Comments on: How did early settlers in Kansas and Oklahoma deal with tornadoes back in the day? http://tornadoquestions.com/how-did-early-settlers-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-deal-with-tornadoes-back-in-the-day.htm Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:02:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Windowphobe http://tornadoquestions.com/how-did-early-settlers-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-deal-with-tornadoes-back-in-the-day.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16844 Windowphobe Fri, 28 May 2010 07:12:45 +0000 http://tornadoquestions.com/how-did-early-settlers-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-deal-with-tornadoes-back-in-the-day.htm#comment-16844 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. 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.

]]> By: Fred http://tornadoquestions.com/how-did-early-settlers-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-deal-with-tornadoes-back-in-the-day.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16845 Fred Fri, 28 May 2010 07:12:45 +0000 http://tornadoquestions.com/how-did-early-settlers-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-deal-with-tornadoes-back-in-the-day.htm#comment-16845 No blame President Bush. No blame President Bush.

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