From KSHB news.
MOORE, Okla. - The death toll from Monday’s tornado in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore has risen to 91, according to reports.
KFOR, the NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City, reported the new number early Tuesday. Fifty-one fatalities had been confirmed by Monday night.
Citing the state medical examiner’s office, the television station also reported 233 people have been injured.
Those numbers are expected to rise.
Among the dead were at least 20 children, officials said. At least seven of those came from an elementary school that took a direct hit in the twister.
Officials said 24 children were still missing late Monday from the school, Plaza Towers Elementary, but it wasn’t clear if any of the increased death toll came from the school
On a related note.
I rarely watch TV news or read mass media news websites (CNN, ABC, MSNBC, etc); however I found myself looking at those websites last night.
When Nietzsche warned of the effects of staring into the abyss; apparently what he had in mind was news website comment boxes. They make the old P&R discussions here look like a charm school debate.
...ain't that the truth!
Here's a rough map
of the storm path from yesterday, shown about 4000' wide.
Use the Lat/Long to get on Google Earth if you need to check and see if friend's homes or businesses were in the path.
Apparently they were overly pessimistic
Nightly News says the number is only 24. Either a whole bunch of dead people were reanimated somehow or those getting out the numbers were counting missing people as dead people. Sorry about posting such erroneous information.
Apparently they were overly pessimistic
Better to over-estimate and be wrong in this particular case.
There are a lot of very lucky people out there today.
Anyone on this board who has friends or relatives affected by this tornado, our sympathies are with you all. Hopefully, help and comfort will be coming soon.
Apparently they were overly pessimistic
Not better, speculation or guesswork reported as fact should cause the reporter doing so, suffer the loss of their ability to work for any news organization ever again in any capacity.
jud
Apparently they were overly pessimistic
> Sorry about posting such erroneous information.
Since no names where used it's no harm - no foul. But 24 is bad enough.
The background story
> Not better, speculation or guesswork reported as fact should cause the reporter doing so, suffer the loss of their ability to work for any news organization ever again in any capacity.
> jud
I saw that Cow had reported what was being reported but
from what was admitted. It was the disaster officials who were botching the fatality count because of multiple teams duplicating other disaster teams efforts. So the officials there were conducting miscounts the fatality count.
It was an honest human mistake.
It had nothing to do with the press because they were reporting what was told to them by the officials in charge. These officials admitted they goofed under the strain and chaos of the event during the long night.. Then they moved on...
But it you want sit in your arm chair and make this a criticism of the media to make you feel better and point a finger than do so.
Personally, I don't envy anyone the job that they have in a situation like this from the first responders , medical staffs, rescue workers , politicians and press also..
The background story
Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
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Apparently they were overly pessimistic
The word "better" actually was intended to mean that is was "better" that less people died, not "better" for the press.
I really don't care what the press does or says. I've been to many events in my life only to read totally different accounts in the media the next day.
