Tornados

What a tragedy the Moore, Oklahoma, tornado has become. This may go down as the most economically expensive natural disaster in US history.



However (and fortunately) this tornado is far from the most devastating, at least from the most important perspective, human lives. It isn't even in the top 10.



The most devastating tornado was actually March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. It injured over 2000 people, and it killed 695.



The May 22, 2011, Joplin, Missouri, tornado was the 5th most devastating tornado in our history. One thousand people injured, 158 dead.



The 10th worst was in Omaha, Nebraska, on March 23, 1913. Total cost of life: 103. 

 I pray to all the saints in heaven that the death toll from Moore, OK, doesn't rise to the level of previous tornados. I pray that the souls of those killed be carried to heaven on angel's wings.