[SelmaLee]

And I am now sitting in a house that was built in 1926 - over one that was destroyed in March 1925.

Our elderly neighbor used to recall that storm - she said that the entire horizon was just black. They didn't have any sort of storm warning system, and many people didn't realize what it was - until it was upon them (and it was moving really fast).

A friend's grandmother lived south of town, and she recalled that they didn't realize that there had been a tornado in Murphysboro - until they saw the smoke rising from numerous fires later on.

[Ocracoke Island]

Our elderly neighbor used to recall that storm - she said that the entire horizon was just black.

I've read accounts of the Tri-State tornado. Incredible.

So many were left homeless; entire small towns were destroyed.

One very telling detail I remember reading is that even though so many were homeless, most families didn't rebuild their homes immediately. They built storm shelters first.