ouwasp
4/3/2011, 01:59 PM
Just finished reading F-5 by Mark Levine. It is about the day 148 tornadoes ripped the eastern third of the US from the gulf states to the midwest.
The most infamous storm of that day is probably the Xenia, OH twister. But Levine's book concentrates on Limestone County, Alabama. There is a small settlement named Tanner that was struck by an F-5.... and 30 minutes later, about the time folks started helping each other out of the rubble... Tanner was hit by an F-4! :eek:
Can you imagine that? One of the persons interviewed in the book says, upon seeing the second monster approaching, "That's the sorta thing that can make you believe it's the end of the world..."
Hope the outbreak predicted for the next coupla days is nowhere close to the one of '74...
The most infamous storm of that day is probably the Xenia, OH twister. But Levine's book concentrates on Limestone County, Alabama. There is a small settlement named Tanner that was struck by an F-5.... and 30 minutes later, about the time folks started helping each other out of the rubble... Tanner was hit by an F-4! :eek:
Can you imagine that? One of the persons interviewed in the book says, upon seeing the second monster approaching, "That's the sorta thing that can make you believe it's the end of the world..."
Hope the outbreak predicted for the next coupla days is nowhere close to the one of '74...