Nirtohorse, the children who died in the school weren't killed by the tornado. The Oklahoma medical examiner listed cause of death this morning:
Antonia Candelaria, 9, mechanical asphyxia; Kyle Davis, 8, blunt force trauma; Janae Hornsby, 9, asphyxia; Sydney Angle, 9, mechanical asphyxia; Emily Conatzer, 9, mechanical asphyxia; Nicolas McCabe, 9, mechanical asphyxia; Christopher Legg, 9, mechanical asphyxia;
No one has yet explained "mechanical ashyxia" but it means they didn't drown, or die from trauma, but were suffocated.
Someone told me that this school had over 400 students, and unfortunately these seven children were somewhere in the school and suffocated. All the other students and teachers were spared.
Most Oklahoma schools are built with a safe area for students during tornadoes that work pretty well.
Another story coming out is that FEMA has been holding up $2,000,000 in funds for Moore to build storm shelters. This was offered after a similar tornado in 1999, but FEMA keeps changing the application guidelines and preventing the funding from reaching the community.
Probably 30-40% of the homes in the community have some type of safe room or underground storm shelter. Most people will invest in some way to protect themselves and their families. There were several underground shelters that had too much debris on top of the door, but the rescuers found 119 people and freed them from their shelters. (most shelters are registered with the city so the responders know where to look),
Just continue to pray for the people who have lost someone.
