More Than 30 Killed as Tornadoes Ravage Midwest
- Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:33am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Jerry Vonderhaar and Charles Kellogg survey damage in Limestone County, Ala., after a wave of tornadoes swept through several states. (Jeronimo Nisa/AP)
HENRYVILLE, Ind. (The Blaze/AP) — A string of violent storms scratched away small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky as an early-season tornado outbreak killed more than 30 people, and authorities feared the already ugly death toll would rise as daylight broke on Saturday’s search for survivors.
Massive thunderstorms, predicted by forecasters for days, threw off dozens of tornadoes as they raced Friday from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. Twisters that crushed entire blocks of homes knocked out cellphones and landlines alike, ripped power lines from broken poles and tossed cars, school buses and tractor-trailers onto roadways made impassable by debris.
Weather that put millions of people at risk Friday killed 31, but both the scale of the devastation and the breadth of the storms made an immediate assessment of the havoc’s full extent all but impossible.
Greg Cook hugs his friend David Derrick on Friday after a tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama. (AP)
In Kentucky, the National Guard and state police headed out to search wreckage for an unknown number of missing. In Indiana, authorities searched dark county roads connecting rural communities that officials said “are completely gone.”
“We won‘t know what’s going on before daybreak,” cautioned Sheriff’s Maj. Chuck Adams of the Clark County, Ind., where one person was known to have died in hard-hit Henryville. “Right now, we’re getting by through the night as best we can.”
For those still in the town of about 2,000 north of Louisville, Ky., the birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Col. Harland Sanders, that meant walking down littered streets with shopping carts full of water and food, handing it out to anyone in need. Hundreds of firefighters and police zipped around a town where few recognizable structures remained; all of Henryville’s schools were destroyed.
“It’s all gone,” resident Andy Bell said as he guarded a friend’s demolished service garage, not far from where a school bus stuck out from the side of a restaurant and a parking lot where a small classroom chair jutted from a car window.
“It was beautiful,” he said, looking around. “And now it’s just gone. I mean, gone.”
Susie Renner, 54, said she saw two tornadoes barreling down on Henryville within minutes of each other. The first was brown from being filled with debris; the second was black.
“I’m a storm chaser,” Renner said, “and I have never been this frightened before.”
Friday’s outbreak came two days after an earlier round of storms killed 13 people in the Midwest and South, and forecasters at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center had said the day would be one of a handful this year that warranted its highest risk level. By 10 p.m., the weather service had issued 269 tornado warnings. Only 189 warnings were issued in all of February.
“We knew this was coming. We were watching the weather like everyone else,” said Clark County, Ind., Sheriff Danny Rodden. “This was the worst case scenario. There’s no way you can prepare for something like this.”
A total of 14 people were reported killed in Indiana, including four in Chelsea, where a man, woman and their 4-year-old great-grandchild died in one house. Tony Williams, owner of the Chelsea General Store, said the child and mother were huddled in a basement when the storm hit and sucked the 4-year-old out her hands. The mother survived, but her 70-year-old grandparents were upstairs; both died.
“They found them in the field, back behind the house,” Williams said.
Two people also died further north in Holton, where it appeared a tornado cut a diagonal swath down the town’s tiny main drag, demolishing a cinderblock gas station in one spot and leaving a tiny white church intact down the road. Officials also confirmed three deaths in nearby Scott County and another four in Washington County further west.
“We are going to continue to hit every county road that we know of that there are homes on and search those homes,” said Indiana State Police Sgt. Jerry Goodin. “We have whole communities and whole neighborhoods that are completely gone. We’ve had a terrible, terrible tragedy here.”
An employee of Henryville High School examines the remains of the building following severe storms Friday, March 2, 2012, in Henryville, Ind. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
The death toll stood at 12 in Kentucky, which sent both National Guard troops and Kentucky State Police troopers along with a rescue team into counties about an area an hour west of Lexington.
In West Liberty, Ky., Stephen Burt heard the twister coming and pulled his 23-year-old daughter to safety, just before the tornado destroyed the second story of the family’s home.
“I held onto her and made it to the center of the house, to a closet,” Burt said. “I pushed her into the closet, and I felt like I was getting sand-blasted on my back.”
Kentucky Emergency Management spokesman Buddy Rogers said officials were having difficulty getting into the area to confirm the damage.
“We can’t even get into some of these counties,” he said Friday night. “The power is out, phones are out, roads are blocked and now it’s dark, which complicates things.”
Tornadoes were reported in at least six Ohio cities and towns, including the village of Moscow, where a council member found dead in her home was one of at least three people killed in the state. Several dozen homes were damaged, some stripped down to their foundations, and the Clermont County commissioners called a state of emergency for the first time in 15 years.
Emergency officials in Lee County, Va., said damage from a possible tornado left at least a two-to three-mile path of destruction that may reach far into Tennessee, and damage reports were expected to increase come daylight.
“We don’t know. We can’t get down there,” said Emergency Management Director Jason Crabtree said of areas stretching south of the Virginia line. “This thing may be eight to 10 miles long.”
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Comments (81)
Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:27pmwent thru ike , katrina and the govt is a cluster…
the electrical crews busted their humps…love those people.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:21pmif have extra cash , please send it to someone that will make sure victims get it…
if able , pack some tools, clothes and go help.
no skills , np , all assist will be needed.
it is time to throw all the bs off and become the americans that we think we are…
peace and long life…
my grief and sorrow for all involved.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:25pmexpect to live in a tent, car etc
Report Post »bring supplies, alot if able.
NeoFan
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 3:32pmIf they voted for the GOP in the last election they will not be approved for federal aid.
Report Post »Robert999
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 3:25pmHard to understand what’s going on here. I can see why the Lord would strike Illinois, but why places like Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, which usually vote Republican and are filled with good Christians.
Report Post »siliconvalleydon
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 3:36pmIt has been about 72 every day here for weeks. I got two calls yesterday from people trying to hire me, but since the Facebook IPO will add 900 millionaires to the area, there is a lot of work of all kinds. Maybe God prefers open minded people that don’t mind supporting the government and helping those less fortunate to those that complain constantly about “welfare cheats” and “socialized medicine.” People who don’t accuse young women of being “sluts” because they express a point-of-view and people who don‘t try to ram their particular brand of Christianity down everyone else’s throats.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 3:09pmcspan -last year , a few reps begged to just cut 10% from foreign aid to fund tornado victims…
take a wild guess which way the vote went.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 3:15pmGOP Refuses To Give Relief Money To Tornado Victims
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Cj_qNZ9PYr0
Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 3:23pmactually was the gop and dems…they stacked the bill with bs…more spending.
Report Post »Carefreeflyer
Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:51pmDude … Do you really get your news information from the “Young Turks.com” ?
Report Post »Where were you educated?
Hickory
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 2:25pmThe piece of dirt we have for a president is sending billions to Muslims intent to kill our young troops. Yet…………………. these poor unfortunate people in the tornado devastation are now living in cars without anything to wear or eat. FEMA is putting forth a token effort with minimal crews. This is more than a tragedy, it is a crime. Obama and his gang are committing a crime against humanity. May his sorry Muslim soul rot in Hell!
Report Post »LlanoRio
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 1:51pmThe Condom President seems to be more interested in condoms than he is with the devastation caused by the storms, why hasn’t he addressed the loss of life, property?
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 11:36amJust a short time ago watched the movie “Twister” on Encore and now the tornado season has started with a vengeance. My thoughts & prayers are with all victims. Hopefully, warning-time-factor has improved. It must be very scary when it hits during the night. Acouple of years ago, a tornado hit here in Mt. and I was at a Walmart store and was there during the lock-down and afterward received almost 8K damage to my vehicle but no one was killed. Not “if” but “when” Yellowstone Prk blows, we will be “popsicles” in a short time. No worry…life is dangerous…but I have a close & personal relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ so what-will-be-will-be. I pray these tornado victims have faith and know bad things happen to good people…but we know where we will spend eternity! Praise the Lord!
Report Post »travisrouth
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:49amMay God be with them as they hope to recover
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 11:22amI am so thankful for the advancement of meteorological science. We live on the NE side of Cincinnati and the coverage on the local media WAS MASSIVE. The lives saved because of this is incalculable. T Yes it is tragic that 31 to date have lost their lives and have our thoughts and prayers.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:53pmGod Bless those poor people! Hope our government is as quick to help our own as we always help those in need in other countries. Thank GOD for AMERICA. The land of the free, let’s just keep it that way.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 2:30pmoneshiner,
Report Post »To that I would say : Remember the Memphis Tn floods?
KwikKarl
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:26amSupport our Vets helping these disaster victims. If you’re not aware of these guys, you need to be. They are returning veterans with a desire to continue to serve. It was started by a former Marine Sniper/Wisconsin Badger Jake Wood right after the earthquake in Haiti. In Haiti they through a rag tag team of ER docs, Military Veterans, Paramedics, and combat vets together and helped thousands of victims before big NGO’s could get running.
Please take the time to check these guys out. It is a great story that you will want to be a part of. It is also being used to help returning Vets to readjust to civilian life, but still work side by side with others that have served. I have sent their story to the Blaze, GBTV suggesting a piece be done on them to no avail. They even ventured into Pakistan last year during their disaster to help, no other NGO would risk it…
Please check them out – it’s a great way to help disaster victims in need while supporting our return vets… If your a vet, first responder, doctor, looking to help you can join their teams as well.
Report Post »http://teamrubiconusa.org/contact/press-room/ check out their mission videos and press
http://teamrubiconusa.org/
http://teamrubiconusa.org/about/ Their mission
http://teamrubiconusa.org/blog/ Their current missions – they are on the ground and running in the wake of the past couple days of storms.
Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 3:26pmthanks for the info.
Report Post »KwikKarl
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:00pmYou’re welcome – anything to spread their word. Only thing better than helping those in need, is helping those in need through our military veterans and at the same time giving these returning vets a new mission allowing them to continue being on a “team”. http://vimeo.com/19115049 …
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:20amObama is spending elsewhere so FEMA will not be called in quickly…perhaps not at all.
FEMA was told by the Obama admin to stand down for disasters…cause he has other things he wants to spend up…
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:03amI live close to the destruction. There is a lot of pain and suffering here. Please keep politics out of it! We need your prayers, not yuor comments. thanks
Report Post »tommee
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:48amHere’s a little advise for you. Prayers won’t do it. Ask for cash.
Report Post »HoosierExpatriot
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 1:40pmMoney only does so much, it leaves the heart unfilled and the job half-done. Only the powers of God and the kindness so rarely found in man, that kindness that breeds sacrifice, can truly fix such a great disaster. One can rebuild a community but at the same time take its soul. Prayer will not cause you to wake up tomorrow and find your town as it was but a week ago, but it will cause those divine blessings to be brought to your soul, your house, and your community. Do not disparage someone who asks for prayer, for they know greater than you that money is not the goal of life nor the blood of it, but instead merely a method by which you facilitate an action. Prayer brings kindness, sympathy, faith, courage, and endurance. Money lasts until a trip to wal-mart is finished, but these pieces of human gold, so rare but so valuable, breed more and more like them, and are only put down once the community has abandoned them or evil scourged them. Ask for prayer, for Kentucky, for Ohio, and for my first love, my home state, Indiana. Money will come of its own accord. Kindness will sacrifice its pocketbook first.
Report Post »tommee
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:26pmYou can have the prayers. I’ll take the cash. If you can rebuild with prayers, good for you. I’d pay my suppliers and contractors with money. The job will get done. Then, maybe I’ll pray afterwards when there is nothing else to do.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:56amMy heart goes out to all those who have experienced this devastation and my sincere condolences to those who lost their life.
Fortunately, I have never directly experienced a direct hit of a tornado, but growing up in FL I experienced the aftermath of tornado’s through my neighborhood, mostly during hurricanes. It is amazing how they can devastate several homes and then completely skip others only to devastate the house next door. It is clear that the funnel retracted up and then touched down again. When I lived at the Cape during one of the hurricanes that came through skipped our apartment complex, tore up a trailer at a school 10 feet away from the classrooms, jumped over the rest of the school, bent the basketball hoops over and then took off the second floor of an apartment complex. I never heard anything, no sirens, nothing. This was back in the 70′s.
Report Post »m1tanker
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:53amLast spring i started noticing air plains leaving unusual con trails out here in the Mountain west. They would stretch from horizion to horizon..very unusual. One Sunday I was ourside and noticed 1 very unusual contrail it was shooting trails our of it..I also noticed quite a few more trails that day. Usually those contrails disipate very shortly but the ones I noticed that day kept growing and spreading. Soon the beautiful blue skys we are used to here in the mountain west was all hazy and cloudy. A couple days later Joplin Mo was hit with those horrible tornadoes. I kept noticing these unusual contrails and a couple days later more severe weather in the south and east..Makes 1 wonder what is going on.
Report Post »Also our snow pack was just at normal until this started then our snow pack grew to 200% above average. Our lakes on the Platte river system are controled by the fed reclimation and the levels were very high. Well as most know we had severe flooding last spring.
Well guess what ..its starting all over again. Last Sun, Mon, Tues (feb 26-27-28)They were spraying our skys heavely again . At 1 time Monday I counted 16 trails criscrossing our skys and they continued all morning till late afternoon. Well the tornadoes started Wed.
The government agrees they are using these chemtrails for “weather modification”..Look them up under chemtrails…
Our mountain snowpack is growing by feet and our lakes are all in the 85-90% range. watch out this spring
COFemale
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:04amAnd I’ve seen those little green men causing this phenomena . Please M1 are you serious? As you might guess, I live in Colorado and know that the jet contrails are just that; the jet contrails that are getting spread out because of the high winds we’ve been experiencing. You should know about these as they’ve been occurring almost everyday for the last week and you referenced the Platte area.
Your post is entertaining, but lame.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:28pmChemtrails and HAARP Revealed!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zMjPhHVIOKk
Razorhunters
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:30pmcofemale,
ignorance is not am excuse…
being stupid is your own dam fault.
Report Post »TWO BITS
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:42amThese devastating storms are another blow to many individuals and municipalities that are already economically stressed. I send my prayers to the families of the dead, and wish for strength and endurance for survivors during the difficult path to recovery.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:36amCOFemale -
What part of tornado alley don’t you get? For christ sake, it is labeled as such. Talk about not being the sharpest knife in the drawer. You and the rest of your pseudo conservative friends sound like whining liberals. Of course there is no one safe place to live, but damn, I can assure you there are safer places to live then in tornado alley or in a damn hurricane zone. As far as them moving — it’s not going to happen, but unlike you, I don’t care where one lives, just don’t complain when your house and loved ones are lost, nor do not expect me to feel sorry for them. Are you sure you people are so called conservatives?
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 1:15pmTornado alley also has another name “America’s bread basket”.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:30amThey will just rebuild, bitch about it, then it will happen again and again, and they will rebuild. How much federal money goes to these people that insist on building in areas that are dangerous? Between the morons that build homes in CA that start on fire every damn year, to the fools that build in tornado alley, to ones that build houses on sticks in a hurricane state. Oh well, you can’t fix stupid.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:39amHey! I thought conservatives are supposed to use rational thought? It is irrational to build a home where it gets destroyed year after year. You must be a pseudo conservative because you just used pure feeling in a response to a post that is 100% true.
Report Post »13th Generation American
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:44amHey Mr. Science, no one knows where or when a tornado is going to hit. It’s called the weather, it just happens or is it Gods will? I can never tell with people like you.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:52amHey Genius — its called tornado alley for a reason.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:55amI was born and raised in tornado alley. Like most people from those areas, I was never actually directly hit by a twister.
According to science, no place on earth is completely safe from them and every place has it’s own potential disasters. Be careful about thinking you’re the smart one who keeps yourself immune to them.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:04amI understand about natural disasters, and I understand it can happen to anyone. However, there are certain areas of the US that are more prone to them. Tornado alley is one of them.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:09amYou must be the dumbest rock in the box. Tell us genius what part of the country do you live in and I bet I can find a reason why you are so dumb to live there. Do you ever think before you speak or do you just spout off the first lame lines that come into that pea brain of yours?
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:11amSo everybody should just move out of those states?
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:31am@THXll38
So you think only conservatives live in tornado alley? I guess that tells us all we need to know about you.
Report Post »HoosierHunter
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:32amSo let me make sure I have this right: You belive no one should live in tornado alley, an area that stretches from Texas to North Dakota and Colorado to Ohio. In addition to that, no one should live on the West coast due to earth quakes, the East Coast and Gulf Coast due to Hurricanes. Well, THX38… I suppose we should proclaim that the entire US in not safe for human habitation – Right?
Being a Hoosier and having lost at least 14 of our own yesterday, It is sad to know that when horrible things happen, that you are one person we can not count on for help – You are too busy pointing fingers. Now, I have to run. My family and I are taking a truck load of water, along with our chain saws down to Henryville, In to try to help our Hoosier Family.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:38amMan you people are as dumb as a bunch of rocks. Get this threw your thick moronic skulls. I DO NOT CARE WHERE YOU LIVE, JUST DON’T BITCH ABOUT IT WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, OR EXPECT SOME KIND OF SORROW.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:41amSound like most of the replies to THXLL38 come from people who don’t actually live in tornado alley. Those that do know they tend to follow the same tracks over and over. There are certain towns that get hit over and over, and others that rarely get hit. In the 20 years I’ve lived in this area, I’ve watched storms come at us on radar over and over, and then split into two storms just west of us and go around us. I’ve only know one small twister to actually hit the edge of this town. But MacAffee to the south west of us, where the southern half of that split storm tracks, has had one serious tornado after another. I don’t know what causes the storm to split, I’m not a meteorologist, but I suspect its the Ohio River and the heat sink of Louisville. What I do know is that there is a track across Mercer and Boyle Counties, into Jessamine and southern Fayette, across Madison and up into Estill that gets pounded again and again. There is also an area around Green River Lake that gets pounded over and over. Yesterdays storms almost perfectly followed the bends of the Ohio river, staying on the Indiana side for over an hour. Clearly water and water temperature affects the track of storms. If I lived in those areas, I’d rebuild, but small and with concrete and foam core, and maybe even earth sheltered. A couple of my high school teachers were caught out in the ‘74 Super Outbreak, and the house they built in ‘77 had a bunker bedroom in basement for storms.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:52am@THXll38
“Man you people are as dumb as a bunch of rocks. Get this threw your thick moronic skulls. ”
One would think that a brilliant leftist like yourself would know the difference between “threw” and “through”.
Report Post »FrankW
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:55amHey peabrain where do you think all your grocery’s are grown????????
Report Post »Ampleforth
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 11:45amThis is one of the most breathtakingly stupid things I’ve ever read. First of all, the same people don’t get wiped out year-after-year here in Tornado Alley. Secondly, the only thing that’s ever offered by FEMA are low interest loans. There’s no handouts to these people.
You don‘t think we’re paying for it? My insurance premiums have gone up nearly 100% in the past five years because of the amount of damage done in Kentucky by tornados, hurricane remnants, and the mega ice storm in 2009. My property taxes have gone up by almost that same percentage. It’s too the point where we are going to have to downsize. We will have to sell our house and buy another one. In other words, we’re starting over due to the amount of damage suffered by people in general.
Handouts! What a freakin’ moron. In the aftermath of the ice storm in 2009, we got one thing from FEMA. I found a memo from the head of FEMA in Kentucky warning me not to eat MRE’s they distributed that contained peanut butter due to a samonella (c.s.) risk. THAT’S IT!
Don’t equate those of us in the Midwest and Upper South with the people in the Katrina aftermath. We get nothing! NOTHING! We can take a low-interest loan, but the smart people insure their property for the cost of rebuilding it.
People who have filed claims twice are losing their insurance; therefore, their homes. It’s a bad situation. Mortgage companies make them have insurance.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:59am.
Ya’ll know the Deomcrats are “Licking Their Chops” cause this has got to be more proof that Man Made Global Warming is real……
As far as that bailout to help ya’ll rebuild, who are you gonna vote for?………….
Report Post »m1tanker
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:33amThis may sound wierd but I started noticing the chemtrails last spring. every time the chemtrails would be heavy here in the mountain west a couple days later there would be severe weather in the south and east. I knoticed it last spring just before the tornadoes that wiped out Joplin Mo.
Report Post »Before they start their weather modicication spraying in the spring our mountains are below normal for snow fall. when it begins the snow pack grows by feet. The fed reclimation control our lake levels on the North Platte system. Just like last year our lakes are obove 85-90% and snow pack is growing and they won’t be able to handle the runoff. The Missouri and theMississippi rivers will flood the farm land ….George Sorros will buy more precious farm land for pennys on the dollar
Last Sunday ,Monday,Tuesday (feb26.27,28) the skyes were covered with these “chemtrails” on Monday I counted at 1 time 16 chemtrails. Guess what 2 days later the tornadoes start hitting the south and east ..just like last year. Look up “Chemtrails” and do your own investigation.
jungle J
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:57amWatch how these white people get about doing for themselves…unless they have been infected.
Report Post »mycomet123
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:54amI’m so sorry for all the people who are suffering from the ravages of the tornadoes. My thoughts & prayers go out to you. I also want to apologize to any of those suffering who are reading the comments posted on this article about politics. People do care about your suffering. May Jesus provide you with comfort & strength!!!!.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:50amShouldn’t comments on this story actually PERTAIN to this story? I am sick to death of people rattling on about politics, when the story that this comment section is attached to is about tornadoes, not politics. There. I’ve said it.
Report Post »I pray for the people in this story. I checked on my relatives in southern Illinois, and they are fine Thanks to God, not the paulbots.
MidWestMom
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:05amExactly what I’m thinking and was going to post. This is not about politics or the economy or whatever, this is about people who’ve lost everything…including their lives or the lives of their loved ones. I don’t care who they are or who they vote for. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:08amTo a Paulbot, everybody is a neocon progressive and that includes the victims of those storms. I’m sure they feel the victims, being such, are not worth proper respect..
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:14amWhen you have a one track mind and can’t think for yourself and are just a robot for the left or if you are a Paulbot, you will get posting like this. The best thing to do is to not feed the animals.
Report Post »ianmc002
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:26amTIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
You stated…
“Back in May, Congressman John Mica (R-Fl) offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Here is the amendment Paul groupies.
H.Amdt. 318: An amendment numbered 38 printed in House Report 112-88 to require that the rules of engagement allow any military service personnel assigned to duty in a designated hostile fire area to have rules of engagement that fully protects their right to proactively defend themselves from hostile actions.amending H.R. 1540: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.”
You make me laugh. REALLY. Show me the FULL text of your Amendment and I will tell you why Ron voted against it. Remember the “Patriot Act”? Not very patriotic was it? You are basing your conviction off a title name “save the puppies” but that does NOT necessarily mean it’s gonna save the puppies now does it? I don’t care HOW good the surface of a bill looks, you have to look at it in its entirety you dolt.
Time you are a DOLT. Show me the full text rather than giving the typical Becker partial truth moron.
Ian
Report Post »ianmc002
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:15am@TimeToEndRonPaulCampain2012
I am a typical Ron Paul supporter that you are much superior to…as you claim. Lets talk about those bills Ron voted against.
Report Post »Find me…lets work this out Becker.
Tawny
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:11amOur prayers go out to them all, its truly devastating. =/
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:01amPrayers & condolances to those in the paths. Trust me, tornados are horrible things – lived with them my whole life. Many, many close calls and several times minor to medium damage. Driving on the interstate one time & had an F3 cross 1/8 of mile in front of me. And one time lived 2 blocks away from the path of an F5 – still one of the top 10 biggest, most devasting tornados on record. Absolutely terrifying. People see the pictures but until you‘ve lived thru one you can’t begin to grasp just how terrible they are.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:06amShouldn‘t Obama be there ’feeling their pain’? Naw, it‘s mostly white folks and he’s got an 8:00 tee time.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:30am.
Report Post »Wrong President…..And then he only feels Blue Dresses………..
Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:14amBush wasn’t Clinton either but he took endless crap for not stopping for a photo op. in New Orleans.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:23amWord is already out that FEMA is not to respond quickly to disasters…and perhaps not at all….Obama has spent his budget and is looking for ways to continue to spend.
For instance, other than the above, he is telling the military that the troops need to move back on base…wonder how that will mess with the local economy, eh?
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:51amHaarp weapons!!
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:16amhttp://ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com/category/dutchsinse-2/
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:29amFigures, a kooky paulbot ……blame America first
Report Post »a little to much Alex Jones?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rvMHopVwyXY#!