U. S. Postal Service reports that all employees are safe and accounted for.
One of the worst tornado’s in the nation’s history left a path of death and destruction in the community of Moore, Oklahoma on Monday afternoon. The Moore Post Office suffered extensive damage from the storm, as Postal Inspectors remain on the scene to provide security to the building. Spokespersons for the U. S. Postal Service report that all employees are safe and accounted for. Postal officials will provide additional information as it becomes available.
NAPUS National President Bob Rapoza asked all NAPUS members to keep the residents of Moore, Oklahoma in their thoughts and prayers. NAPUS members have fond memories of the area, where the 2012 NAPUS national convention was held, just a few miles north of Moore in Oklahoma City.
Charlie Moser
May 21, 2013
Please everyone give to the Red Cross and/or United Way… specify it is for the Oklahoma tornado. Many of these folks have nothing, absolutely nothing left. Thankful for their lives, they still have a long road ahead of them, that in just a few minutes their lives were changed forever, through no fault of their own. Sure they can rebuild, and start their lives AGAIN, one day at a time. With our help, they can do this a bit faster. Most will be depending on the help from support agencies to get by, some for now, others for a while. Start a fundraiser, collect items needed, anything.
thanks for listening.
contrary to above posters claim (@scott), tornadoes do not always travel east/northeast. this tornado myth could put you in harms way or get you killed. it is a fairly common myth that is not accurate.
While there is no love lost between myself and managerial incompetents, I think “Tired Mailman” is not exactly fair criticizing the USPS for working yesterday. The tornado struck around 2:00 P.M. as far as I know and as anybody who lives in the south or midwest who experiences supercell thunderstorms and horribly, tornadoes, such storms can blow up in a matter of hours.
The letter carriers out on their routes in that area of Moore probably got the hell out while there was still time. If they could see the funnel and tell which way it was moving, they could drive out of its path given enough time. All tornadoes travel in an east/northeast direction, so if that tornado is straight west of you and again, far enough away, driving straight south is your best bet. Maybe some had to seek shelter with residents on their routes, I don’t know, but my heart is sick over the devastation. Here in our NW corner of Arkansas we have the Ozark Mountains, and while we’re certainly not tornado proof, the hills do affect ground rotation somewhat and the air is usually a few degrees cooler and that helps inhibit tornado growth. The ones we have had have normally been F-1 or F-2’s. Our luck could run out someday, too, and I keep aware of that.
But having seen the devastation of Joplin first hand, the thought of everything you ever saved in your home, hobby items, photos, computer records, etc. are gone in an instant. If you are not injured, great, but it still has to be a terrible ordeal. I for example have a few very nice guitars including an ’82 Les Paul Custom Silverburst, and tons of CD’s. I would be freaking out to lose the lifetime it’s taken to acquire that collection. Here’s hoping Moore recovers and gets a break finally from getting hit over and over.
My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this natural disaster. Up until 11:30 AM the USPS Hotline recording stated “all operations are normal, report to work as scheduled” The same message goes for hurricanes and floods. This is an organization that puts the safety and well being of it’s employees LAST.