your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in
love.” – Galatians 5:13
after a tornado nearly a mile wide tore through the town yesterday.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency,
activating the National Guard to help in search and rescue efforts.
At least 89 people are confirmed dead, but officials warn that number
is likely to rise as the sun comes up and the full extent of the
devastation becomes more clear. The city’s main hospital, St. John’s
Regional Medical Center found itself in the direct path of the
twister. With no power and parts of the building simply gone,
emergency personnel were left to triage victims in the debris-littered
parking lot. A mobile morgue has been set up on the Missouri Southern
State University campus.
Minneapolis, Minn. police established an “exclusion zone” Monday for a section of the city’s tornado-stricken North Side, where only residents will be allowed once officials deem the areas safe.
The impact of Sunday’s tornado is also closing schools, rerouting traffic and sending hundreds of people to seek shelter from their damaged homes.
Crews are out Monday repairing natural gas leaks, clearing debris, fixing downed power lines and assessing building damage, officials said during an early morning news briefing on the edge of the area.
As of Monday morning, about 10,000 customers were without electricity, down from Sunday’s peak of 22,000.
One of at least three tornado touchdowns that hit the Twin Cities on Sunday pummeled north Minneapolis, causing widespread damage. One person was killed, and two others are in critical condition. The injury total stands at 29.
At least 200 people whose homes were uninhabitable stayed at the Armory in northeast Minneapolis.
“This is a huge blow to the people of north Minneapolis, a place where people have real needs,” said Mayor R.T. Rybak, referring to a part of the city that is more economically challenged than elsewhere.
Six public schools on the North Side are closed because roads are too littered with debris to allow buses to pass safely. They are: Lucy Laney, City View, Nellie Stone Johnson, Hmong International Academy, Northstar and Plymouth Youth Center.
Two high schools, North and Patrick Henry, are open to people who need food and water.
Officials are hoping to reopen some blocks within the exclusion zone as early as 10 a.m. The zone is bordered by Plymouth Avenue on the south, Dowling Avenue on the north, I-94 on the east and Penn Avenue on the west.
Although rumors of looting were largely unfounded, the 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew that was first instituted Sunday night will remain for the next “couple of days,” Rybak said. The curfew is not only to deter potential crime but to keep people safe.
Also, several entrance ramps are closed from Interstate 94 on the eastern edge of the affected area: Broadway/Washington Avenue, Dowling Avenue and 49th Avenue/53rd Avenue. On-ramps are unaffected.
Significant storm damage also was reported in St. Louis Park to the west of Minneapolis and in Fridley to the north and east. The impact in those two suburbs, however, was far less than what the North Side is enduring.
The President of the United States turning his back on Israel……..we must be on our knees here in America praying for Godly leadership in this Country!
>>Republican Lawmaker Criticizes President Obama’s Israeli Policy
(Washington, DC) — A Republican lawmaker criticizes President
Obama’s Israel policy. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,”
Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan says the president’s recent speech
calling for 1967 borders was a major mistake. Rogers says the
president could have pressed the borders issue, but should have done
so behind closed doors. President Obama says Israeli/ Palestinian
peace negotiations should start with borders that were in place before
Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and Sinai
Peninsula. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the
president’s plan.
Congress will hear from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this
week. The speech comes at a tense time for the relationship between
Israel and President Obama. The President upset Netanyahu by
suggesting last week that Israel return to pre-1967 borders as part of
a two-state solution aimed at ending decades of conflict with the
Palestinians.
(Undated) — Harold Camping’s followers are asking themselves
difficult questions as his Judgement Day prediction failed. Robert
Fitzpatrick is a retired transportation agency worker who spent over
140-thousand dollars of his savings on subway posters warning of the
impending “end of the world.” He was inspired by Camping’s message to
spend his retirement money spreading the message. Fitzpatrick stood
in Times Square as the time approached with Bible in hand passing out
leaflets. As the time came and went he said, quote, “I do not
understand why — I do not understand why nothing has happened.”
SILVER CITY — A wildfire burning north of Silver City now has charred
more than 80,000 acres, but containment is nearing 50 percent.
The Miller Fire has been burning since April 28 in and near the rugged
Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico.
The human-caused blaze has moved past the Gila Cliff Dwellings without
damaging the ancient American Indian ruins.
Authorities say 471 people were battling the timber and grass fire in
steep and rugged terrain Sunday using engines, helicopters and hand
crews.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument remains closed until further
notice, along with several campgrounds — Grapevine, Forks, Upper and
Lower Scorpion, Woody’s Corral, Forks and TJ Corral. Most trails west
of New Mexico Highway 15 also are closed.
Businesses and campgrounds in the Lake Roberts area remain open.
Denny and Wendy from Tajique, NM who came to our Revival in Los Lunas yesterday told me that a couple of weeks ago a wildfire came very close to their house but was stopped by the Fire Dept.
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