40 years ago...

[BillyVance 35]

What was then the worst tornado outbreak in recorded American history, 148 tornadoes hit 13 states, killing 319 people on April 3 and 4, including overnight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak

I was 6 and a half years old at the time and slept right through it. Parents picked me up and took us all, older brother and mom down to the basement and laid me down on a blanket in the back corner, and they watched the F4 twister pass by less than a mile away as it climbed Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, AL. All I remember is going for a ride with dad the next day seeing all the destruction. Holy fuck. That one left 16 dead.

Kentucky was the hardest hit in the outbreak.

Only the April 25-28, 2011 outbreak has surpassed this one in terms of fatalities and damage.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Krip 2]

Can you imagine the people living in that area without a basement, like a apartment, or a trailer.?

Do you remember if thats where most of the fatalities, occurred.

One Jump Wonder

[Amazon 7]

BillyVance

What was then the worst tornado outbreak in recorded American history, 148 tornadoes hit 13 states, killing 319 people on April 3 and 4, including overnight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak

I was 6 and a half years old at the time and slept right through it. Parents picked me up and took us all, older brother and mom down to the basement and laid me down on a blanket in the back corner, and they watched the F4 twister pass by less than a mile away as it climbed Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, AL. All I remember is going for a ride with dad the next day seeing all the destruction. Holy fuck. That one left 16 dead.

Kentucky was the hardest hit in the outbreak.

Only the April 25-28, 2011 outbreak has surpassed this one in terms of fatalities and damage.

I got to WPAFB, OH and Xenia the next year and the town was still pretty much looking like the aftermath of a war zone., All the trees were still pretty much trunks with no branches.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/04/03/killer-tornadoes-tore-area-years-ago-today/7236221/

[Amazon 7]

Krip

Can you imagine the people living in that area without a basement, like a apartment, or a trailer.?

Do you remember if thats where most of the fatalities, occurred.

DUDE... Trailer parks attract those damn things... I think its the aluminum

[tigra 0]

My family was living in Louisville Kentucky at the time. I remember it well.

[BillyVance 35]

tigra

My family was living in Louisville Kentucky at the time. I remember it well.

That's where my dad grew up and my grandmother lived til the mid 80's. I have the book about the super outbreak in Kentucky. Cherokee Park there lost hundreds of hundred-year-old oak trees. Don't think it has ever recovered quite yet.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[masterrig 1]

I was about 9, when my dad spotted a tornado headed our way. We had no basement and the only place we had to go to was a deep ditch across the road from the house. It worked!


Chuck

[tigra 0]

It was devastating, even from a child's perspective. Our neighborhood was spared but not by much. I remember seeing entire subdivisions pretty much flattened. You could see them from the road or highway - one home left standing in the middle of what used to be a brand new subdivision just like the one my family lived in less than 2 miles away.

[BillyVance 35]

tigra

It was devastating, even from a child's perspective. Our neighborhood was spared but not by much. I remember seeing entire subdivisions pretty much flattened. You could see them from the road or highway - one home left standing in the middle of what used to be a brand new subdivision just like the one my family lived in less than 2 miles away.

Yeah, even 3 years ago I saw first-hand the EF5 tornado damage in Alabama from the April 27, 2011 outbreak. Damn thing scoured the ground, churning up fresh red clay. Houses were completely gone. Even sections of pavement from the roads were missing!

Both the 1974 and 2011 outbreaks have one thing in common... Both gave Alabama unprecedented 3 separate EF5 twisters. No other states have ever had more than 2 in any outbreak.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[airdvr 210]

Probably caused by AGW too.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[xsniper 1]

BillyVance

What was then the worst tornado outbreak in recorded American history, 148 tornadoes hit 13 states, killing 319 people on April 3 and 4, including overnight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak

I was 6 and a half years old at the time and slept right through it. Parents picked me up and took us all, older brother and mom down to the basement and laid me down on a blanket in the back corner, and they watched the F4 twister pass by less than a mile away as it climbed Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, AL. All I remember is going for a ride with dad the next day seeing all the destruction. Holy fuck. That one left 16 dead.

Kentucky was the hardest hit in the outbreak.

Only the April 25-28, 2011 outbreak has surpassed this one in terms of fatalities and damage.

My wife lived in that area then and she said there was a minor earthquake either that same day or the day before.

[turtlespeed 226]

BillyVance

What was then the worst tornado outbreak in recorded American history, 148 tornadoes hit 13 states, killing 319 people on April 3 and 4, including overnight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak

I was 6 and a half years old at the time and slept right through it. Parents picked me up and took us all, older brother and mom down to the basement and laid me down on a blanket in the back corner, and they watched the F4 twister pass by less than a mile away as it climbed Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, AL. All I remember is going for a ride with dad the next day seeing all the destruction. Holy fuck. That one left 16 dead.

Kentucky was the hardest hit in the outbreak.

Only the April 25-28, 2011 outbreak has surpassed this one in terms of fatalities and damage.

That was the start of the effect of global warming

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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