Vaughn West

Sunday, May 26, 2013

2013 Moore / Newcastle Tornado Damage

While visiting various cemeteries for Memorial Day in south OKC this afternoon, took us right through the middle of the tornado damage and then also in Newcastle on our way back.

Just a couple of photos from the car as we drove.... As they say, photos and television can not bring you the vastness of the magnitude of that storm.

Just behind the Warren Theatres on I-35

Medical Center that Maddy's doctor's offices in

Cars, trucks and more cars

Another shot of the Medical Center

Just a typical set of business offices

Middle section of the old Canadian Bridge where the tornado crossed and knocked it out -- you can see the right continuing bridge on the extreme right

2013 Memorial Day Flowers

With all that has gone on in south OKC this past week along with President Obama's visit today, Janice, I and the crew decided to venture south and honor our families gravesides today with flowers for each gravesite.

Tornado damage is just south of Resthaven so was a lot of activity today with dumptrucks etc but both cemeteries we visited were just beautiful.

So glad also that Resthaven has brought back the Boy Scouts to place flags on all the veteran's graves.

Photos below are from our rounds today.

L&J