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Old 05-14-2008, 07:22 PM
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Took out my good friends house and pretty much everything him and his family owned.23 people were killed in the area.Here are a few pic's of damage by his house in Granby,Missouri...





 
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Old 05-14-2008, 07:23 PM
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Picher Oklahoma has been declared a National Disaster area.The whole town is gone.
 
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Old 05-14-2008, 07:24 PM
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Here is what was left of his 3 car garage and shop.His Bike is going to survive some how though...

 
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Old 05-14-2008, 07:25 PM
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His truck was parked even with his other truck when he got home.The frame is twisted and so is the rear end...

 
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Old 05-14-2008, 07:26 PM
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sucks wish them the best.
 
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Man mother nature has no mercy... Sorry to hear about your friend man. Hes gotta be devastated. I honestly dont know what id do if that happened to me, don't even wanna think about it...
 
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God damn.
 
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Old 05-14-2008, 07:44 PM
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i feel sorry for your friend. about 9 or 10 years ago we had an F5 go by it took out a whole town just missed my house, people are still cleaning it up.
 
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Old 05-15-2008, 12:27 AM
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the feb 5th tornado missed my house by less than a 1/4 mile. i watched it come close before i took shelter. my wife and i would be dead if it didn't swing north of our house. sorry for your friend's loss.
 
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wow lance so very sorry to see this. My thoughts and prayers go out to your friend!! this is just so sad to see
 
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Old 05-15-2008, 09:21 AM
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Sorry to hear about that, lance. I know how you feel, in the last set of tornadoes our town was absolutely destroyed by them.
 
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good god man.....I wish your friend the best.
 
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