Monday, April 25, 2011

Hang on bro, I can't hear you over this tornado

Guy stays on phone while TORNADO TEARS THROUGH AIRPORT.



On Friday, a tornado ripped through the Lambert Airport in St. Louis, moving planes and lifting the ceiling off of Concourse C, sending glass everywhere.

"Planes were diverted to other locations as emergency crews probed the debris for more wounded. Mayor Francis Slay said Lambert would be shut down "indefinitely."

The storm lifted the roof off Concourse C and sent plate glass flying everywhere. Four people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after glass shattered as the storm hit, airport spokesman Jeff Lea said. An unspecified number of others were treated at the scene for cuts blamed on flying glass.

Passengers from at least two planes were stranded briefly on the Lambert tarmac because of debris but were later taken away by buses. An Air National Guard facility at the airport was reportedly damaged.

The airport's main terminal sustained the most damage. Airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said roughly half of that structure's windows were blown out, sending glass and rain into that building. Elsewhere on the property, trees were toppled and power lines downed, further limiting access to the airport even hours after the storm left its destruction."


via huffingtonpost

16 comments:

  1. must have been an important call, lol

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  2. "Hold on, I'm going into a tunnel...a wind tunnel, be right back"

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  3. I can't believe that! I feel bad for the workers at that airport losing their jobs.

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  4. And they were taken by the tornado...

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  5. I saw videos of this. I hate this word, but the only way to describe the image is "epic."

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  6. "dont worry, its not like my flights gona get cancelled" *TORNADO!!!*

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  7. Living in the Midwest, tornadoes are an all too common occurrence.

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  8. Gaurds were pretty anxious. Great pic.

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  9. Lololol fuck that! I would hate being stuck in that.

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  10. This is why I love living in Cali...no tornado...bad side EARTHQUAKES!!!

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