If the Town was hit previously by a tornado why didn't they build shelters able to withstand tornado's in their schools to protect the children and neighbors?

May God's loving embrace comfort those effected by this tragedy. Also for thought, please do not forget that "Sorrow never leaves us where it found us....."

I'm going to borrow a quote from a certain sci-fi show....

"Gentlemen....we can rebuild it. Better than it was before."

After looking at the first set of pictures of the recent tornado damage... maybe more schools and shopping centers should be built to resemble storage units.

As for, "why would anyone live in Oklahoma?" Considering that Tornado Alley extends from Texas to the Great Lakes and is defined "between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains," in order to live elsewhere would eliminate residency in somewhere between 15-19 states. So, with hurricanes to the east, earthquakes and wildfires to the west... pick your poison. Personally, I'd rather deal with the effect of a major earthquake every 2 to 4 decades, than live under the very real threat of a tornado or even a hurricane for several months of every year.

My heart goes out to all those Okies in need, hope your relief comes much "Sooner" than you anticipate.

Prayers to all for the strength to endure and recover from the disaster.

Im a cougar and wanna find a young man ..Do u wanna know me?

I'm going to avoid the public reflection of my own Angst here and point out one error about this series of photos. In set #5, the tree in the after photo is significantly farther away from the crook in the sidewalk than the tree in the before photo. Look at it again for yourselves.

This is a comment directed at NBC News editors. I read dozens of your articles daily. Your typos and missed fact checks and other editorial oversights continue to disappoint. Please train your field correspondents and in-house editors to be sharper than they currently are. Your content is good. Your execution of that content? Not always up to the level I would expect. Accuracy is important. Verification of facts is important. Please don't let us down.

Apologies to all for taking the opportunity of a massive tragedy to address an ongoing, visual canker sore, but this was my final straw.

Sincere thoughts and well wishes to the families of those so decidedly affected by Monday's EF-5. On that note, our local KC station broke down a "guesstimate" of the rate of a particular piece of traveling debris. In one shot (replayed slowly, over and over) they estimated the storm's winds were moving at 350 mph, well beyond the parameters of the new Fujita scale's F5 minimum range.

peace to all

Prayers are nice and all, but do something that helps, too.

You can text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to tornado victims. It's easier and faster than saying an Our Father.

Pray if you need to, it makes you feel better. But do something for the victims, also.

I understand there was prayer going on in the schools. Can we expect outrage for this breach of law as seen by atheists,ACLU and other Jewish organizations?

God is an awsome power.

Let's see how much we can give to the relief agencies to help provide for these people. $10 a person is a reasonable sum. If money isn't available, find a blood drive and donate a pint. It's the very least we can do.

Well, at least thousands of illegal Mexicans will get to rebuild it.

Incredible.

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Maybe it's time to return that land (Oklahoma) to the native Americans who first occupied it.