Let's get real. The storm was by no means the worst in St. Louis history. That measure only refers to the number of people without power. There have been tornadoes that have cut through the city, killing hundreds of people and destroying large numbers of building, for example the one about 100 years ago that damaged the Eads Bridge, and the one that ripped the roof off The Arena.

In addition, we had about an hour's warning that the storm was turning our way. The storm was around Springfield IL, and you could tell from a radar loop that it was veering clockwise and might hit us. I looked at the NWS radar about an hour before it hit and knew it had a good chance of hitting us.

That being said, the storm's intensity is indeed caused by corporations. The increased intensity is definitely a result of global warming. The Bush administration lets corporations destroy the environment, resulting in global warming: higher summer temperatures, severe drought, stronger winds, etc.

Saying the conspirators steered the storm to hit STL is as silly as saying they aimed Katrina at New Orleans (Katrina actually veered east of New Orleans, by no means a direct hit; one of the actual conspiracies was not maintaining the levees, as the levee breaches were much more devastating than the actual hurricane surge).