Tornado Damage at NASA's Michoud Facility in New Orleans East via Jonathan Simeral
Direct damage video - https://twitter.com/ScottWalker6/status/829049022635712512/video/1
At 11:25 a.m. CST, a tornado impacted NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. At this time, only minor injuries have been reported and NASA employees and other tenants are being accounted for. There is still a threat of severe weather in the area and emergency officials are continuing to monitor the situation to ensure the safety of onsite personnel. The onsite Michoud emergency response team is also conducting damage assessments of buildings and facilities.
Yuck. Apologies if I'm duplicating, but saw this at the airport as I was getting back to the States. Here's what NASA PAO Tracy McMahan passed along after I touched base with her:QuoteAt 11:25 a.m. CST, a tornado impacted NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. At this time, only minor injuries have been reported and NASA employees and other tenants are being accounted for. There is still a threat of severe weather in the area and emergency officials are continuing to monitor the situation to ensure the safety of onsite personnel. The onsite Michoud emergency response team is also conducting damage assessments of buildings and facilities.I haven't had a chance to see if this statement or another has gone up elsewhere yet.
"Our folks are all taken care of," said Steve Doering, stages manager for the Space Launch System being built at Michoud. Other than scrapes, Doering said there were no major injuries.
Story by Lee Roop:http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/02/tornado_swats_nasas_michoud_bu.htmlQuote"Our folks are all taken care of," said Steve Doering, stages manager for the Space Launch System being built at Michoud. Other than scrapes, Doering said there were no major injuries.There are other tenants at MAF; not sure this covers those but hopefully everyone else is OK, too.
Video taken from the (rear?) of MAF.
https://twitter.com/jimtaylorjr/status/829040780111183873/photo/1
Saw this video on the Weather Channel...there's some NSFW language in the audio...under the circumstances, I probably would have dropped a few expletives, too.https://www.instagram.com/p/BQOU9KJAzor/?taken-by=east_side_tv