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Wichita-based Clinic In A Can aids tornado-ravaged Moore
When Michael Wawrzewski heard about the destruction in Moore, Okla., following an EF-5 tornado on Monday afternoon, he knew he could help.
Wawrzewski, a physician’s assistant and founder of Wichita-based Clinic In A Can, along with project manager Kyle Stevens, hauled one of the organization’s 20-foot modified shipping containers that serves as a medical clinic to Moore on Tuesday afternoon.
“We haven’t seen it all, but we went by the hospital and it looked like something out of a war zone – cars piled on top of each other, thrown around like little Hot Wheels,” Wawrzewski said.
Okla. City mayor: Up to 13K homes hit by tornado
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb.
At least 24 people died when the tornado laid waste to Moore on Monday afternoon.
The Oklahoma Insurance Department says the financial cost of the tornado could exceed $2 billion, because of the size and duration of the storm. The disaster zone stretches more than 17 miles and the tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes.
$2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery
All that is left of Shayne Patterson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph slammed through his neighborhood.
Patterson vowed to rebuild, likely in the same place, but said next time he will have an underground storm shelter.
"That is the first thing that will be going into the design of the house, is the storm shelter and the garage," he said as he looked around piles of bricks and plywood where their home once stood.
UK emergency committee meets after attack
The British government's emergency committee is set to meet Thursday after two attackers butchered a man in a brutal daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.
Prime Minister David Cameron says there are strong indications it was an act of terrorism, and his top advisers will be examining the potential security implications of the attack, which took place near a London military barracks.
One of the attackers went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody.
Oklahoma tornadoes: ‘All I could do was sit there and hold her'
BY NOLAN CLAY AND ANDREW KNITTLE
Huddled together in a bathtub, Laurinda Vargyas held her baby girl and 4-year-old girl tight as the tornado began shaking apart their south Oklahoma City home Monday.
“We ducked for cover.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: The 'Big Dog,' the little boy and the hug that triumphs over tragedy
BY BERRY TRAMEL
Hezekiah Darbon often will bolt through the front door without knocking and make a beeline for the fridge.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Oklahoma tornado vignettes
Sarah Patteson was minutes away from losing.
She was in a race with an EF5 tornado that was rapidly destroying her hometown.
She beat it to Plaza Towers Elementary School, picking up her two sons before it could make it there.
“Had I been a minute or two later, our outcome may have been completely different,” Patteson said.
She sped home and threw a mattress over her sons, Lucas, 9, and Noah, 7, and their dogs.
“This is it, guys,” she said.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Oklahoma singer packs tour bus with donations for storm victims
BY GEORGE LANG glang@opubco.com
Musicians can put a lot of miles on their tour buses, but as two Oklahoma singer-songwriters discovered, they can also go a long way toward helping people in need.
After volunteering with cleanup efforts in Shawnee, singer-songwriter Carter Sampson decided to put her touring vehicle, a small motor home, to good use.
“I've been wanting to help from the minute I saw it happen on TV,” she said.
Beginning at 5 p.m.
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City may fine residents who use too much water $1,000
A lush, green lawn could cost you an extra $1,000 a month under a water conservation proposal unveiled Wednesday by Wichita officials.
The city’s water advisory committee got its first look at a short-term solution, City Manager Robert Layton and public works officials said, to drought-plagued Cheney Reservoir. Cheney, the source of 64 percent of the city’s water, is forecast to go dry in mid-2015.
The plan unveiled Wednesday does not include any rate increases, city officials said.
Oklahoma tornadoes: Children endured tornado in hall of Plaza Towers Elementary
BY WILLIAM CRUM WCrum@opubco.com
MOORE — The children were in the gymnasium, for gym and music, when the weather changed from ominous to dangerous.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Moore students can say goodbye
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL ccoppernoll@opubco.com
Moore Public Schools Superintendent Susan Pierce read the names in the soft, sweet voice of a teacher.
Sydney Angle, Antonia Candelaria, Emily Conatzer, Kyle Davis, Ja'Nae Hornsby, Christopher Legg and Nicolas McCabe.
The men and women who packed the pews of Southern Hills Baptist Church on Wednesday cried quietly.
“You protected your students on May 20 just like you would on any other day,” Pierce said.
About 2,000 of the 3,000 Moore Public Schools employees gathered at the church for the first time since a tornado tore through their district and killed seven of their children.
They hugged with closed eyes.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Hurricane Sandy victims send supplies to Oklahoma
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.com
Six months after Oklahomans sent supplies to help New York residents battered by Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers are returning the favor.
New York Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder came Wednesday to the state Capitol to tell lawmakers that volunteers in his district are filling trucks with blankets, food and supplies that are scheduled by the weekend to start heading for Oklahoma.
“This is our way of paying it forward,” Goldfeder told The Oklahoman.
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OKC Thunder: Kevin Durant tours Moore, meets with residents
BY DARNELL MAYBERRY, Staff Writer, dmayberry@opubco.com
A muddied American flag rested atop the metal pole that stood defiantly at the corner.
Its peaceful position contradicted perfectly the catastrophic winds that only two days earlier had ripped through town, leaving this block utterly unidentifiable, one of many that have been reduced to rubble.
But the still of that flag, which had replaced a street sign that is now God knows where, symbolized the strength, courage and determination of a community.
And on a warm Wednesday afternoon, the second day of rebuilding, the people within this Westmoore subdivision of Moore welcomed a much-needed symbol of hope.
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant.
One day after donating his money, Durant traveled back to Oklahoma to give his time.
He did anything and everything he could to bring a smile to as many faces as possible.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Love's to give $3 million to storm relief
In brief
Love's to give $3 million
Love's Travel Stops will donate $3 million to support the immediate and long-term relief efforts in Oklahoma after tornadoes slammed Moore, Shawnee and surrounding areas.
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Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Battle-hardened National Guardsmen work different kind of mission in Moore
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.com
MOORE — The landscape Sgt. Justin Taylor saw Wednesday was reminiscent of the worst areas he saw while on a combat tour last year in Afghanistan.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Tornado damage could exceed $2 billion
BY JAY F. MARKS jmarks@opubco.com
Damage from the deadly tornado that struck Moore on Monday could surpass $2 billion in insured losses, state Insurance Commissioner John Doak estimated Wednesday.
Doak said it is possible the tornado that ripped through parts of Newcastle, south Oklahoma City and Moore could be worse than the one that struck Joplin, Mo., about two years ago, causing more than $2 billion in insured losses.
The Joplin twister left a smaller trail of destruction than Monday's tornado, which left an extensive damage zone stretching more than 17 miles.
Monday's tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes, damaging or destroying as many as 13,000 homes, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said Wednesday.
Authorities have yet to present concrete numbers for how many homes were damaged or destroyed.
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Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies
LAKELAND, Minn. (AP) — When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye.
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Major retailers Target and Walmart hustle to meet demand for necessities
BY JENNIFER PALMER jpalmer@opubco.com
Bottled water, socks and underwear, baby diapers, toothbrushes — even ponchos, bandages and flip-flops — have been in high demand at the retailers near Moore as people shop to help those affected by Monday's tornado.
Major retailers such as Target and Walmart are working to ensure what is needed by volunteers, emergency crews and victims is stocked on store shelves.
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Hobby Lobby takes birth control battle to appellate court Thursday
BY BRIANNA BAILEY bbailey@opubco.com
DENVER — A panel of eight federal appellate court judges will hear oral arguments Thursday on whether Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.
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