Terrible :(
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tornadoes-20110523,0,1643212,full.story
QuoteTornado kills dozens, leaves 'total devastation' in Missouri town
In Joplin, Mo., at least 30 people are reportedly killed and damage is widespread. Officials fear the death toll could climb much higher. Severe weather hits other parts of the Midwest, including Minneapolis, where one person is killed.
From Staff and Wire Reports
May 23, 2011, 12:18 a.m.
Joplin, Mo. —
A series of turbulent storms swept through the Midwest on Sunday as a powerful tornado slammed into Joplin, Mo., ripping the top off a hospital, shearing parts of the roof off a high school and turning major retail stores into heaps of rubble and twisted metal.
A coroner's official reported at least 30 people dead in Joplin, according to Reuters news agency, but the tornado's rampage through the middle of the southwestern Missouri town of 50,000 left officials concerned that the number could be much higher.
"It's total devastation," Gov. Jay Nixon said as he dispatched the National Guard and emergency rescue teams in a race to find survivors. Search-and-rescue efforts were expected to continue throughout the uneasy night.
"We are responding aggressively, quickly. We want to make sure as the night goes on that we're saving lives between now and dawn," the governor told CNN. "There are a number of injuries. It's going to be a long night and a difficult recovery."
President Obama said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was responding. "We commend the heroic efforts by those who have responded and who are working to help their friends and neighbors at this very difficult time," he said.
Phone service in and out of the city was largely cut off.
Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. John Hotz said the state had dispatched 50 state troopers and a mobile communications unit in an attempt to learn the extent of the damage and injuries. Another 19 officers would be en route in the morning, he said.
"It's a serious situation, but I can't give you an assessment of the damage or the injuries until we get reports," he said. "Certainly, we are doing everything we can to get help to the folks in the affected areas as soon as possible."
Hotz said there were reports of "a number" of tornados across Missouri.
In Minneapolis, a tornado tore through the northern end of the city Sunday afternoon, killing one person and injuring at least 30 others. The same turbulent weather spawned a tornado in Reading, Kan., Saturday night that killed one person and destroyed about 20 homes as parts of the town were pelted with hail the size of golf balls.
Violent thunderstorms, including lighting, hail and powerful winds, were threats throughout the evening Sunday across at least six Midwestern states as a cold front moved in to confront a moisture-rich, low-level air mass, the National Weather Service warned.
The tornado that struck Joplin at 5:45 p.m. threatened to rival the devastating twisters that plowed through the South on April 27, leaving more than 330 people dead, including 45 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Joplin residents said the twister slammed through a town already keeping a close eye on the boiling, dark clouds blustering overhead, blowing over 18-wheel tractor-trailers on Interstate 44 and ripping directly into St. John's Regional Medical Center, blasting medical debris for miles.
"It sounds like they got a direct hit," said Laurie Duff, spokeswoman for a hospital in Springfield, Mo., where patients from Joplin were being evacuated. "The second hospital in town also sustained some damage."
Triage centers and shelters were set up around Joplin. At Memorial Hall, a downtown entertainment venue, nurses and other emergency workers from area hospitals were treating critically injured patients.
The storm spread debris about 60 miles away, with medical records, X-rays, insulation and other items landing in Greene County, said Larry Woods, assistant director of the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management.
"It looks like a war zone," said Donald Davis, a chemotherapy nurse who was dining 35 miles away in Kansas when the tornado struck in Joplin, where he has lived much of his life. He said he contended with closed roads and downed power lines for nearly two hours to return home, where he found a scene of devastation in the center of the city.
It looked as if the tornado had traveled directly down 20th Street, Joplin's main east-west thoroughfare, and at least 13 blocks to the east, he said in a telephone interview.
"Just up and down 20th Street, it's just building after building. Houses destroyed. One of our largest grocery stores, destroyed. And there's a big apartment complex right next to it, probably had 150 apartments in it, it's flattened. Several churches gone. And big, nice homes — all just gone," he said.
Davis said the roof appeared to have collapsed at Joplin High School, and a large real estate office across the street was leveled. But his own home, in the southeast part of town, was untouched except for some downed tree limbs, though like much of the city, it's without electricity.
Jeff Lehr, a reporter for the Joplin Globe, said he was upstairs in his home when the storm hit but was able to get to a basement closet.
"There was a loud huffing noise, my windows started popping. I had to get downstairs, glass was flying. I opened a closet and pulled myself into it," he told the Associated Press. "Then you could hear everything go. It tore the roof off my house, everybody's house. I came outside and there was nothing left."
He said people were trying to check on neighbors, but in many cases there were no homes to check.
"There were people wandering the streets, all mud-covered," he said. "I'm talking to them, asking if they knew where their family is. Some of them didn't know, and weren't sure where they were. All the street markers were gone."
In the moments between the first and second tornado sirens that sounded the warning in Joplin on Sunday evening, Sara Ferguson knelt in prayer inside a church classroom.
The congregation of Citywide Christian Fellowship Church had been in the middle of services when a few people who'd been keeping watch on the darkening skies outside came back to say it was time to seek safety.
"There was a bit of hail and it was raining terrible," said Ferguson, 50, who was reached by phone. "We're up on a hill and the men who stayed at the door watched the tornado pass by a few blocks from us."
Once it was over, she and her husband made their way to their home, passing a scene of unfathomable destruction. A trip that typically takes 10 minutes took an hour and a half.
"I cried the whole way," she said.
They dodged downed power lines. They passed St. John's Regional Medical Center, where it "looked like a bomb had gone off."
A residential area of town she estimated to be about 10 blocks in size "looked like it was just gone."
"Cars were crumpled up like tin cans," she said, "businesses were leveled, one of the Wal-Marts is gone, a Lowe's is damaged, and there are still people trapped inside.
"We've had tornadoes, but this is one of the worst ever here," she said. "The swath that cut through town was huge."
Her mind was occupied the whole time with worries for her two sons, her brother and countless friends she has made in her three decades living in Joplin.
"We were trying to reach our kids," she said, describing heart-wrenching minutes of wait. One son's apartment was gone, but he was found safe at work. Another son weathered the storm with his wife and child at their home, which was damaged.
Ferguson's brother, whose home is near her son's devastated apartment, had not yet been heard from. A nephew whose house she knows is gone is also missing.
"It's going to be a long night, " she said.
Ferguson said she had watched reports of the devastating tornadoes in the South and had cried and prayed for those victims. Now, she said, she is praying for those much closer to home.
"I love Joplin. It's a great place to live," she said. "But when these tornadoes come through it can be very scary."
Times staff writers Megan Garvey in Los Angeles and Kim Murphy in Seattle contributed to this report.
Joplin is a dump.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 23, 2011, 05:19:47 AM
Joplin is a dump.
Was it before the tornado though? :sleep:
But anyway, this has been one hell of a year for tornadoes. :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on May 23, 2011, 05:20:50 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 23, 2011, 05:19:47 AM
Joplin is a dump.
Was it before the tornado though? :sleep:
But anyway, this has been one hell of a year for tornadoes. :huh:
Wouldn't get caught dead in that town. Unlike some people. <_<
25% of the town destroyed and at least 89 dead. :(
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43132174/ns/weather/
We were under a Tornado warning for about 2 hours yesterday.
Good grief, that's bad news.
How much longer does the season have to go ?
My sister used to work in the Joplin hospital. Another sister lives not far away.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 23, 2011, 05:46:15 AM
Wouldn't get caught dead in that town. Unlike some people. <_<
:pinch:
Since nobody is going to tell him, I guess I will. There is no state called "Mossouri".
Quote from: Razgovory on May 23, 2011, 01:39:52 PM
Since nobody is going to tell him, I guess I will. There is no state called "Mossouri".
I swear, the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw "Joplin Mossouri" was that must be the name of some French-Algerian terrorist.
Allahu Ackbar, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
I think that front is coming through here now. No tornadoes, just hail and a shitload of lightning.
The count is up to 116 now.
Quote from: Caliga on May 23, 2011, 05:46:34 PM
I think that front is coming through here now. No tornadoes, just hail and a shitload of lightning.
We are about to be hit. it is 2 counties over and closing and it is producing tornadoes. I have placed the house on YELLOW alert.
OH SH
HOP YOUR WAY TO SHELTER BONER!
GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER! :(
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 23, 2011, 06:39:05 PM
HOP YOUR WAY TO SHELTER BONER!
I can run faster than your bowlegged asian ass.
Anyways, it look like it passed. I am extremely pleased that the twins took it upon themselves to drag their brother Michael down the stairs with them.
Joplin got raptured
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 23, 2011, 07:19:01 PM
Anyways, it look like it passed. I am extremely pleased that the twins took it upon themselves to drag their brother Michael down the stairs with them.
Thump, thump, thump, thump...
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 23, 2011, 05:50:27 PM
The count is up to 116 now.
With 1,150 people injured! :o
Missouri loves company.
Quote from: Caliga on May 23, 2011, 05:20:50 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 23, 2011, 05:19:47 AM
Joplin is a dump.
Was it before the tornado though? :sleep:
But anyway, this has been one hell of a year for tornadoes. :huh:
Well, that is one of the effects of global warming.
America's Heartland doesn't believe in liberal concepts like 'global warming'. Hence, that can't be the reason. When in doubt, blame GOD'S ANGER. :menace:
Quote from: mongers on May 23, 2011, 01:19:15 PM
Good grief, that's bad news.
How much longer does the season have to go ?
Tornado season in North America runs January through December. So, indefinately...
I believe Joplin is in Tornado alley. It's not like they are uncommon there.
:o
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43147795/ns/weather/
QuoteSome 1,500 people were reported missing
Big storms in my area tonight. I hate rain. It always floods my basement. :(
No "their fault for living there"? ;)
Quote from: Bluebook on May 24, 2011, 07:36:00 AM
Well, that is one of the effects of global warming.
Or La Niña.
Looks like it got hit by a few B-52s :wacko:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/05/tornado-damaged-joplin-from-above/100073/
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A neighborhood destroyed by a powerful tornado on Sunday, in Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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A destroyed apartment complex is seen in an aerial view over Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Quote from: citizen k on May 24, 2011, 07:02:40 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on May 24, 2011, 07:36:00 AM
Well, that is one of the effects of global warming.
Or La Niña.
Because cyclical wind patterns can't possibly be affected by higher ocean temperatures and solar radiation. Douche.
Dozens more tornadoes hit parts of the South yesterday and last night. :(
How do you folks who live there deal with that stuff?
Quote
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/25/8-dead-violent-weather-3-states/
Deadly Midwest Twisters Pummel
3 States — Are More on the Way?
DENNING, Ark. – Violent storms that swept through a chunk of the central U.S. killed at least 13 people in three states, while toppling trees, crushing cars and ripping apart a rural Arkansas fire station.
The high-powered storms arrived Tuesday night and early Wednesday, just days after a massive tornado tore up the southwest Missouri city of Joplin and killed 122 people. The latest storms killed eight people in Oklahoma, two in Kansas and three more in Arkansas, before petering out.
Most of the Oklahoma fatalities occurred in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Cherokee Ballard, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, said early Wednesday that the storms killed five people in Canadian County, two in Logan County and one in Grady County.
Ballard said a child was among those killed, but she had no other details.
At least three people died as the storms bombarded Arkansas' Franklin and Johnson counties.
Department of Emergency Management spokesman Tommy Jackson said one person died after a tornado raked across the tiny western Arkansas community of Denning early Wednesday, and another died in an area called Bethlehem, in Johnson County.
Franklin County's chief deputy sheriff, Deputy Devin Bramlett, said early Wednesday that one person also died in the community of Etna.
Several people were also injured in Franklin and Johnson counties. A rural fire station in Franklin County was left without a roof as emergency workers rushed to the wounded. Downed trees and power lines tossed across roadways also slowed search-and-rescue crews' efforts.
In Kansas, police said two people died when high winds threw a tree into their van around 6 p.m. near the small town of St. John, about 100 miles west of Wichita. The highway was shut down because of storm damage.
Tim's pics remind me of sim city
Reminds me of the 1974 Xenia tornado. Only the Missou one looks much, much worse.
Damn. That's some devastation.
Quote from: KRonn on May 25, 2011, 07:51:00 AM
Dozens more tornadoes hit parts of the South yesterday and last night. :(
How do you folks who live there deal with that stuff?
Keep in mind that this has been an incredibly violent tornado season, far worse than is typical. We've had like a dozen tornado alerts in my town this year. IIRC we had like 1 or 2 last year and none the year prior to that.
Currently under a tornado warning. I can hear the sirens in the distance. Luckily I'm already in the basement.
What do people without a Basement do when there's a Tornado Warning?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 25, 2011, 05:57:47 AM
Quote from: citizen k on May 24, 2011, 07:02:40 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on May 24, 2011, 07:36:00 AM
Well, that is one of the effects of global warming.
Or La Niña.
Because cyclical wind patterns can't possibly be affected by higher ocean temperatures and solar radiation. Douche.
Just quoting the meteorologists.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 25, 2011, 01:26:08 PM
What do people without a Basement do when there's a Tornado Warning?
Central interior room or hallway.
INCOMING!
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 25, 2011, 01:26:08 PM
What do people without a Basement do when there's a Tornado Warning?
Die.
The sirens are going off in the next county. Creepy as hell.
Man gives own life to save his wife
:weep:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43170303#43170303
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 25, 2011, 06:10:48 PM
The sirens are going off in the next county. Creepy as hell.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Xenia might have taken another hit. '74, '00 and possibly '11. Xenia is cursed.
I think me and the kids are gonna sleep in the basement . More shit inbound.
Fuck this shit.
At least 3 tornadoes on the ground in Champaign county, one just outside of town.
Another SE of town where Meri and my daughter are.
They are showing the storm line on the Doppler in Illinois. HOLY SHIT.
Tornado down in Bedford IN. Where my wife is from.
Casualties reported. She is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT.
You have two sets of twins, right? I'm sure you can use them in some sort of matter-anti-matter polarity construct around you that would protect the bunker.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 25, 2011, 07:38:53 PM
You have two sets of twins, right? I'm sure you can use them in some sort of matter-anti-matter polarity construct around you that would protect the bunker.
I'm thinking of sacrificing some of the neighbors to Zeus.
Tornado rolling through Memphis. I hope there aren't many casualties amongst our glorious river city.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 25, 2011, 07:36:25 PM
Tornado down in Bedford IN. Where my wife is from.
Casualties reported. She is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT.
It hit east of town along U.S. 50, if that helps figure out if her peeps are affected.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 25, 2011, 07:40:23 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 25, 2011, 07:38:53 PM
You have two sets of twins, right? I'm sure you can use them in some sort of matter-anti-matter polarity construct around you that would protect the bunker.
I'm thinking of sacrificing some of the neighbors to Zeus.
:yes: It's the only way to appease the storm God!
And stay safe :hug:
Stay safe Ed.
Must have been a hell of a sight.
http://www.kmbc.com/news/28023604/detail.html#ixzz1NQgYoIPq
QuoteTornado Takes Kansas Man On Wild Ride
Dan Goff Lifted Into Air Inside Pickup Truck
POSTED: 2:33 pm CDT May 25, 2011
UPDATED: 5:38 pm CDT May 25, 2011
LOUISBURG, Kan. -- A Louisburg man said that he was caught in his Ford F-150 pickup truck when the storm hit late Wednesday morning and it lifted him into the air.
Dan Goff said he was heading down Highway 68, preparing to pick his daughter up from school.
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"I noticed that the rain and the clouds above me were moving really fast. No rotation or anything that I saw. But then, I started seeing debris, so I started slowing down. Next thing I knew, I was being toppled in the truck," Goff said. "I didn't even have time to really be scared."
He said the storm lifted his truck in the air and battered it for about five to 10 seconds.
"I had to climb out of the passenger door because the truck (landed) sideways," he said. "It smashed it on the front end first and broke the windshield."
A Kansas state trooper witnessed the incident.
"I said, 'I'm not sure what happened.' He said, 'I am. I watched it.'" Goff said. "He said, 'A tornado just flipped your truck over.' I said, 'That's what it felt like.'"
"It literally came out of the sky and dropped right on top of that vehicle," said trooper Shane Covey. "Sitting there, watching it, it seemed like forever. But it was probably only 10 seconds, you know, in reality."
"I felt like I was in a tin can being squeezed," Goff said.
Goff said he was wearing his seat belt and was not seriously hurt. He reported having minor cuts from broken glass and bumps and bruises.
His truck didn't fare so well, he said.
"I think it's done," Goff said.
I didn't hear anything last night, but we must have had a massive squall come through because we lost half of a Bradford pear that the idiot people who owned our house before us planted right next to the kitchen. Hopefully it didn't damage the siding/roof but I can't check it till I get back home later. I'm kind of glad because I hated that tree (I hate all Bradford pears) and it was planted much too close to the house. Idiot former owners. :rolleyes:
Also, when I left for work I found a feral kitty that lives on our property dead in the street. It was a nice kitty... liked being petted. Roscoe enjoyed barking at it, too. Didn't look like it'd been hit by a car so I guess maybe flying debris killed it? Poor kitty. :cry:
:(
Nobody was killed in the Bedford tornado. :)
Yeah, we established contact in the middle of last night. Her parents were OK.
Quote from: Caliga on May 26, 2011, 07:24:01 AM
I didn't hear anything last night, but we must have had a massive squall come through because we lost half of a Bradford pear that the idiot people who owned our house before us planted right next to the kitchen. Hopefully it didn't damage the siding/roof but I can't check it till I get back home later. I'm kind of glad because I hated that tree (I hate all Bradford pears) and it was planted much too close to the house. Idiot former owners. :rolleyes:
Also, when I left for work I found a feral kitty that lives on our property dead in the street. It was a nice kitty... liked being petted. Roscoe enjoyed barking at it, too. Didn't look like it'd been hit by a car so I guess maybe flying debris killed it? Poor kitty. :cry:
All in all a good nite?
I got to sleep through the night, so yes.
A few weeks back we had a sustained period of tornado weather that was so bad I got woken up every night (some nights more than once) to tornado alarms. I felt like a British civvie during The Blitz. :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 26, 2011, 08:40:29 AM
Yeah, we established contact in the middle of last night. Her parents were OK.
Good to hear.
Quote from: Caliga on May 26, 2011, 10:28:50 AM
I got to sleep through the night, so yes.
A few weeks back we had a sustained period of tornado weather that was so bad I got woken up every night (some nights more than once) to tornado alarms. I felt like a British civvie during The Blitz. :(
That must have been a bit nerve wracking! :(
There are still 232 people unaccounted for in Joplin. :(
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/us-weather-tornadoes-missing-idUSTRE74P7QT20110527
WBC to protest at Joplin <_<
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=461407
The next evening there was another dead cat in the exact same spot as the first one. While I was looking at it from my dining room window another kitty came down to sniff at the dead cat, and then suddenly took off like it had a little rocket engine shoved up its ass. I quickly saw why.... coming out of the bushes was a coyote. It played with the dead cat a little, and I ran to get my rifle, but by the time I got back it was gone. :(
OTOH, this coyote seems to be helping with the feral cat problem and I haven't had as many rabbits in my yard lately. :hmm:
Death Toll is up to 139 :(
Large tornado hit Springfield Mass, at least one dead. :(
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43244117#43244117
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/06/thunderstorms_r_1.html
Death count is up to 4 from Massachusetts tornadoes. :(
The tornadoes came down far enough away from me, in the south central part of the state but there were tornado warnings in my county, in eastern Mass, as the storms moved eastward to the ocean. So I was keeping a watch on the news and weather, which were monitoring things. Tornadoes are very rare here, but I wanted to keep up on what was going on, just in case!
Quote from: KRonn on June 02, 2011, 01:52:50 PM
The tornadoes came down far enough away from me, in the south central part of the state but there were tornado warnings in my county, in eastern Mass, as the storms moved eastward to the ocean. So I was keeping a watch on the news and weather, which were monitoring things. Tornadoes are very rare here, but I wanted to keep up on what was going on, just in case!
Yeah, really rare. Not counting those spawned by the rare hurricane, I think I only remember one tornado warning in the whole 25 years I lived in RI.
When I was a kid living outside of Philadelphia a tornado touched down in my elementary school courtyard. :wacko: It was only one of those weak-ass EF0 tornadoes, though. I think like one window was broken and some bushes were uprooted.
Anyway, that's the only tornado I can remember from my childhood, not counting the monster wedge tornado I saw in Houston when I was in high school.
Quote from: KRonn on June 02, 2011, 01:52:50 PM
The tornadoes came down far enough away from me, in the south central part of the state but there were tornado warnings in my county, in eastern Mass, as the storms moved eastward to the ocean. So I was keeping a watch on the news and weather, which were monitoring things. Tornadoes are very rare here, but I wanted to keep up on what was going on, just in case!
I'm sure the news up there is reminding everyone
ad nauseum about the monster 1952 Worcester tornado, right?
Quote from: Caliga on June 03, 2011, 06:56:36 AM
Quote from: KRonn on June 02, 2011, 01:52:50 PM
The tornadoes came down far enough away from me, in the south central part of the state but there were tornado warnings in my county, in eastern Mass, as the storms moved eastward to the ocean. So I was keeping a watch on the news and weather, which were monitoring things. Tornadoes are very rare here, but I wanted to keep up on what was going on, just in case!
I'm sure the news up there is reminding everyone ad nauseum about the monster 1952 Worcester tornado, right?
Yep, that tornado has been mentioned more than a few times!
Woosta!
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 03, 2011, 01:57:26 PM
Woosta!
Yeah, Worcester, or as known around here, Woosta! :D
Quote from: jamesww on June 03, 2011, 03:37:38 PM
And over here. :bowler:
I thought y'all pronounced the R.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 03, 2011, 03:42:14 PM
Quote from: jamesww on June 03, 2011, 03:37:38 PM
And over here. :bowler:
I thought y'all pronounced the R.
I think it'll depend on the local dialect or personal preference.
With my own accent, there's very little difference between saying ....sta and pronouncing the end 'r'.
Tornado death toll in Alaska: 0
Take that you midwestern bitches!
Quote from: KRonn on June 03, 2011, 02:10:16 PM
Yeah, Worcester, or as known around here, Woosta! :D
To me it always sounded more like "Wuhstuh". :contract:
Quote from: Caliga on June 04, 2011, 05:13:08 AM
Quote from: KRonn on June 03, 2011, 02:10:16 PM
Yeah, Worcester, or as known around here, Woosta! :D
To me it always sounded more like "Wuhstuh". :contract:
Yup! :D
Death toll up to 151 :(
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43358247/ns/health-infectious_diseases/
Quote from: Caliga on June 03, 2011, 06:55:16 AM
When I was a kid living outside of Philadelphia a tornado touched down in my elementary school courtyard. :wacko: It was only one of those weak-ass EF0 tornadoes, though. I think like one window was broken and some bushes were uprooted.
Anyway, that's the only tornado I can remember from my childhood, not counting the monster wedge tornado I saw in Houston when I was in high school.
When I was a kid, tornado tore the siding off the house. Uprooted a bunch of trees as well, but I don't think it killed anyone.
Just finished Machiavelli's History of Florence. I noted his description of a huge tornado that hit Tuscany on 24 August 1456. Interesting read.