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"Tornado Alley is certainly waking up with significant, severe weather," AccuWeather Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer said.
More than 1,500 flights were delayed or canceled into and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport alone Saturday and Sunday because of the weather. More than 60,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Texas and Iowa on Sunday, down from almost 150,000 late Saturday.
Other cities at risk for severe weather on Sunday included Detroit; Chicago; Indianapolis; Toledo, Ohio; and Paducah, Kentucky, AccuWeather said. But the dangers were even more widespread.
Wesley Mantooth lifts a wooden chair out a window of his father Robert's home after a possible tornado in Abilene on Saturday May 18, 2019.
Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News, Abilene Reporter-News - USA TODA
In Louisiana, a gas station and other buildings in and around Ville Platte were destroyed early Sunday by a possible tornado, emergency management officials reported. In nearby Mamou, a Facebook post showed a battered home that had been shoved onto a highway by high winds, completely blocking the road.
"Y’all. There is a whole house on L’anse Meg road in Mamou....Literally," area resident Karoline Bieber Deshotels posted on Facebook. "The lady is ok. Her house and car not so much."
A plethora of tornado reports began rolling in Friday in Nebraska and Kansas. On Saturday, almost a dozen were reported in Texas and Oklahoma. In Texas, the National Weather Service Abilene/San Angelo concluded that an EF2 tornado with winds of up to 135 mph damage homes in San Angelo.
Dru Lewis was hunkered down with his family as the storm battered his home.
"There was a suction ... from under the door, I could feel it," he said. "Then all the windows just exploded. It was just chaos from there until the storm died down."
At about the same time, a possible EF2 tornado with winds up to 135 mph was reported 250 miles to the north near Geronimo, Oklahoma. At least two homes were destroyed in the twister that hit one day after county courthouse employees conducted a tornado drill.
More possible tornadoes were scattered around the two states later Saturday, damaging buildings but resulting in no deaths.
Monday could be the worst of it, forecasters warned.
"Severe thunderstorms capable of all severe hazards, including strong tornadoes, are expected across portions of the southern Plains on Monday," the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said.
As the Memorial Day weekend rolls in, look for a "death ridge" of heat in the Southeast, forecasters warned.
"Extreme heat and very dry conditions for extended period of time. Days 6-10 averages are 8-10°F above normal in the ensemble mean." meteorologist Ryan Maue tweeted. "Huge signal for record highs -- and long duration!"
Contributing: John Tufts, Jen Killin-Guadarrama and Samuel Sutton, San Angelo Standard-Times
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.