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Tornado Tracker
A community portal about Tornado Tracker with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus cloud base and the surface of the earth... [more]
A community portal about Tornado Tracker with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus cloud base and the surface of the earth. Tornadoes can come in many shapes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, with the narrow end touching the earth. Often, a cloud of debris encircles the lower portion of the funnel.
Melissa Knopper, at Alternet writes: How an Entire Town Leveled By a Tornado Is Rebuilding Green On May 4, 2007, an EF5 tornado cut a 1.7-mile path of destruction through Greensburg, Kansas. Winds reaching speeds of 205 miles per hour uprooted trees, demolished homes and leveled the town. Eleven people died and 95% of the buildings were destroyed beyond repair. The town, whose population has dropped from 2,000 to 800 following the storm...
- Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (ktrh.com)
- Tornado Blasts Oregon Coast (newwest.net)
- Enormous Waves, Tornado, Rattle Oregon Coast (longviewhillshere.blogspot.com)
The storm clouds on the horizon for the SciTech Hands On Museum aren't just budgetary any more. On Wednesday, the downtown Aurora children's science museum unveiled "Dorothy," a retired tornado-chasing vehicle donated by the national Chasing4Life organization.
From suburbanchicagonews.com
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- Additional test on tornado sirens will take place Saturday (feedburner.com)
- Tornado side-track result (pr-inside.com)
(The Associated Press)
The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City in northwestern Oregon, damaging about a dozen homes.The Friday night tornado packed winds that reached 85 mph. The weather service says 11 homes, three cars and three decks were damaged. The...
From charlotteobserver.com
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- 'Storm Chasers' hits Missouri in search of chaos (the-standard.org)
- That wasn't a tornado, Environment Canada says (search.msn.com)
- Streaks roll over Tornado (local.lancasteronline.com)
Here's an abbreviated look at a video game for the entire family. • Tornado Outbreak (from Konami for PlayStation 3, $39.99) — One of nature's most powerful forces stars in a third-person action game loaded with destruction. A player controls the wind warrior Zephyr, a pint-size fellow from a noble group of air elementals tasked with creating an atmosphere on barren lands around the universe. His ability to transform into a tornado takes him...
From washingtontimes.com
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- Exercise Your Dog's Brain with the Dog Tornado (z.about.com)
- Rolling with Tornado Outbreak, Katamari Forever (sfgate.com)
20 to 30 coastal homes were damaged Thursday night as a tornado slammed into the Oregon coast. The raging storm turned extremely violent at 9:54 p.m.
Oceanfront houses at Roads End, a community just north of Lincoln City, took the brunt of the damage, as the accompanying photo by local resident David Skirvin, shows the result of the storm damage.
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