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New Details Emerge About Baby Girl Found Alone in Indiana Field

New Details Emerge About Baby Girl Angel Babcock Found Alone in Indiana Field

Angel Babcock, 20 months old, is the sole survivor of her five-member family after a tornado ripped through their New Pekin, Ind. home. She was found alone in a field and remains in critical condition in a Kentucky hospital. (Image source: Courier-Journal)

UPDATE (8:50 p.m. 3/4/12): Angel Babcock Died Sunday at 4:10 p.m.

 

The 20-month-old baby girl found alone in an Indiana field in the aftermath of Friday’s tornado devastation is the lone survivor of her family of five.

New Details Emerge About Baby Girl Angel Babcock Found Alone in Indiana Field

Angel Babcock's 21-year-old father Joseph Babcock and 20-year-old mother Moriah Brough were killed, along with their other two children. (Image source: Daily Mail)

Angel Babcock’s 21-year-old father Joseph Babcock, 20-year-old mother Moriah Brough, 2-year-old brother and 2-month-old sister all perished in a tornado that ripped through New Pekin, Ind. and somehow transported the little girl into the field, WXYZ-TV reported.

According to the Louisville, Ky. Courier-Journal, neighbors said the family was seen hunkering down in their mobile home, lying face down in a hallway with their hands clasped in prayer as the tornado approached. A family friend told WXYZ they were violently thrown from the home and their bodies scattered.

“Kendall was a month-and-a-half old. And she was found in her car seat upside down. Jayden was 2 years old and he was found under the rubble,” Sherry Young, the mother of Joseph Babcock’s best friend told the station. “Joseph was found on the opposite side of the road from his house. Moriah was found underneath a tree. Angel was found out in the middle of the field all alone. She’s 20 months old.”

There are conflicting reports about how far away from her home Angel was found, and whether she was completely by herself or was surrounded by her deceased family members. Some reports said the field was in Salem, Ind., 10 miles away from New Pekin, while other reports said she was found close to her home.

She was initially taken to a hospital in Salem before being flown to Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky. with no name and no family. A spokeswoman for the Salem hospital told the Associated Press that Angel was found near her home.

After she was brought to Kosair, authorities used television broadcasts to put out a search for her relatives. Cis Gruebbel, vice president of patient care services at Kosair, told the Courier-Journal the little girl’s extended family is now with her.

“She is in extremely critical condition,” her grandfather Jack Brough told the newspaper. “She’s had a lot of injuries to her head. The doctors told us that the next 24-48 hours are very critical. I’m just asking everyone to pray for my granddaughter and for my family.”

Sherry Young told WXYZ the family did not have any insurance, and a Bank of America fund has been set up for them called the Babcock Family Fund. Money collected will be used to pay for funeral expenses, and any funds remaining will go into a trust fund for Angel.

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  • marthasusan40
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:25pm

    If you want to help, visit the site of http://www.asamom.org This site has listed many addresses of local churches that are collecting supplies. You can mail a package or call in with a cash donation. Do not forget the prayers..they need many many prayers.

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    • GardenoftheGods
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 5:56pm

      It’s been reported that this little angel has been taken off life support & has died. God have mercy on her family.

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 6:40pm

      http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/04/toddler-found-hurt-alone-in-indiana-field-after-storm-dies/

      Very sad.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 7:09pm

      oh no , we all had hopes that she can make it .
      She joined her family .
      R I P to all the victims .

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 7:15pm

      Very sad.

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    • keepthefaith
      Posted on March 5, 2012 at 7:27pm

      I am so sad for the family. This was in the Good Morning America story. This is very touching to read:

      “I had my arm around her when she took her last breath,” Babcock said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. “I sang to her itsy-bitsy spider.”

      Angel’s mother, Moriah Babcock, 20, father Joseph Babcock, 21, and two siblings Jayden and Kendall were found dead in the same field as the toddler Friday afternoon. Angel’s grandmother told ABC News that when she let her granddaughter go Sunday afternoon, she knew the baby girl was going in the arms of her father.

      “We were all around the bed, I had my hand on the side of her, and I reached for her hand, and was holding her hand,” Babcock said. “I don’t know what made me let go but she put her arms straight up, she was daddy’s little girl. So daddy picked her up and took her. The whole room seen that. He was just like, standing in front of her. She wanted to go with daddy.”

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  • marthasusan40
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:23pm

    please visit http://www.asamom.org this site has 4-5 listed addresses of Churches in the areas that were affected by the storms. There is a list of items that they need. as well as many many prayers.

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  • DREDGE
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:11pm

    Yow!!! What a bunch of whack jobs!!!
    No big mystery here, build a shelter, go hide in it.
    The midwest farmers always anticipated tornados, dug a root cellar
    and climbed into it when the tornado struck. Are people just too
    stupid today or what???

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    • lcovar
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 4:44pm

      Do you feel better now??

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 7:12pm

      @ DREDGE

      They were poor & now they’re all gone .
      Next time think twice before you post .

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    • FoxholeAtheist
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:43am

      Didn’t you read? They were praying instead of seeking shelter because prayer works. It really really does.

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  • EmilyC
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 1:26pm

    to 666sucks — you are so right! I have said from day one (and I didn‘t vote for obammie because my heart and gut told me something wasn’t right about all of this) that the most obvious bit of evidence that obammie is not a citizen is that he is un-American, totally! If he were acting in such a manner to protect this country and her people, no one would dare be questioning his eligibility — but we are questioning it because he‘s showing us he’s a traitor, guilty of treason and God help us if he gets re-elected because they will finish off this once great country!

    My prayers for baby Angel–and God rest the souls of her family and keep them all in his hands!

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  • Fuddy-duddy
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 1:07pm

    The article said the 6 week old infant was placed in a car seat. I wonder if they were planning on evacuating and couldn’t, or if they thought the car seat was the safest place for the infant while they waited out the storm. I pray the surviving baby recovers quickly.

    After a family’s home has been burglarized they often increase security on their homes; I wonder if the same is true for those directly affected by tornadoes. When they rebuild are they more likely to include a storm cellar or tornado safe room? Does anyone know?

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 1:27pm

      The answer to that is yes; just like if you do not wear a seat-belt and survive a crash ……..

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    • Capitalist Mama
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:23pm

      As the mother of two young ones, we put the toddler in her car seat as an added safety measure during tornadoes. Also put a bike helmet on the older one. Not much you can really do.

      Praying for this little girl.

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  • supressorgrid
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:52am

    Is there anywhere that I can send money to help this little girl? Poor little thing needs all the friends she can get right now. Every one, no matter what their political views must come together to help. Let us set our diferences aside just for a time because she needs us all!

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    • ProudInfidel
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:14pm

      Sherry Young told WXYZ the family did not have any insurance, and a Bank of America fund has been set up for them called the Babcock Family Fund. Money collected will be used to pay for funeral expenses, and any funds remaining will go into a trust fund for Angel.

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    • BenInNY
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:21pm

      Can’t find any link to info for that online beyond the name “babcock family fund.” Your best bet may be to click the link in this story to the Courier-Journal, Scroll almost to the bottom, and call up one of the reporters to see if they have the info for it. Or maybe you could call the local branch of Bank Of America.

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    • BenInNY
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:27pm

      Whoops, that WXYZ for the fund info, the courier journal has this in their story: “Go to helpkosairchildrenshospital.com and designate that your donation go to Angel Babcock to help with her care.”

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:59am

    Apparently the tornado picked her up and liked what it saw in her, and it said you little one will stay in the field for now. And those of you who can’t believe this can happen think nothing is wonderful or mysterious in life. It doesn‘t interest you that women living together mimic each other’s menstrual cycles, because of unseen connections. It doesn’t interest you women have a 28 day cycle as the moon does. It doesn’t interest you that you can think about someone as they call. And many more mysterious things do not interest you.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:08am

      It doesn’t interest you that for some reason in this day the clouds are floating closer to the earth surface. No but you sure are interested in liars who read your palms.

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    • Espada
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:09am

      Your inane opinions, especially, do not interest me.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:09am

      Are you off your meds again ITS? You say the lamest things in post that have nothing to do with the topic at hand. Then again maybe you are on drugs and this is why you say illogical statements. Focus.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:17am

      Or people even spend too much time listening to people such as COFemale – probably a progressive – who use Alinsky tactics to shut people down such as saying “Are you off your meds?” which is exactly the same tactic as calling someone a racist to shut them down. You wicked ways are falling short of their mark but you will have plenty of time in the sea of discontent to think about it as you burn in your own ashes.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:29am

      I suppose you Progressives need to read in the Bible about what the Lord will do to you if you kill his son. These aren’t the days to be messing around with God, because these aren’t the days of Herod, and are the days that the Lord will deal with you.

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    • crazyrightwingmom
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:46am

      I’m afraid ITS is a plant to make us all look as weird.

      Please, ITS, if not a troll, just calm down. Find a friend.

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    • mycomet123
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:51am

      To Everyone except ITSJUSTTIM, I think the kindest thing we can do for this poor misguided soul is to pray for him/her & leave them be! Insults may be cruel because they may be mentally unstable.

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    • ThoreauHD
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:13pm

      Dude’s even talking to himself. Go back to sucking on Soros’ knob and leave us be.

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 7:13pm

      Lol, even I think ITSJUSTME is a plant to make people on the Blaze look crazy.

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  • Cat
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:47am

    Been to tornado alley many times and proposed the following life safety solution to code enforcement authorities.

    Make it compulsory via building code that an independent, water tight & vented, subterranean steel reinforced concrete safe, sufficient in size to temporarily quarter four adults, with a top mounted, bright yellow striped, passage latched, steel access door, must be installed before a permit is issued to strap any prefabricated home to the ground. And, construct the prefabricated units with direct floor access to the safe’s access door beneath it.

    Similar units are prefabricated in nearly every city in tornado alley, they’re call septic tanks, or storm water junction boxes.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:58am

      They can probably even be made with an old car frame: the steel is already shaped and welded in strong unibody. Set it in a hole under the spot where the mobile home will be. Wrap it up in plastic (to make it watertight) and pour concrete around it. Access would be through the home‘s floor and the car’s roof. Could it really be that cheap and easy?

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    • Cat
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:04am

      Chuck:

      Not a bad idea!

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    • chasbronson
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:29pm

      Do we really need more regulation? These poured concrete above ground bunkers can be a room incorporated into the construction of a house if someone chooses.They do not need the expense of a sealed underground bunker.We are here on this Earth for a season, some people’s season last longer.We cannot expect government to regulate us into living a safe and happy life, raising the cost of just living a simple life out of reach.Just saying.

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    • ambwoster
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:59pm

      Problem with the car idea is that the windshield is the main strength of the car if the front window breaks you would not survive a rollover.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:50pm

      CAT doing what you suggest will more than double the cost of such trailer/prefab homes. for many this is all that they can afford and now that would be unaffordable.

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    • Cat
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 4:19pm

      Stoic >

      Don’t know if it would double the cost, but a good size waterproofed pre-cast concrete septic tank runs about $700 – $900 installed, sans drain field, set in excavated sand.
      Fitting a steel hatch and venting might run a few hundred more.
      A 1250 gal tank is large enough for two adults and two kids to hunker down in for a few hours.
      Might get cramps after awhile, but consider the alternative.

      Recall being inside an earthen storm well in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, it wasn’t much bigger and doubted the shabby wooden doors would stop much from being sucked out during a tornado. The property owners had to use it twice in twenty years, so it did serve its purpose.

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  • Gladius_Doctorae
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:41am

    This type of cr@p just irritates me to no end. I know God has his plans, but I really wish I knew why something like this happens. Even thinking about and playing out this scenario, if it happened to my family, in my mind is so horrid I have to shake my head, shred those thoughts, and bury them in the lock-box in the back of my mind. I would be a worthless wreck if I lost any of my children. Unbelievable! I guess the only consolation I can come up with is that all too often we get busy with life and forget to really cherish every moment. Maybe this is just one of those reminders. I wish I could take away that little girls pain for her, as she grows up and begins to understand. They, among others, will be in my prayers. God bless that family.

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    • elrond3737
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:59am

      Which is better Heaven or here? I have lost 3 children and that is how I see it.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:40am

    May the family left behind find peace in their grief. To loose a whole family except a seriously damaged little girl is sad beyond measure. God bless her and the rest of the family.

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  • Mojoron
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:34am

    That makes sense, pay the undertakers before trying to save the baby.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:15am

      Did it occur to you that maybe someone already stepped up to pay the medical expenses for the child?

      How can you be so insensitive. If the family had NO insurance and you have to pay for 4 funeral’s at an average cost of $5000 a piece that is $20,000. I’m sure the grandparents do not have that kind of money.

      Maybe this explains your avatar name; just remove the JO.

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:38am

      Come on man. Are you kidding me ! Do you think the hospital is going to ask for the money up front? The dead must be buried ! Start thinking things through. They call it the mouth overloading the brain !

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:45am

      Maybe he thinks the government taxpayers should pay for funerals like they want us to pay for people having sex (Contraceptives)

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  • LOTO
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:27am

    I pray that this child fully recovers and that a loving Christian family is blessed with her.
    I also pray that she sees testimony rather than bitterness.
    Amen

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:31am

      Amen.

      I look at this and wonder if possibly a message is contained within.

      Life itself “IS” Gods. We have come to covet it. Instead of being grateful to God for it.

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  • MONICNE
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:20am

    God’s will be done.

    We are all Catholics now!

    TEA

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  • grannyjojo
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:10am

    Heavenly Father, I pray for the recovery of this little girl. She has endured more then her fair share. Father God, I know you are by her side with your angels surrounding her. Lord, I ask that You bring Your angels to surround the family of this precious soul of Yours and give them the comfort and hold them in the palm of Your hand, Lord. May this little girl be an inspiration to all she encounters in her life and bring more into Your family as she recounts what has occurred to her. Lord, my heart breaks for this little girl and her family and I pray that You meet all all their needs, whether they are spiritual, physicial, monetarily or anything else they might possibly need. I ask this in Your Holy name, the name above all, Amen.

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:09am

    Tornados are one of my biggest fears.The horrors these parents felt fearing for thier children and not being able to help even themselves is heartbreaking.Why one survives and not the others is a question that only God can answer.

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  • Zcat
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:07am

    So sad, I hope the little girl makes a full recovery. My prayers go out to the family who’s lost so many loved one in the tragedy.

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  • momrules
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:03am

    There is a reason that this little girl was found alive when all her family perished. God always has a plan and we do not know how He will use this miracle or the tragedy of the deaths of the others.
    I pray the Angel survives her injuries. Thy will be done.

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  • LoisLane1951
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:59am

    Those of us who live in “tornado alley” know to watch the weather closely this time of year. Those who live in mobile homes usually have a safe place such as a relative’s house with a basement. It‘s tragic that this family didn’t head to their safe place hours before the storm struck as no mobile home is safe. Perhaps someone enterprising inventor could come up with an affordable “bunker” for people who live in manufactured homes.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 11:26am

      If it would be more affordable, build a tornado shelter in every mobile home park where tenants can hunker down during times like this. Depending on the size of the park, two might have to be built. A portion of the monthly rent could be used to pay for it. It should not be mandatory, but perhaps the state could give owners of such parks an tax incentive for building one or two.

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    • chiquita
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 4:36pm

      @cofemale…..nice idea!! Wish is could grow feet.

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  • Look4DBigPicture
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:41am

    Heartbreaking … absolutely heartbreaking. Their family and friends must be devastated. I pray that this special little girl bring a bright light of happiness into their lives.

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  • honor007
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:36am

    Prayers for this little and girl and the towns that were affected. This is such a horrible tragedy :/

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  • 666Sucks
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:31am

    Glenn, I’d hoped that you would “cowboy up” as you always preach and at least change your stance to say, I ‘m not personally convinced Obama’s Birth Certificate is a Fraud, but more power to Sheriff Arpaio who was willing to do the Hard Right. Instead you continue to “Saul Alinsky” Arpaio and we Birthers. Shame on you for being a hypocrite in so many ways, and I am not alone! This COMMUNIST coup d etat must be stopped, and to do so we must follow every possible lead to expose this tyrant for what he is, and who he isn’t! To label Arpaio’s investigation as a waste of time os not just naive, but irresponsible! Shame on you Glenn Beck, not for not supporting the Sheriff, but for mocking his courageous and heroic efforts! To use your pulpit to belittle Arpaio is no different then what the Germans did to Bonhoeffer, you are a hypocrite on so many fronts with this but it’s not too late to “Cowboy Up,” and objectively support the Sheriff!
    http://www.westernjournalism.com/why-glenn-beck-isnt-on-television-anymore/

    666Sucks  
  • ianmc002
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:25am

    Truly tragic.

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  • mtnclimberjim
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:25am

    I would never live in tornado ally. Unless I had a underground house. To me it’s foolish to risk the lives of your family. How many stories of towns being wiped off the map don’t these people get. And then live in a trailer to boot. Senseless tragedy. Prayers.

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:44am

      I have been told the same thing about Florida .. did you know that the “alley” changes as weather patterns do” .. that is a BIG part of the country that you would not live in .. news flash — no place is “safe”.

      Prayers for the extended family and little girl …

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    • single stack
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:53am

      Tornado alley is the middle third of the country.

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    • SageInWaiting
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:05am

      I lived with them all my life. You learn to do what you can. A storm cellar is best but not practical for most locations. A basement is what most in the midwest have for safety – it depends on the storm. Looking at pictures of the tornado that hit Joplin last year showed a lot of debris (including cars) blown into basements. While a tornado can be devastating, their path is usually narrow, so the odds of getting hit are small; I’ve had much more property damage from straight-line winds from a storm front and hail.

      Anywhere you chose to live have their dangers: earthquakes/tsunamis; wind; ice/snow/cold; hurricanes; flooding; drought; fire; and volcanoes. You can now add to that civil unrest, terror attacks, and nuclear threats. You take the dangers in mind, build accordingly, learn the necessary safety/evacuation procedures, make a “family plan,” and place yourself in God’s protecting hands. Each of us have a set number of days on this earth; make the best of them and don‘t worry about the rest because there’s really not much you can do about it.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 12:05pm

      As single stack said, tornado alley is the middle third of the country. And that doesn’t include the large number of tornadoes that occur in the southern states or the lower east coast states. If nobody lived in those areas we’d all be crowded into the west coast and the upper half of the NE part of the country. Tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms, extreme heat & cold – you get extreme weather no matter where you live. Best policy is to know it, prepare for it and live your life without obsessing about it.

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  • Bro. Chuck
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:23am

    Our Prayers are with you, Little One….

    Father,

    Please hold this little one close and reveal your Lordship…

    In Yeshua’s Precious Name we ask, Adonai….

    Bro. Chuck

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  • grandmaof5
    Posted on March 4, 2012 at 9:16am

    I can’t even fathom losing my children and grandchildren in one fell swoop – my heart and prayers go out to those families.

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    • Fed up in Bama
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 10:41am

      My heart breaks for the family. To lose one child or grandchild would be painful enough..to lose them all at one time, must be as close to unbearable as it gets. My prayers are for all that are suffering from these tornadoes.

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    • Katydidnt
      Posted on March 4, 2012 at 1:05pm

      I am glad that they have one left to hold and to care for. She will be their lifeline, a reason to get up every morning.

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