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🌪️ Tornado Talk Updates!

Guin: We have been working very long days trying to crank out the full Guin narrative and we are very close to releasing this to our Patreon supporters! This will be an exclusive premium summary series for our members but we also have plans on selling this as a stand-alone digital product through the Patreon platform. Even if you are not a monthly or yearly supporter, you will be able to purchase the digital version of this narrative. It contains detailed stories of the entire path, exclusive photos, videos, audio and more. This will be similar to purchasing an E-book for Kindle except you will log into our website and view the narrative there. More to come on this but wanted to report in, we are VERY close to a release!

Virtual Tornado Memorial: I will be taking my first trip to specifically gather information for the virtual memorial. I have been documenting the tornadoes I am looking for that have caused fatalities and starting to search for fatality names. I will then follow up at libraries, history centers, museums and more. A few locations I will be going to: Bowling Green, KY, Memphis, TN and Poplar Bluff, MO. If you are a Patreon supporter, you will get the play by play on the trip, where I am going and what I am finding!

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🌪️ This Week In Tornado History

March 10, 1964 - New Jersey: On this day in 1964, an F1 tornado tracked for nearly 60 miles through Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, and Ocean Counties in NJ. A trailer park near Mount Holly was torn apart, and five people were injured.

March 11, 1917 - Indiana: A possible F4 tornado moved from four miles West of New Castle, IN and across the southern part of town. 350 buildings damaged/destroyed here with 21 killed and at least 100 injured. Debris was scattered for miles. Another death occurred near Millville and two more hear Hagerstown.

March 12, 2019 - New Mexico: On this day, an EF2 tornado hit Dexter, NM. A dozen buildings were damaged, and six others were destroyed. Six people were injured.

March 13, 1990 - The Plains: March of 1990 was extremely active, with a total of 86 tornadoes occurring. 78 of them from March 11 through March 15th. The most active day: March 13. 59 tornadoes moved through parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa. There were 2-F4 and 2-F5 tornadoes on the 13th. The outbreak on the 13th produced the strongest tornadoes of record (at that time) so early in the season for so far Northwest in the US. The F5s were in the state of Kansas and we look at those in this summary!

March 14, 1922 - Louisiana: An F3 tornado moved two miles through West Baton Rouge Parish, LA. Eight homes were destroyed 5 miles NW of Port Allen. A freight car and a gravel plant were demolished. There were four deaths in three home at “Anchorage.” Thirty people were injured.

March 15, 1938 - Illinois:  An F4 tornado moved 12 miles through St. Clair County, IL. It moved due north from 5 miles SSW of Belleville to the western part of O’Fallon. Sixty homes were demolished along an 18-block section of Belleville. Eight people were killed here and 52 injured. Two others were killed near O’Fallon. Thomas Grazulis denoted that a piece of plate glass from a gas station was carried north for 25 miles.

March 16, 1965 - Oklahoma/Kansas: What may have been a family of tornadoes tracked over 82 miles on this day. The greatest damage was noted along a 9-mile-path from 5 miles NW of Deer Creek, OK to the Grant-Kay County line. A man was injured inside his demolished home. 15 farmsteads were hit in the Deer Creek area, six of which were destroyed.

🌪️Check This Out!

A tornado occurred on March 3 in Clara,Tacuarembó, Uruguay!

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