Frontier City in OKC hit by tornado
trey...@worldnet.att.net
At 8:30 pm saturday night KTUL TV in Tulsa Oklahoma has reported that
a tornado has hit the Frontier City Theme Park. Damage was witnessed
by weather chasers (the tiny timber town treehouse is a complete
loss). Some other Buildings were also destroyed. No report of injuries
as of yet. No report of any damage to the rides. Details are still
unclear because this has just happened. I will post more when more
information is available.
SLChris
trey...@worldnet.att.net wrote in message
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Wow, that sucks. I hope no one was hurt. Just what is the tiny timber town
treehouse? If it's a kiddy playground or something I shudder to think what
may have happened. I hope no kids were hurt!
Please keep us updated.
Keep 'em Coasting!
SLChris
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From www.oklahoman.com comes this partial story on the tornado:
TORNADO RAKES CITY
06/13/1998
By Tim Talley
Associated Press Writer
At least one tornado and strong winds injured amusement park goers, toppled
a radio tower and tossed cars and trucks around like so much fluff tonight
in Oklahoma City.
Two children suffered minor injuries at Frontier City and another suffered
an asthma attack at the amusement park, said Mark Robison, director of
operations for the city ambulance service.
Workers and others at the amusement park reported people cut by flying
glass. A teen-ager cried out in pain as she limped to an ambulance. No
other injuries from the storms were reported.
Marcus Norris of Oklahoma City was one of dozens of people whose cars were
damaged or destroyed in the Frontier City parking lot.
“I had a 2-by-4 go through one window. A door just kind of caved in,”
Norris said of his 1998 Grand Am. “My windshield wiper blade went through
the window. If that’s what caused it, it must have been some kind of wind.”
“All of a sudden it started making a circular motion,” said Frontier worker
Joseph Whetley. “Everybody just dropped their drinks and stuff and took off
running. Everybody was hollering and screaming.”
Workers herded crowds into an enclosed entertainment complex at the center.
Glass shattered when the twister struck and many people were cut by the
glass, Whetley and others said.
“Lights fell down and pieces of it started falling off. Stuff started
falling on people.”
Jane Braden, a spokeswoman for Frontier City, said the park would be closed
Sunday while crews assess damage. She said a number of trees were down and
some facades were damaged.
trey...@worldnet.att.net wrote in article
BikerBuck
Luckily, only four people were brought out of the park via Ambulances. I think
given the circumstances, it could have been much worse.
Bill Buckley
US Editor, First Drop Mag.
Roar Guy
"SLChris" <slc...@lifthill.com> wrote:
>Wow, that sucks. I hope no one was hurt. Just what is the tiny timber town
>treehouse? If it's a kiddy playground or something I shudder to think what
>may have happened. I hope no kids were hurt!
How terrible! I must say how refreshing it is to see a post wondering
about the people and not the rides, though. I honestly would have
rather had the whole park destroyed that a person get killed. Rides
are rides. I love them, but I have too much respect for human life.
Rides can be rebuilt, people can't!