! This is awful! Praying!

[Dawg_Lover]

Wow! This is awful! Praying!

Me too, CC, me too. Psalm 23:1-6

[parabrave]

Pic of Tornado entering Rolling Fork'

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsCUolWWwAIzEgN?format=jpg&name=small

[starkvegasdawg]

Wasn?t Smithville pretty much wiped out 10 or so years ago? Good grief, those poor people.
SVD was right. Tonight has been so bad.

I just got back home. Tonight changed me forever. What I saw tonight in Silver City hurts the mind and I'm sure the same scene was played out elsewhere.

[Reunion Dog]

Is this real or fake?

[Dawg_Lover]

I just got back home. Tonight changed me forever. What I saw tonight in Silver City hurts the mind and I'm sure the same scene was played out elsewhere.


I cannot imagine. I do not want to imagine. But, in my longer lived life, I have seen a few things including death. Do not get me wrong, my experiences could not compare to the violence you witnessed tonight.

But it did change me. I realized I was mortal, I was really going to die. It is hard to explain really, but for the first time in my life I realized how fragile life is, how fragile this body of flesh we walk around in really is. They say it is as if a tiny, whisper of a thread is holding each of us here, and it can snap at any moment.

It will took me a while to sort it all out in my mind, to get past the morose state of mind I seemed to be stuck in for a while. You may go through something similar, or worse, or not at all. What helped me was talking about it with a couple of people, in my life, who were always willing to be my sounding board. I cannot stress that enough. Verbalizing it will help you work through things in your head.

Then, with time, you will mostly get back to who you were with an added layer of strength, wisdom, and renewed appreciation for the family and friends still here. This may sound strange, but I also felt I had lost a bit of innocence or na?vet? concerning life that I had not even realized was there.

What you experienced tonight was unimaginable, but you were also helping others who needed you more, in that moment, than they have ever needed anything in their lives. That was selfless. Thank you for that.

I hope you, and the others, do not think I am a rambling or meddling older lady, and then maybe I am. But if so, it was with good intentions.

Take care, SVD. Live well.

[basedog]

WOW, I worked storm restoration for 22 years, I saw way too much destruction but can only say I never was in as much damaged of injury as some may have experienced last night. I feel bad thinking about the devastation, and I pray for all the ones suffering with losses! Mississippi is most definitely in the tornado alley it seems.

[R2Dawg]

Prayers for all those affected. Terrible situation.

Destruction is destruction but 2011 storms thru Miss and Alabama were as bad as has ever been.

[MrCoachKlein]

My cousins brother in law died. His wife, 7 year old boy and 5 year old daughter hurt really, really bad. 2 year old missing. Trailer completely gone. Only slab left. Y'all pray for them please.

[DownwardDawg]

My cousins brother in law died. His wife, 7 year old boy and 5 year old daughter hurt really, really bad. 2 year old missing. Trailer completely gone. Only slab left. Y'all pray for them please.

Unimaginable. I'm praying for them.

[parabrave]

Is this real or fake?

Real taken by a storm chaser/

[Cowbell]

My cousins brother in law died. His wife, 7 year old boy and 5 year old daughter hurt really, really bad. 2 year old missing. Trailer completely gone. Only slab left. Y'all pray for them please.

Ethan is my distant cousin (3rd/4th) - his mother and father are salt of the earth people and were instrumental to me in my young life. They lost their home as well. Small world

[KB21]

A nurse that used to work for me lost her house in Smithville.

[MrCoachKlein]

Ethan is my distant cousin (3rd/4th) - his mother and father are salt of the earth people and were instrumental to me in my young life. They lost their home as well. Small world

I'm sick at my stomach.

[Commercecomet24]

My cousins brother in law died. His wife, 7 year old boy and 5 year old daughter hurt really, really bad. 2 year old missing. Trailer completely gone. Only slab left. Y'all pray for them please.

So sorry to hear that! Praying for them!

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

A nurse that used to work for me lost her house in Smithville.

Last name start with "Be"? Might me my aunt. Had to be dug out of their home this early AM

[99jc]

I just got back home. Tonight changed me forever. What I saw tonight in Silver City hurts the mind and I'm sure the same scene was played out elsewhere.
I FEEL YA. As federal 1st responder i have seen my share of death and destruction the past 30 years. I am almost numb when i go into these areas that a natural disaster has destroyed. i have really been changed myself. Sports take a distance back seat to these type of events.

[RocketDawg]

A friend of mine volunteers a lot with Samaritan's Purse. He said that a group is heading to Mississippi, but don't know if it's Rolling Fork, Star City, or Amory. His section of SP works as chaplains.

[Commercecomet24]

I just got back home. Tonight changed me forever. What I saw tonight in Silver City hurts the mind and I'm sure the same scene was played out elsewhere.

Praying for you, SVD! I know you had a tough night.

[Westdawg]

Just left Silver City?.it?s all gone. As bad as any storm damage I?ve ever encountered. Was talking with the chief investigator for Humphreys County SO, and and he said as bad as it was at Silver City, Rolling Fork was on a scale of severity far beyond what had happened there. Silver City is just a small community of a few hundred ppl, but pretty much everyone there lost everything last night.

[Saltydog]

I live in Amory and it's bad. This is the first time I've had a chance to jump online since last night. I live in the southern part of town and I got lucky. Had a 50 year old oak tree that was flattened and I wasn't directly in the worst part. Luckily it blew away from the house and across the street. I've got some rental properties with some slight damage too but again, they're in the southern to center part of town. The northern part is a catastrophe. I hunkered down in a storm shelter and when I got out I knew it was bad. When daylight broke it was worse than I thought. Nobody killed in Amory proper and that's unbelievable. Elementary and High Schools took direct hits. Baseball field is essentially gone. We've been told we could be w/o power for 4-5 more days. No water either. It's a pretty surreal scene.

[parabrave]

I live in Amory and it's bad. This is the first time I've had a chance to jump online since last night. I live in the southern part of town and I got lucky. Had a 50 year old oak tree that was flattened and I wasn't directly in the worst part. Luckily it blew away from the house and across the street. I've got some rental properties with some slight damage too but again, they're in the southern to center part of town. The northern part is a catastrophe. I hunkered down in a storm shelter and when I got out I knew it was bad. When daylight broke it was worse than I thought. Nobody killed in Amory proper and that's unbelievable. Elementary and High Schools took direct hits. Baseball field is essentially gone. We've been told we could be w/o power for 4-5 more days. No water either. It's a pretty surreal scene.

How did you know it was coming and to get in your shelter? TV? Internet? of heard sirens?

[Commercecomet24]

I live in Amory and it's bad. This is the first time I've had a chance to jump online since last night. I live in the southern part of town and I got lucky. Had a 50 year old oak tree that was flattened and I wasn't directly in the worst part. Luckily it blew away from the house and across the street. I've got some rental properties with some slight damage too but again, they're in the southern to center part of town. The northern part is a catastrophe. I hunkered down in a storm shelter and when I got out I knew it was bad. When daylight broke it was worse than I thought. Nobody killed in Amory proper and that's unbelievable. Elementary and High Schools took direct hits. Baseball field is essentially gone. We've been told we could be w/o power for 4-5 more days. No water either. It's a pretty surreal scene.

Glad you're safe. Praying for those affected by this. Bad, bad night for a
lot of folks.

[starkvegasdawg]

How did you know it was coming and to get in your shelter? TV? Internet? of heard sirens?

Have multiple ways to get warnings but make damn sure one of them is a NOAA weather radio with SAME technology.

[Saltydog]

How did you know it was coming and to get in your shelter? TV? Internet? of heard sirens?

This was part of the same storm that hit Rolling Fork so wtva (Tupelo) had been tracking it for a long time. Kinda died down around Houston and then picked up and organized east of Okolona before proceeding thru Wren into Amory and Smithville. I knew the long track showed it going thru Monroe County so I had plenty of time to prepare. Btw, Matt Laubhan at WTVA is an outstanding broadcast meteorologist. He was all over this thing last night.

[Dawg_Lover]

Have multiple ways to get warnings but make damn sure one of them is a NOAA weather radio with SAME technology.


Over 20 years ago, I bought the Midland WR120B. There may be better ones out there, but this one is still serving me well.

[parabrave]

Over 20 years ago, I bought the Midland WR120B. There may be better ones out there, but this one is still serving me well.

O got one in 2004 when WLOX was giving them away. Got it for my mom when I was away at work. Watched it go under water during Katrina.

[99jc]

O got one in 2004 when WLOX was giving them away. Got it for my mom when I was away at work. Watched it go under water during Katrina.

This thread made me very sad. i have sat here reflecting on all the tragic life altering events i have witnessed firsthand. The people i have come across that have lost their possessions and more tragically their lives. I know how SVD felt when you see bodies lying in the rubble especially children. I worked some of the worst natural disasters Moore Oklahoma tornado in 99, Katrina, Michael, Ian the list goes on and on. i told my wife a few months ago I've seen enough time to retire no more deployments. I am not to proud to say i have cried with many victims. and had nightmares on numerous occasions. Yep i am too old for this!

[starkvegasdawg]

This thread made me very sad. i have sat here reflecting on all the tragic life altering events i have witnessed firsthand. The people i have come across that have lost their possessions and more tragically their lives. I know how SVD felt when you see bodies lying in the rubble especially children. I worked some of the worst natural disasters Moore Oklahoma tornado in 99, Katrina, Michael, Ian the list goes on and on. i told my wife a few months ago I've seen enough time to retire no more deployments. I am not to proud to say i have cried with many victims. and had nightmares on numerous occasions. Yep i am too old for this!

I'm going to tell you I now have a new found respect for first responders. 10 minutes after I was on the scene I was mentally done for. Massive tip of the cap to those there for hours and saw even more than I did. Massive respect for you doing this all over the nation. I honestly don't know that I have the mental fortitude to do that.

But here is what I do know. I am going to dramatically increase the amount of medical gear I take with me. Being very early on the scene there were not a lot of first responders there and very few of them were medics. No ambulances. It was gut wrenching hearing them yelling out asking if anybody had certain medical supplies and nobody did. I usually carry a basic first aid kit with an emphasis on large bandages and gauze pads, but I left without it this time. Never again. I'm going to increase those supplies and add things like portable stretchers and cervical collars. They were carrying people out on pieces of debris and the little girl I was assisting with wrapped up in a fireman's jacket. They delayed at least 10 minutes getting them to a hospital hoping somebody would show up with those basic supplies to help make transporting them safer and finally couldn't wait any longer.

[Pancho]

Glad you're safe. Praying for those affected by this. Bad, bad night for a
lot of folks.

We are hoping to be allowed in today to tarp relatives roofs and help them preserve what they can. It's pure awful.