'A very dark day' for Hugo amid tornado's deadly destruction

John Hoffman wrote:

I have a 5000 watt generator with lots of extension cords. I live close to Hugo, but don't know anyone there. If you know someone who could use it, send an email to johnkhoffman at yahoo dot com
No cost or obligation. I will deliver it and pick it up when they are done. Someone up that way did the same thing for me 10 years ago.
Pay it forward.

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wogggieee wrote:

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What does global warming have to do with this? Lets not make a disaster like this a political issue over an Al Gore fantasy.

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wogggieee wrote:

This basically went through our backyard. We could look out or back door and see houses completely destroyed. We were luck to have just very minimal damage. There is a lot of very bad damage in the neighborhood. This is a really bad situation. We've been forced to evacuate at least for tonight. hopefully they'll let us back in. We're just thankful that no one in our house was hurt and that we made it out relatively good. Some of the neighbors weren't so lucky and i hope they can get back on their feet quickly.

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Concerned in Twin Cities wrote:

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I'm glad you made it okay. Our prayers are with the families who suffered loss and damage from this tornado. I will never forget the summer I was working in a health care center and was trying to coax a lady out of her room during a tornado. She insisted on grabbing some candy out of her drawer right as the twister took a tree right outside her window. The health care center was not damaged, but went without power for 2-3 days that week-end because the administrator didn't do anything about getting the power back on. Being without power can really cause some hardships. It can really get you thinking about the random damage a tornado causes. You can get out of it with no damage and the house next door could be gone.

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Labrat wrote:

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What was political about the comment Phylis made? Do you think global warming is a liberal plot? You are right about tornados being a regular occurance in late May, but how about the winter tornados in Wisconsin. There is something amiss.

Phylis wrote:

I believe we are seeing the effects of Global Warming coming closer to home. Godspeed to all of those have suffered during this horrific storm.

MN Gal wrote:

My husband and our son were on their way to hugo, but decided to turn off on 96 instead.........thank goodness they did!!
I am so sorry for the people involved, is there anything we can do to help the families???

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wogggieee wrote:

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Making a comment on a story about tornadoes in May, which is a normal occurrence, and relating it to global warming which has nothing to do with the story, is in my eyes, and attempt to make it a political issues. Like or not, global warming is as much a political issue as it is a scientific one. But it seems now that any weather phenomenon is somehow related to global warming. You'd almost think there was no severe weather prior to global warming being thought up.

MN Gal wrote:

My husband and our son were on their way to hugo, but decided to turn off on 96 instead.........thank goodness they did!!
I am so sorry for the people involved, is there anything we can do to help the families???

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wogggieee wrote:

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But it seems now that any weather phenomenon is somehow related to global warming.

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jcf817 wrote:

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You mean, like, all of the deniers screaming "See...it's cold today...global warming is a hoax!"? You mean like that?

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Mike wrote:

Again...a lesson to all of us. This storm was on tv and radio for over an hour before it hit Hugo, plus the sirens went off. People need to keep their eyes on the sky and be ready to go to the basement. Sometimes with all the meterologists saying, "I see a hook echo" on radar, but no official spotters seeing one on the ground, we tend to ignore the warnings.

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Mike wrote:

Again...a lesson to all of us. This storm was on tv and radio for over an hour before it hit Hugo, plus the sirens went off. People need to keep their eyes on the sky and be ready to go to the basement. Sometimes with all the meterologists saying, "I see a hook echo" on radar, but no official spotters seeing one on the ground, we tend to ignore the warnings.