Harold E. Allen's Page

"5/29 I have been following news of the Tornado damage from this storm here in Oklahoma. All told, the storm was responsible for 10 deaths state wide-but none being reported of any rig workers so I believe everyone survived on this Cactus rig by…"

"Wow.  It is a miracle no one on the rig was killed after seeing the damage!  With God, all things are possible!  We had several tornadoes reported in my area in Pennsylvania, Bradford County, last night.  I got home as the…"

"Wow  I take it they put a shelter in at the rig site thats at least part way underground ??   we had here in indiana several tornados last night (5-25)  good to hear no one was killed some one was looking over the hands there !!!"

"Notice in the slide show how the changehouse was torn up. Damn sight better than the top doghouse though. where ever it is."

"Here are 44 more images of the cactus Rig 117 aftermath Find more photos like this on Drilling Ahead"

"Whats even crazier is the 5 or 6 rigs in the same area that were completely untouched.  That tornado must have hit them dead on."

"Drove past it on the way home from Watonga last night.  Crazy...Put a knot in my gut.  We had a small one spin up about a mile from our rig but it was on the ground for just a few seconds.  After seeing that I won't be riding out…"

"Cactus 117 for Cimarex Energy in Canadian County, OK. 1/2" mile north of I-40 and 1 mile east of the Calumet exit. No rig fatalities but several dead bodies all around from I-40 traffic that were sucked up and dropped all around... "

"Looking at the picture- whats crazy is it lifted the ENTIRE substructure off the BOP Stack!( in foreground) We were drilling in this area once-tripping pipe when a storm hit and a tornado off in the distance-it actually blew 5 1/2" Drill Pipe…"

"Insane. I have a friend working for weatherord who "luckily" just missed this twister. Hope everyone is ok. oh and if i had to decide which gas buster to go with it on any well i'd be on i'drecomend this brand in the photo."

"That same twister came roaring by my place a few minutes later and dropped debris all over the place.    I guess I'm lucky it didn't drop a mud pump on me!     I had no idea a tornado could lift a rig…"