CyrusNixes (July 9, 2008 at 8:37 pm)

boxeschow you are 100% wrong, and I am a meteorology major telling you this. Tornadoes do not need open spaces to form - a cities downtown area would have no affect on its formation - nor will more cities that "pop up" in tornado alley decrease the annual number of tornadoes. Quite the opposite, there will be more damage and so more recorded tornadoes.

ch00gs (June 23, 2008 at 2:49 am)

im glad my great grandpa and grandma didnt have to go through this RIP.. wish i could have grabbed the patterson street sign named after him before this =\

pichergirl (June 4, 2008 at 5:47 pm)

this is for paige279 I live in Picher and I am not waiting on no buyout never field out papers I love it here. And we want to stay..

101angel1011 (May 22, 2008 at 2:51 am)

omg that was amazing it was moving lol

cisamichanne (May 20, 2008 at 8:39 pm)

Man... that was us... it went right over the house. I still can't believe it, 5 of us in the house and it was flattened and we survived. The power of God...

Seth412412 (May 19, 2008 at 11:12 pm)

omg this tornado was so scary...

geraldladera (May 14, 2008 at 7:51 pm)

we never had those things over here, the only problem we have is called: HUGO FUCKING CHAVEZ!!!, and its worthless than that!!!! to all the souls u lost, my deeply sorrows.

KrystalFrizz (May 14, 2008 at 12:46 am)

My bad - you are very correct. Which makes this event even more heartbreaking. I hope these people will be taken care of although the track record in the US for these situations is certainly not stellar.

dsrtdog41 (May 13, 2008 at 9:11 pm)

boxeschow2 people like you crack me up. Know everything yet know nothing.. there was a tornado in nashville a few years back that dropped down on the downtown area.. I used to live in Phoenix, Az and though tornados are very rare there they do happen and drop down right in the city.. Get your facts straight. You are pretty much making an ass of yourself..

ProfessorIgor (May 13, 2008 at 1:08 pm)

I looked it up. (in 4 yrs of college) you're full of baloney. Tornadoes "form" well above the ground level, typically at a height of 700-1000m. The mesocyclone literally can be MILES high. Only LARGE mountains can alter their formation. There have been MANY tornadoes in TN, KY, NC... all very mountainous terrain. They don't need open spaces to form. The typical supercell storm is only about 20mi across at the base. It is unlikely that Picher will be rebuilt.