Tornado Disaster, In Windsor Colorado Options

Hey all I don't know how many of you have been following the news lately but Windsor Colorado was nearly wiped off the map by an F2-F3 tornado last week. Had the storm struck just a mile further west the dammage would have been far worse. Fortunately only 7 so have been reported dead. Windsor is a city nut but ten miles from where I live myself. We all knew there was going to be a tornado and it could have easily been my city that was struck instead. Something like 200 million dollars done in property damage and even more in terms of secondary damage caused by hail (tenis ball sized I kid you not). My uncles roof and siding was shredded, the wind shield on his truck was shattered. His aunt's house was also damaged. I did some volunteer work a few days back and let me tell you I've never seen anything like that before. I've heard about it on the news but I've never actually witnessed that kind of destruction. The only way to really describe it is like someone bombed the place. Some 240 homes and businesses were damaged, deemed unsafe or out right destroyed.

The American Red Cross is aiding in disaster relief and there are federal/state funds are flowing to the town but according to local news any financial assistance is still greatly needed. They did say they do not need food or other such commodities the main thing right now is generating money. Be it 5 or 500 dollars if you or someone you know would be willing to help out the construction call 303-831-HELP make sure you ear mark any donations to the windsor tornado relief fund.

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Thanks for sharing. I have read a little bit about how some native americans think new worlds begin and end. Its pretty interesting. Personally my favorite dooms day legend is Ragnarok. I think in some ways its also plausible too. Mainly the points about 3 major battles (perhaps WW1, 2 and possibly 3?) then followed by the seas rising flooding many of the lands and three years with no winters. In reality global warming may actually trigger a new ice age, perhaps one of the worst where we have a "snowball" Earth. That and perhaps also a volcanic erruption since the legend talks about not seeing stars or the sun. And of course the God's do battle with Loki's evil minions.

However personally I am a bit more optimistic. I think that while mankind will be seeing some hard times I don't think it is the end of the world. Perhaps civilization as we know it. But without detonating every nuclear bomb in existance I don't think humanity is capable of killing off all life on the Earth. Even then, life in the deep sea would probably still survive and after a few million years, life around the world would recover. To me the Earth is this huge God we have little understanding of and that we could never kill, even if we tried - short of somehow actually destroying the planet of course.

I think living in Florida must be pretty tough too. Didn't a hurricane just pass by not long ago? Like maybe the first of the season? Either way I know that as sea levels not only rise, but warm up, hurricanes will be stronger - warmer weather means fiercer tornados too, for that matter.

Anyhow I guess the link to my Dad's video only goes to photobucket's home page. So if you want to see a really big tornado try this link:
http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i246/Aci...nt=Tornado1.flv

Here's a couple more from youtube too:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rOfB0eQVFu0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jQ_g7n2memc

I like both of these because they really show just how big and crazy the hail was. The last also show's images of the devastation after the storm passed. Now I'm not asking people to bend over backwards to donate money. In retrospect the tornado that hit was no Katrina or 2004 tsunami. Had the storm hit Denver, well that might be a different story. And while the storm was the worst in Colorado history, it mainly only affects people who I am close to, seeing as how it hit so close to home. In reality, had the tornado hit just an hour after it did I might have near by enough to actually see, or be in it. At the very least I just hope people send their best wishes and prayers to those who were victims of the event.