3 years ago today 25 people were killed in the F5 tornado that hit Moore, Ok. This why I think weather chasers and spotters are important. They get scientific data to learn to predict storms better. My dad says that 20 years ago the death number would have been much higher.
Ten of those victims were children, seven of them were in the Plaza Towers Elementary School.
Terri Long – 49
Megan Futrell – 29
Case Futrell – 4 months
Shannon Quick – 40
Sydnee Vargyas – 7 months
Karrina Vargyas – 4
Jeany Neely – 38
Antonia Candelaria – 9
Kyle Davis – 8
Janae Hornsby – 9
Sydney Angle – 9
Emily Conatzer -9
Nicolas McCabe – 9
Christopher Legg – 9
Cindy Plumley – 45
Deanna Ward – 70
Rick Jones – 54
William Sass – 63
Gina Stromski – 51
Tewauna Robinson – 45
Randy Smith – 39
Leslie Johnson – 46
Hemant Bhonde – 65
Richard Brown – 41
Kathryn Begay – 90
More than 300 people were injured in the storm.