Posted on 01/23/2010 2:10:32 PM PST by freespirited
See... it's already been there
About 10 years ago, my kids swore they saw one from our back yard in Los Altos. They were right — it touched down two houses away, skipped a block, touched down again, tore off roofs, flattened fences and totally wiped out the chain link fence around the high school tennis courts! I spent a lot of years in Missouri and have see what F5 tornados can do. But this little baby was plenty scary.
Things carried long distances by tornadoes:
April 1, 1912 in Dickson, Tennessee
A box with a hen was carried 200 yards without harming the occupant.
March 21, 1913 from Scyrene to Lower Peach Tree, Alabama
A pillow was carried 20 miles.
June 1, 1917 in Coalgate Oklahoma
A book from Coalgate was dropped inside the walls of the McAlester State Prison, 40 miles to the northeast.
April, 1922 near Orestes to Wheeling, Indiana
A postcard was carried from near Orestes to Mt. Cory, Ohio, 124 miles away, with only a torn corner.
August 7, 1924 near New Auburn, Wisconsin
A coat was found 13 miles from the house where it originated. Shingles were carried 20 miles.
April 29, 1909 1930 Horn Lake, Mississippi to Scotts Hill, Tennessee
Meat from smoke houses was found two miles away.
March, 1932, in Alabama and Tennessee
A check from a Paint Rock, Alabama home was carried to Athens, Tennessee, a distance of about 105 miles.
March 15, 1938 in Belleville, Illinois
A piece of plate glass from a gas station was carried north for 25 miles.
May 20, 1949 in the Hammon, Butler, and Thomas areas of Oklahoma
In a feedlot near Thomas, 13 of 14 cattle were reportedly carried a quarter of a mile from the lot and set down unharmed. “The bawling of cattle could be heard in mid-air and tracks could only be seen leading outward from the spot where they landed.”
April 28, 1950 near Clyde, Texas
A small refrigerator was carried for a half mile and lodged at the top of a telephone pole.
June 9, 1953 from Worcester, Massachusetts
At the Blue Hill Observatory, 35 miles east of Worcester, the director recovered a French music box, a three-foot-square aluminum trap door, a two-pound piece of roof, and a couch cover that was frozen solid. A piece of frozen mattress was recovered from Massachusetts Bay, near Weymouth.
August 15, 1954 in New Richmond, Wisconsin
A dog was observed being “carried aloft and away.” The dog returned four hours later.
April, 1956 in Wisconsin
A “package of knitted products” from a knitting mill was carried north 35 miles. A “package of papers” was found 75 miles to the NNE. A “carton of deer hides” was reportedly found 6 miles to the northeast.
April 22, 1963 in Illiopolis, Illinois
Cows were carried aloft, set down unharmed, and “acted strangely” for several days.
April, 1963 From Paradise Point, southwest of Moon Lake and southeast of Lula, Mississippi
A social security card was carried 75 miles to Hickory Flat.
May 4, 1965 in Borge, Texas
The second story commode was carried 100 yards.
June 1, 1968 near Watts, Oklahoma to Siloam Springs, Arkansas
A 14-foot boat was carried a half mile.
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