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kentuck

(115,346 posts) Wed May 22, 2013, 06:55 AM May 2013

A mile wide and seventeen miles long... [View all]

Imagine an area 1 mile from where you are sitting. That was how wide the tornado was as it traveled 17 miles on the ground with winds up to 200 miles per hour. It is impossible to imagine the horror and destruction unless one was in the middle of it.

It is a miracle that many more lives were not lost as the winds leveled everything in its path. How many houses are in a square mile from where you live? How far down the road do you have to go to reach 17 miles? It was truly a monster storm.

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A mile wide and seventeen miles long... [View all] kentuck May 2013 OP

Imagine it digging a trench 500-800 ft deep...that size catastrophe is planned for WI HereSince1628 May 2013 #1

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Glad I threw you some raw-hamburger. HereSince1628 May 2013 #5

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Then imagine... kentuck May 2013 #3

True. HereSince1628 May 2013 #4

We seem to be able to talk about destruction from natural disasters but not so much with human... liberal N proud May 2013 #12

the winds were over 200, per the degree of damage magical thyme May 2013 #7

Part of that miracle was great meteorologists, sirens, tornado drills, and knowing to shelter in txwhitedove May 2013 #8

Yes, thank you for saying it CBGLuthier May 2013 #10

Horrible storm but not always a mile wide. godai May 2013 #9

I heard a reporter say... kentuck May 2013 #11

It's not the high winds so much as the low pressure in the middle that just explodes buildings. RC May 2013 #13