Hope all our gun shooting friends down south are all fine and well. Glad not too many Tornadoes here. This weekend hear clusters of tornadoes devastated the south. <span style="color: #3333FF">"At least 45 people died and hundreds more were injured or left homeless after tornadoes erupted over Oklahoma on Thursday, barreled across much of the Deep South, then hit North Carolina and Virginia before moving out to sea Sunday." Just in "Raleigh, NC — where as many as 95 tornadoes roared through Saturday afternoon and evening, killing at least 22 people, and sending 130 to hospitals, some with critical injuries. The storm also destroyed 130 homes and heavily damaged 700 more".</span>
More of the WSJ article with video is at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704613504576269203314573920.html
Mother nature can be so random. At the same time similar events have happened this time of year before.
<span style="color: #3333FF">Extreme Weather Accompanies Spring Across Region
Major clusters of twisters are relatively rare, though extreme weather is fairly common across the southeast in the spring.
A few notable events:
April 2010: A tornado barreled through 17 counties in central Mississippi, killing 10 people and leaving a swath of devastation more than a half-mile wide.
March 2008: A tornado hit downtown Atlanta, ripping holes in the roof of the Georgia Dome stadium and leaving about $100 million in damage in its wake.
March 1984: A storm in North and South Carolina produced 22 tornadoes that killed 57 people and injured another 800, according to the National Weather Service. Roughly a third of the victims were in mobile homes
April 1974: Called the "super tornado outbreak" by the weather service. On April 3-4, 148 twisters traveled more than 2,500 miles, killing 330 people. In all, 13 states were hit: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
May 1840: Historical records indicate that 317 people died when a tornado devastated Natchez, Miss
—Jennifer Levitz</span>
More of the WSJ article with video is at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704613504576269203314573920.html
Mother nature can be so random. At the same time similar events have happened this time of year before.
<span style="color: #3333FF">Extreme Weather Accompanies Spring Across Region
Major clusters of twisters are relatively rare, though extreme weather is fairly common across the southeast in the spring.
A few notable events:
April 2010: A tornado barreled through 17 counties in central Mississippi, killing 10 people and leaving a swath of devastation more than a half-mile wide.
March 2008: A tornado hit downtown Atlanta, ripping holes in the roof of the Georgia Dome stadium and leaving about $100 million in damage in its wake.
March 1984: A storm in North and South Carolina produced 22 tornadoes that killed 57 people and injured another 800, according to the National Weather Service. Roughly a third of the victims were in mobile homes
April 1974: Called the "super tornado outbreak" by the weather service. On April 3-4, 148 twisters traveled more than 2,500 miles, killing 330 people. In all, 13 states were hit: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
May 1840: Historical records indicate that 317 people died when a tornado devastated Natchez, Miss
—Jennifer Levitz</span>
