Overnight, a tornado tore through an campground, which is one of the worst places to be in severe weather. If you get enough warning, there is usually a sturdy shelter in any large campground, sometimes it's the bathrooms or showers.
Or, as some opted to do, get to the nearest business*. Some went to the huge casino near the campground. Others escaped to a nearby restaurant and rode it out in the walk-in cooler, one of the best places to go.
Everyone in tornado country should have a weather app on their phone to get tornado warnings, especially while you sleep. You know the drill: take cover in a basement, cellar, or the lowest most interior room with no windows (bathrooms/bathtubs are strongest because they are anchored by plumbing.)
*gas stations and convenience stores are not great, but better than a tent, car, or RV. I have actually survived a campground tornado, so this news hit me hard. #Oklahoma#KOA#Campground#Tornado#Claremore
What is a Tornadic Vortex Signature (#TVS) as depicted as a red triangle in my radar images⬆️
A TVS is a signature, or indication, of a potential #tornado. It is basically an indication of strong wind shear (or changing wind direction) in a very small area associated with potential tornadic circulation within a thunderstorm. A TVS is no guarantee a tornado will form, but definitely a strong indication that one may soon develop, or already has.
In the latest installment of Oklahoma's elected officials not having the necessary background to do their jobs, we have this:
The Satanic Temple plans to place ministers in Oklahoma schools if new bill becomes law
Of course Oklahoma legislators don't want those chaplains in schools. And, it apparently never occurred to them that allowing one religion means allowing ALL religions. I don't even think this is some misguided 1st Amendment challenge. It's just ignorance, ignorance that doesn't belong in public office. #Oklahoma#FirstAmendment#ReligiousFreedom#SatanicTemple
Religion and religious institutions or entities are two entirely different matters in law.
No religious institution has the right of access to anything public.
But every believer in a religion has the right of his own expression in public.
But the purpose of public school is not religious expression of any kind. The purpose of public school is education for the cultural and commercial benefit of the society. Our civil society and all its laws, and the very fundamental principles of our laws are founded on and originate from the Lex Talionis of the Old Testament and the Golden Rule of the New Testament and are uniquely and fundamentally Christian. Every attempt to undermine that is a treasonous attempt to collapse the society into chaos and belam. The separation of powers clause is straight out of the Bible. The rights of man being superior to the preogatives of government is straight out of the Bible. It did not originate with the Greeks or Romans, whose 'democracy' and 'republic' was a form of racial supremacist fascism. These western principles of law originated with the Nazarenes who carried forth the Bible and the Gospel to the world.
The modern concept of the nation state as a vessel that affords equal rights to all inhabitants is a fundamentally Christian idea. Even when it was ephemerally practiced in the ancient world it was because of the influence of Hebrews or Christians on the rulers of the Empires of those ages.
Whatever is calculated to disrupt that end of equality before the law, and substitute it with a false and destructive equality, regardless of your claims of 'religious freedom' such treachery can and should be limited and curtailed by public policy. It is called the, 'necessary and proper' clause. Under the common law it is called the peace and order of the state.
The freedom of Satanists to offend and blaspheme against the vast majority is neither necessary nor proper, and is a false equivalence. Everyone who worships Satan should be in a lunatic asylum, along with you. Putting satanism on equal footing with the faith that gave us our liberty is beyond insane. Nobody has the right to promote the worship of devils and demons. The only right they have is to have their heads examined.
If you are in #Dewey#Oklahoma please take shelter IMMEDIATELY, this storm has destroyed large areas, has a debris ball, and 2 deaths have been reported.