USA: More twisters [was: Storm destroys...]

May 6, 2007

New Flurry of Twisters Strikes Kansas

May 6 02:30 AM US/Eastern

By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press Writer

GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - A fresh wave of tornadoes ripped through the

Plains late Saturday, a day after a tornado all but destroyed this

town, killing at least eight and injuring dozens more. The Kansas

Adjutant General's Department said it had confirmed reports of eight

tornadoes touching down, including one that injured 11 people when it

struck a pair of restaurants in the central Kansas town of Osborne.

Vienna Janis, spokeswoman for Osborne County Emergency Management,

said the twister hit around 6 p.m., ripping the roof off the Circle N

restaurant and smashing windows in a Pizza Hut. " It touched down and

would then go back up and then touch down and go back up, " Janis said.

The National Weather Service said it had received reports " well into

the double digits " of twisters touching down in six southwest Kansas

counties. Numerous tornadoes were reported from South Dakota south

into Oklahoma as forecasters scrambled to keep issuing warnings. The

new storms forced rescuers to abandon search efforts Saturday in

southwest Kansas, where crews had spent the day hurrying through the

wreckage from Friday night's giant tornado. That twister left little

standing in Greensburg beyond the local pub. Friday's weather was

blamed for nine deaths in Kansas, a figure authorities feared could

rise even before the latest twisters. City Administrator Steve Hewitt

estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted

rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in

basements and under rubble. Among the only structures that survived

was the Bar H Tavern, the town's lone bar. It was briefly converted

into a morgue. Survivors picked over the remnants of their homes and

possessions, still dazed by the twister's strength and scope. The

town, previously best known as the home of the world's largest

hand-dug well—32 feet in diameter, 109 feet deep when it was finished

in 1888—was a nightmare of splintered homes and smashed vehicles, the

air redolent with the smell of sap from trees stripped of bark. " We

want everybody to know, and I plead to the American people as well as

the people here in Kansas, this is a huge catastrophe that has

happened to our small town, " Hewitt said. " All my downtown is gone. My

home is gone. My staff's homes are gone. And we've got to find a way

to get this to work and come to work every day and get this thing back

on its feet. It's going to be tough. " Among the funnel clouds Saturday

were a series of half-mile wide " wedge " tornadoes—similar to the one

that devastated Greensburg on Friday night, meteorologist Mike

Umscheid said. Umscheid said the slow-moving storm system would likely

to spawn severe weather early into Sunday morning. " It looks like it's

going to be another long night, " he said.

SAMVA , " cosmologer " <cosmologer wrote:

>

> Dear list members,

>

> The number of dead and injured is rising as more information emerges

> about the scale of the disaster.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Thor

>

> 'Town is gone' after tornado

>

> A tornado a mile wide killed at least nine people when it swept

> through Greensburg, Kansas, officials said today. " My town is gone, "

> City Administrator Steve Hewitt said. " Ninety-five percent of the

> homes are gone, downtown buildings are gone, my home is gone. " A

> number of people have been rescued from beneath the rubble, and more

> are expected to be found in coming days.

>

> SAMVA , " cosmologer " <cosmologer@> wrote:

> >

> > Dear friends,

> >

> > In the SAMVA USA chart, Rahu on H8 MEP is still aspecting H4 (MT sign

> > of Venus), H12, H2. Meanwhile, transit L4 Venus has entered H12.

> > Transit Ketu is also still afflicting natal Venus in H6. There are

> > other malefic transit-natal aspects in the chart.

> >

> > Best wishes,

> >

> > Thor

> >

> > Tornado Wallops Kansas Town; 1 Killed

> > May 5, 9:55 AM (ET)

> > By ROXANA HEGEMAN

> > GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - Rescuers pulled about 30 people from a

> > partially collapsed hospital Saturday and searched with dogs for

> > others believed trapped in crumbled buildings after a tornado leveled

> > much of this southwest Kansas community. At least one person was

> > reported killed and dozens were injured. The tornado struck Friday

> > night, damaging about three-quarters of the Kiowa County town about

> > 110 miles west of Wichita. " It's much more likely that you would see

> > damaged buildings than anything that has not been impacted, " Sharon

> > Watson, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department.

> > " Seventy-five percent is a minimum amount of damage that the city

> > sustained. " A storm front spawned tornadoes along a a line stretching

> > northeast from Greensburg through central Kansas. Three small

> > tornadoes also touched down Friday in rural southwestern Illinois, but

> > officials said there were no reports of injury or damage. Two

> > tornadoes struck in Oklahoma, damaging some structures but injuring no

> > one, officials said. Greensburg's injured were taken to hospitals as

> > far away as Dodge City, where the Western Plains Medical Complex

> > confirmed one fatality. City Administrator Steve Hewitt said at least

> > 50 people had been taken to hospitals, 16 in critical condition, but

> > said exact numbers were impossible to come by.

> >

>

May 6, 2007

Dear Thor,

Thanks for this post. With Ra-Ve aspect from mid-May and Ve in 12H, and Ra

in 8H, it's possible for more 4H issues. I think you've identified this

previously?

Best regards,

Vyas Munidas

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" cosmologer " <cosmologer

Sunday, May 06, 2007 6:08 AM