Earthquake in metro OKC
Woke up this morning, checked the iPhone for the latest emails and Twitter updates. Saw Tweets about an earthquake in the Del City area. Saw an email from Amie Gibson with the Oklahoma Geological Survey.
The Oklahoma Geological Survey recorded a preliminary magnitude 3.4 Earthquake located in the vicinity of Del City and Smith Village Oklahoma. The earthquake happened at 13:07 UTC. Please report felt reports to our website www.okgeosurvey1.gov
Amie Gibson
OGS
Using information from Amie and information gathered by The Oklahoman’s Brian Sargent and Michael Kimball, I voiced and edited a video using images from the OGS web site, NewsOK and a map created with QuikMap.
China earthquake, amateur video footage
Saw this on the Wall Street Journal site.
China death toll rising; Picher residents face new challenge.
It’s Tuesday, here are some headlines for you…
Today’s Oklahoma County bond issue election is mostly about Tinker Air Force Base. County leaders want to buy the abandoned General Motors plant on the south border of the base and lease it to Tinker. The county has negotiated a $55 million purchase of the plant from GM should voters approve the proposition.
Other bond propositions would pay for fixes to flood control, the county courthouse and county records retention, as well as a new county extension building.
You can find your Oklahoma County polling places online at NewsOK.com.
Ok turning to international headlines, in China, the toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes today in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China’s worst earthquake in three decades.
In Oklahoma… As Picher residents searched Monday for their lost belongings in the rubble left by Saturday’s tornado, they faced a unique barrier to recovery: They can’t go back. With a federal buyout in progress, many storm victims don’t know what the future holds, but they know it won’t be in Picher. They say rebuilding would be foolish.
More severe weather is predicted to return today to Oklahoma.
A slight risk for severe thunderstorms will be east of a line from Medford and Enid to Lawton. Today: Mostly cloudy. Highs about 80 and windy. Thirty percent chance of thunderstorms, with some turning severe, in the late afternoon. 40 percent chance tonight.
The price of a first-class stamp rose to 42 cents Monday. But folks bought Forever stamps at 41 cents can still use them without extra postage. New Forever stamps went up to 42 cents.
NewsOK is free, be sure to check it out all today for the latest news and information.
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Bad news out of China; Picher tornado scale
Thousands are dead in China this morning. A major earthquake hit.
Also, the Picher tornado has been measured at an EF04.
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