Harvey Kartel wrote on 06/04/13 at 20:46:27:Well, they say all the time that God works in mysterious ways. Everything He does to our world has some purpose. In this case He got you into Karting, and consequently, this forum...
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This is just one of many ways that God's awesome power manifests itself in our world (and our universe). In addition to tornadoes, God can produce hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, lightning, tsunamis, asteroid impacts, gamma ray bursts, supernovas, yes even the Big Bang... Man can never produce any these things.
The sad part is of course that when God displays His might, often we have to lose some human lives, but as said before this is all part of God's plan, He has it all under control. He expects those He leaves behind to find ways to cope with their losses, hopefully turning to Him for solace. Those He takes, have done whatever He put them here to do, even if they or nobody else had any idea what they were put here for. Only He knew.
This is dismissive of those who catechize the existence of said deity. Wherein nothing short of tragedy do you find such evidence of divinity? Is it to propound that you are acceptant that there are things that you know you cannot know and submissive to those powers connected to that knowledge? It seems awful to hear that natural disasters are a part of any intelligent creators' master plan. Seems to indicate calculated and precise extinguishment of life can be for the betterment of humanity just to give one peace of mind that everything happens for a reason. I don't think when looking for that reason, it's a good think to jump on a bandwagon and assume 'god' is that reason.. I prefer to assume that nothing happens for no reason, and when evidence that this assumption may be faulty I presume lack of understanding of the mechanics to be more likely than something happening for no reason whatsoever. I don't want a religious debate but I suggest you keep such views to yourself I'm on the internet to get away from the ubiquity of that attitude in the bible belt..
Leone wrote on 06/04/13 at 21:12:42:I'm glad you and your friends+family are ok, (I'm gonna guess) Jacob. It must be hard for the folks though that lost homes now
and in 1999.
The 5-3-99 tornado had the fastest winds ever recorded near the Earth's surface; exact wind speeds are unknown because the instruments broke around 318 mph. Some estimates have been 350 mph, others have been over 420 mph. It's hard to tell because basically anything higher than 270 will wipe everything off the map.
I think it's pretty neat though how after that first disaster you got into karting, then into this MB.
Thanks, and yeah nobody I know is terribly hurt. My girlfriend and I both stepped on a nail walking through the rubble, but that is minor when I consider how many friends lost their homes or had significant damage done that were lucky to have lived.
I don't really know of anyone who lost their house in both tornadoes.. the May 3 tornado's path intersected with the May 20 tornado's path in a fairly unpopulated area, then the may 3 tornado went on to cause widespread damage from South 119th to South 104th. The May 20 tornado went on to cause widespread damage from South 149th to South 134th streets, so the same populated areas weren't really hit. Also very few who lost their house relocated to the area demolished by the may 20 tornado, as that hit an area with a significantly higher property value average by comparison.
I've heard the 320mph figure for windspeeds which was revised to 318mph. There are a few methods for estimate windspeeds over 250mph by examining the damage, but I haven't heard of any of them having been done in that time.
I really doubt that I would have gotten through my adolescence without discovering video games, so it's a bit hasty to say that the may 3 tornado was solely responsible for my membership here, though interesting for me to ponder..
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