How did early settlers in Kansas and Oklahoma deal with tornadoes back in the day?
May 28, 2010
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Tornado Shelters
i’m curious- compared to today’s living standard (in terms of houses), those people probably had no kind of shelter, so i wonder how they dealt with the twisters back then, say in the middle of the 19th century?
????? blame president Bush for the tornadoes that took place in the 19th century? what are you talking about, sir?
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2 comments
Windowphobe on May 28, 2010 at 2:12 am
Mostly, they got blown away: it’s only recently that we’ve had any kind of semi-reliable warning system.
The deadliest outbreak of twisters ever was actually a bit farther east, in March 1925, across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. An estimated F5 on the Fujita scale. Nearly 700 people were killed.
Now consider May 1999, when storms packing F5 (some said F6, which was off the scale, but they’ve since decided that F5 was more appropriate) force whipped across Oklahoma City (and within 500 yards of my front door). Death toll: 36.
Fred on May 28, 2010 at 2:12 am
No blame President Bush.