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Guin: 

We started the planning for a trip to Alabama in July of 2023. On our journey, we crossed through the town of Guin, in Marion County. We were greeted with open arms by Mayor Phil Segraves and others from the city. The Tornado Talk team traveled along the path through Winston, Lawrence and Morgan Counties and met survivors like Bessie Berry. We gathered thousands of pieces of material from photos, to newspaper articles, oral narratives and maps.

Now, two years later, after hundreds of hours of analysis, organizing, writing and reviewing, we have released our 18-chapter Guin series through our Patreon initiative.

If you are a monthly and yearly paid Patreon subscriber at the storm chaser tier or higher, you have access to this series with your membership.

NEW: We have opened a shop on Patreon and made it possible for folks to purchase the Guin narrative and access it on our website, as a one-time purchase. You can access that here!

Note: Because everything is on our website, you will need an account on our website to read this series and we will set that up for you. All of that is laid out on a post in our Patreon Shop.

This project has been our most significant group effort to date. We hope you find meaning in this series as we reflect on, remember, and honor those affected by the F5 tornado that struck Guin, Alabama, on April 3, 1974.

More News: 

Now that the Guin series is complete, we will be stepping forward full-time into the Virtual Tornado Memorial project. More on that as the weeks go on….and in next week’s newsletter, I will have a big announcement! Stay Tuned!

There were two small errors in last week’s newsletter. The Oakfield event occurred in 1996 now 2016. Also, the July 15, 1885 event occurred in South Dakota, not Minnesota.

🌪️ This Week In Tornado History

July 21, 1987 - Wyoming: This tornado’s most impressive feat was the fact that it crossed the continental divide at over 10,000 ft. This is the highest elevation that a violent (F4/F5) tornado has ever occurred on record.

July 22, 1928 - Maryland: 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.” Source: Thomas Grazulis

July 23, 2010 - Pennsylvania: On this day in 2010 four tornadoes tore across Susquehanna, Wayne, and Pike Counties, in Northeast PA. Three were rated EF1 and one EF2. Thousands of trees were blown down, and many homes, cabins, and farm buildings were damaged or destroyed.

July 24, 2008 - New Hampshire: 50.46 mile path. Longest path on record for the state of NH and the longest path on record for New England. Some of the worst damage in the Deerfield area. One fatality here. 2 injuries along the path.

July 25, 2000 - Minnesota: 9 mile path. 1 killed, 15 injured. Per Storm Data: Classified as a minimal F4 , based on the twisted wreckage of an overturned railroad car near intersection of 9th Ave & 14th St in Granite Falls.

July 26, 1890 - Massachusetts: 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 - Pennsylvania: 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.

🌪️More Tornado News

Our very own Nelson Tucker is back out with the OTUS Project. They deployed on this tornado Sunday in South Dakota!

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