Okla-homey
3/18/2007, 07:01 AM
March 18, 1925: The Tri-State Tornado
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On this day 82 years ago, the worst tornado in U.S. history passes through eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing 695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing $17 million in property damage in 1925 dollars. That's over $195 million in 2007 dollars!
Note: For handy dollar conversion factors, see: http://oregonstate.edu/cla/polisci/faculty/sahr/cv2006.xls
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Known as the "Tri-State Tornado," the deadly twister began its northeast track in Ellington, Missouri, but southern Illinois was the hardest hit. More than 500 of the total 695 people who perished were killed in southern Illinois, including 234 in Murphrysboro and 127 in West Frankfort.
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The rotating winds of tornadoes can attain velocities of 300 mph, and its diameter can vary from a few feet to a mile. A tornado generally travels in a northeasterly distance at speeds of 20 to 40 mph and usually covers anywhere between one and more than 100 miles.
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Earliest known photo of a tornado. Photo in North Dakota ca. 1884.
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925--which traveled 219 miles, spent more than three hours on the ground, devastated 164 square miles, had a diameter of more than a mile, and traveled at speeds in excess of 70 mph--is unsurpassed in U.S. history.
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On this day 82 years ago, the worst tornado in U.S. history passes through eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing 695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing $17 million in property damage in 1925 dollars. That's over $195 million in 2007 dollars!
Note: For handy dollar conversion factors, see: http://oregonstate.edu/cla/polisci/faculty/sahr/cv2006.xls
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2117/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzztor.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Known as the "Tri-State Tornado," the deadly twister began its northeast track in Ellington, Missouri, but southern Illinois was the hardest hit. More than 500 of the total 695 people who perished were killed in southern Illinois, including 234 in Murphrysboro and 127 in West Frankfort.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3366/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzztornado17zg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The rotating winds of tornadoes can attain velocities of 300 mph, and its diameter can vary from a few feet to a mile. A tornado generally travels in a northeasterly distance at speeds of 20 to 40 mph and usually covers anywhere between one and more than 100 miles.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7151/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzztornado7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Earliest known photo of a tornado. Photo in North Dakota ca. 1884.
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925--which traveled 219 miles, spent more than three hours on the ground, devastated 164 square miles, had a diameter of more than a mile, and traveled at speeds in excess of 70 mph--is unsurpassed in U.S. history.