tornado

During my drive back from Ohio, One of the towns I drove by on the freeway was Joplin Missouri.

Tired of those nasty, dusty El Paso winds? We'll take that over what we're about to show you from Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV. A series of nasty twisters have hit the heart of America's "Tornado Alley", including one the KOCO helicopter caught demolishing this tractor trailer. (And who's FLYING A HELICOPTER in the middle of a THUNDERSTORM?!)

People in Missouri, especially the Joplin area, are having a lot of trouble right now.

Joplin, MO, was hit by a mile-wide F4 tornado, devastating the city of around 50,000. It's tough enough to watch on TV, even tougher for veteran Weather Channel meteorologist/reporter Mike Bettes who is there...

We may complain about the ugly winds in El Paso, but we are very blessed with the weather we have.   I am amazed at how calm the guy in this video is, considering the destruction taking place.  So what's a little wind?