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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Fri May 31, 2013, 09:37 PM May 2013

Mass casualty event” at the Holiday Inn in Earth City, MO---FALSE rumor.

Last edited Fri May 31, 2013, 11:00 PM - Edit history (1)

from James Spann, Twitter
Tornado in that area.

anyone know anything???

UPDATE: James Spann posted the above on Twitter, later came the correction it was not true.
Sorry...

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Mass casualty event” at the Holiday Inn in Earth City, MO---FALSE rumor. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl May 2013 OP
no reports yet on weather channel NMDemDist2 May 2013 #1
tornado warning went up 2030 hrs KG May 2013 #2
Sketchy. Daemonaquila May 2013 #3
KMOV meteorologist used the term davekriss May 2013 #6
KMOV walking back from "mass casualties" now davekriss May 2013 #7
Just flipping channels RGinNJ May 2013 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author octoberlib May 2013 #5
Apparently not ... eppur_se_muova May 2013 #8
Yeah, I just checked the TWC twitter dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #9
 

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)
3. Sketchy.
Fri May 31, 2013, 09:51 PM
May 2013

A very few reputable media are saying that a Holiday Inn appears to have been hit, but that is all. No "mass casualty" language except on some sensationalist sites. Wait and see... Good luck, folks!

davekriss

(4,608 posts)
6. KMOV meteorologist used the term
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:13 PM
May 2013

"Mass casualties reported". Thought I misheard. Said again, "casualties reported". Later had someone on site saying same but situation was chaotic and they cut away. Still later on KMOV interviewed someone in St Charles saying it "looks like a war zone". Haven't heard any such reports anywhere else.

(KMOV is local NBC forecast.)

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eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
8. Apparently not ...
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:56 PM
May 2013

KMOV: There are no casualties at the Earth City, MO Holiday Inn. May actually be the Holiday Inn Express in Riverport. ???

http://inagist.com/all/340652937086898177/?utm_source=inagist&utm_medium=rss

May be a misunderstanding ... @trmyhre : Earth City "@mbushksdk: The fire dept set up a command post at the Holiday Inn for a "mass casualty" contigency..NOT for mass casualties."

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