“Had we had a safe room, it would have been our procedure for our students to be there,” said Amy Simpson, Plaza Towers’ principal, at a tearful May 24 news conference. “My school will have a safe room when it’s rebuilt.” Her sentiments were echoed by Briarwood Principal Shelley McMillin. “What we normally do is […]
tornadoes
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In cars
His frustration stems from TV coverage of the EF3 tornado that swept through sections of Central Oklahoma on May 31. That’s when Morgan urged viewers who couldn’t get underground to a shelter to “leave south Oklahoma City and go south. Do it right now.” A little later, Morgan repeated that a tornado warning was in […]
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We’ll be OK
I never really understood the depths of being an Oklahoman. In light of the tornadoes this month, I truly get it. I feel it. Growing up in Oklahoma, we learn to drive before we can walk. We learn to give directions like, “Turn left at the Smiths’,” and, “You’ll see the barn about a mile […]
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Friends in litigious places
Credit: Brad Gregg As first reported by TMZ.com, the lawsuit asserts that Brooks is “willing to lie to avoid paying his debts, and he revels in using his vast wealth and influence to crush anyone who Brooks believes is standing in the way of him getting what he wants.” As a result of his alleged […]
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Hurri-can’t
Credit: Brad Gregg Or not. Oklahoma freshmen congressmen Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, voted last week against a bill to provide $10 billion in emergency relief for flood victims of Hurricane Sandy, which caused an estimated $70 billion in damage in New York and New Jersey. Fortunately for the victims of Sandy, the […]
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CFN Quotes of the Week
“This storm means business.” — Gary England, director of meteorology, KWTV, 5:31 p.m. “Tornado debris ball near Route 66 near El Reno coming into Metro. Know where your family members are and warn them.”— Anchor Linda Cavanaugh (linda4news) via TweetDeck, May 24 “Don’t grab your camera! Don’t be a hero!” — Rick Mitchell, chief meteorologist, […]
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‘Dysfunction’ junction
I found Clifton Adcock’s article “Art suspension” (March 16, Gazette) particularly enlightening. The supersized farming discs erected on the front lawn of the newly christened Office of State Finance (OSF) building intrigue me and concerned me a bit. Being a 22-year veteran of hazard mitigation, I look at man-made structures in terms of how they […]