CNN: Harrowing rescues from Oklahoma’s raging floods
CNN: Amazing video of water rescues by helicopter (including 2 people who fell from the helicopter but were ok) (also see NewsOK: Rescued couple gain celebrity status)
KFOR.com: Tropical storm leads to flooding, power outages
. . . Emergency officials say a rural Fort Cobb woman was discovered drowned in her cellar today, while a man in his 50s drowned after his vehicle was swept off a roadway 14 miles west of Kingfisher.
Meanwhile, searchers were looking south of Carnegie for three women whose vehicle was swept off a Caddo County roadway shortly after midnight.
Family members identified the women as the mother, daughter and granddaughter of Kiowa Chief Billy Horse.
They say Dorita Horse, daughter Helen Horse and granddaughter Rose Saddleblanket were last seen when their vehicle rolled off State Highway 58.
NewsOK: Photos from the floods
Wikipedia: Picture of stranded car near Carnegie — simply unbelievable!
Wikipedia: Tropical Storm Erin (2007)
Definitely a memorable and tragic night in Oklahoma. I happened to be driving that night (I had to pick up a client who was flying into Will Rogers at 2 a.m.) and it was something. Pretty much steady continual rain. Lots of lightning but not that bad of wind. I had no idea how bad it was in other areas nearby though.
The news from Ft. Cobb and Carnegie especially hits hard. (the two towns are very close to grandparents’ old farm at Pine Ridge) I can’t imagine how horrible it would be to drown in one’s cellar. It is stuff like this that really makes you wonder if God is asleep at the switch or something.
We lost power last night, along with thousands of others in El Reno and Yukon. Took almost 12 hours before it was restored. And we were lucky…
So sad about the victims, especially for the Horse family with three deaths.
Ironically, I lived in Florida for 20 years, and Erin in OK was almost as bad as the worst hurricane I personally experienced in Florida, which was Elena in 1985. (I was in Orlando and then St. Pete area, and fortunately Andrew and the other bad storms never came where I was living. I left before the horrendous 2004 and 2005 seasons.)
http://www.koco.com/news/13931944/detail.html
KOCO.com: Man Sees Wife Swept Away In Okla. Floodwaters
Daughter Had Warned Mother Moments Earlier
Such sad news. From working at my Dad’s office I know quite a few Kiowas and they are good people. It so sad to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with this family and with the whole Kiowa nation.