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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoodward, Oklahoma is going to need your help.
There have been a lot of updates coming up on Twitter about the Woodward tornado. It looks and sounds devastating.
Woodward, Oklahoma live Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/#!/search/woodward%2C%20oklahoma
News 9 live stream:
http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=207228&BannerId=436
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Woodward, Oklahoma is going to need your help. (Original Post)
bathroommonkey76
Apr 2012
OP
Didn't mean to mislead, the tweet from 4/9 was referring to the 1947 twister not last night's
rainbow4321
Apr 2012
#6
Tess49
(1,579 posts)1. i was watching Channel 9 when it hit. It has done significant damage. n/t
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)2. I hope everyone in that area stays safe.
I can't imagine living in that part of the world.
Screenshot of the Woodward tornado that hit earlier tonight.
Response to Tess49 (Reply #1)
bathroommonkey76 This message was self-deleted by its author.
rainbow4321
(9,974 posts)4. Wow. One tweet written on April 9th: On that date in 1947, Woodward was hit
by a twister, killing 185 people, "wiping out most of the town".
ananda
(28,860 posts)5. All the articles I found said..
... 5 dead, thirty hurt.
rainbow4321
(9,974 posts)6. Didn't mean to mislead, the tweet from 4/9 was referring to the 1947 twister not last night's
death toll. I took it that 4/9 (last week?) was the "anniversary" of that twister.