OK, This Looks Like It's Closer

I hope John and family are all right. This is happening closer to where he lives. Some of the DMTC musical theatre people have a fundraiser scheduled soon for the people in Moore, OK, but that hasn't even happened yet, and there are more?:

Thousands of people in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, including the twister-ravaged community of Moore, were scrambling for shelter on Friday after the National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for the area.

At least two tornadoes reportedly touched down, one southwest of the suburb of Bethany and another north of Union City, according to the National Weather Service's Norman, Oklahoma, office.

Parts of Interstate 35, which cuts through Oklahoma City and Moore, were "a parking lot," the weather service said, warning that those caught in the heavy rush hour traffic "are in danger."

"Please try to get to a building or safe shelter!" the weather service tweeted.

Police and firefighters were responding to reports of damage in El Reno, just outside Union City, but it was not immediately known how bad the damage was, Mayor Matt White said.

The tornado emergency declaration means a large, destructive tornado is moving into a densely populated area where widespread damage and fatalities could occur.

The weather service issued the tornado emergency for Oklahoma City as well as its suburbs of Moore, Yukon and Bethany.