Heartbreaking for that little girl. I bet she is so scared
Extremely difficult to absorb this for us who live in the far North East. We have a few days warning when a hurricane may or may not hit, but this stuff coming at a minutes notice is terrifying,
We have had just a couple of Iconic Bursts that have leaveled trees and taken out homes in the last few years, perhaps 4 people have died from these ,what ever, but we have been graced with even the worse hurricane doing much less then the damage these tornado's in the mid west have done.
The pictures look like the area was hit with an atom bomb. Same idea, people out of their homes at work, shopping or on the road have no idea what is about to hit them.
Darn, we need people that can build geodesic domes, or homes built semi in ground out there. We have plenty of these homes in New Hampshire and Maine and they are more energy efficient then the 2 story homes any where else in the country.
I drove through Nebraska years ago and have never forgotten the feeling of being unprotected.
As long as we have this weather pattern in the mid west time to rebuild in a manor that goes with the protective idea, this may no happen again for 10 years, but when it does, best not live in a mobile trailer or in a above ground 2 story home.
Wizard of Oz the family had a storm cellar, not too many of them left in a trailer park.