Ok, the death toll is now at 24 with 8 or 9 being children. Apparently some double counting was happening that jumped the number.
They are currently saying that they are 98% sure all are accounted for. Going to make sure that every structure is checked at least 3 times.
I watched a segment where someone was going on about how they knew the addresses of the shelters (those are evidently registered with emergency services), but they were going through neighborhoods where, not only were the homes gone, but also the street signs, and they claimed they couldn't tell where the shelters were supposed to be.
And, if there were no nav aids, I suppose that would be the case, but I have to believe they have nav aids. Even with my puny consumer-level phone-based GPS, I can hit an address on a street with no signposting and no structures.
Yeah, I understand that it's easier when you have the buildings and the signs and the addresses painted on the homes and the curbs but, seriously? If search and rescue is your business, the possible absence of structures and landmarks in a tornado zone pretty much has to be anticipated as "normal" when following an F4 or F5.
All the same, I found the sight of razed structures pretty sobering.
