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Happy Monday! Back home and back to normal?!
Wow what a journey! I was on the road for just over 3 weeks. I traveled through 7 states, conducted research in over a dozen libraries, visited a couple of history centers/museums and had networking opportunities all along the way. The last part of my trip was spent in Murphy, NC (Cherokee County). I conducted powerful interviews with residents who survived the April 3, 1974 F4 tornado. It is the strongest and most deadly tornado on record for their county.
We held a tornado safety presentation/commemoration with community representatives including Mayor Tim Radford. I have worked with Tim for almost 12 years as he is the owner of WKRK Radio and I am one of their radio broadcast meteorologists. Representatives from the museum, newspaper and emergency management were also in attendance.
I am back to normal….sorta. I learned so much from this trip and have busyhead! I will be working through some ideas that came up along the journey. We are also working on some new summaries, including one from the 1974 Super Outbreak. I will also be working on additional ebooks and other ways of getting our stories out to a wider audience!
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🌪️ This Week In Tornado History
July 22, 1928 - The Potomac River: An F2 tornado moved along the Potomac River shore between Morgantown, MD and Tompkinsville. A cottage, two barns and at least 100 trees were demolished and thrown into the river. “A man was killed in the cottage and his wife was injured.”
July 23, 1975 - Canton, IL: 127 businesses in a five-block area were damaged. Approximately 100 homes and 50 mobile homes were destroyed. Two fatalities occurred at the Horton’s Mobile Home Manor.
Image from newspapers.com
July 24, 2017 - Stevensville, MD: On this day in 2017, an EF2 tornado came off the Chesapeake Bay and tore through Stevensville, MD. Several homes, apartments, and townhouses were unroofed and ripped apart. One person was injured.
July 25, 2000 - Granite Falls, MN: Per the NWS Storm Data entry, most of the damage in Granite Falls was caused by F2 and F3 winds speeds. It was officially classified as minimal F4 based on the twisted wreckage of an overturned railroad car. Per the Star Tribune article, “41 houses were destroyed and 300 damaged”. That was nearly 1/3 of the homes in Granite Falls at that time. There was one fatality.
Image from newspapers.comJuly 26, 1890
July 26, 1890 - Essex County, MA: An F3 tornado moved ENE, parallell and south of the Merrimack River in Essex County, MA. 35 homes were destroyed and 60 others were damaged. Grazulis documents 8 fatalities and 63 injuries.
July 27, 1994 - Limerick, PA: This F3 tornado moved over a newer housing development. Of the 27 inhabited houses, 4 were leveled, 16 damaged beyond repair. A family of 3 were killed. Missed the PECO Energy’s nuclear power plant by just over 2 miles.
Image from newspapers.com.
July 28, 1942 - Hancock, WI: An F2 tornado struck near Hancock, WI. A barn and a hog house were destroyed on two different farms. Lake front cottages had roof damage.
Check This Out!
It was such a blessing to spend time with folks in Murphy, NC. I am grateful to all who came out for the community event talking about tornado safety and some of the twisters that have hit in Cherokee County. Here is an article that appeared in this week’s Cherokee Scout newspaper about the event!
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