Tornado Touches Down in Venice Italy There was a tornado reported in Venice, Italy on Wednesday July 8th, 2015. The tornado made contact around 5 pm local time and it left more than a dozen people injured in its wake. Rooted trees, damaged buildings, and vehicles lay in the path of the tornado. The tornado…
The National Weather Service is investigating the Gentry tornado in Arkansas on Thursday (July 9th) which left behind significant damage. The city is beginning its recovery by assessing all of the damage and doing general city cleanup. The storm barreled through the city with winds up to 70 miles per hour which was able to…
A massive tornado touched down in Fairdale, Illinois late in the evening on April 9th. Fairdale Illinois is a small town located in the northern part of the state. It inhabits roughly two hundred people within seven square blocks. This massive half-mile wide tornado ripped right through the center of town killing two people and…
December Tornado: Marion County, Mississippi Tornado season may exist, but tornadoes can happen at any time. We expect tornadoes to occur most often in spring or summer, because that’s the duration of tornado season. Which means they can’t happen any other time of year. Right? Wrong. Tornadoes can happen in winter. And they have. Marion…
Murphysboro, Illinois has suffered more fatalities from a single storm than any other city. March 18, 1925–a time when most of us weren’t even glimmers in our grandfathers’ eyes. A tornado struck the Plains states with winds in excess of 300 mph. The damage? 695 people dead. More than 2000 injuries. 15,000 Plains homes destroyed.…
December tornadoes? Yes, they exist. December tornadoes are a rare phenomenon, the likes of which happened this year in Harper County, Kansas. This was the first such occurrence in this area since 1956, according to local weather officials, and it had winds of up to 85 miles per hour. Officials ranked the tornado an EF0–but…
Tornadoes in North Carolina can be devastating. The destructive nature of NC tornadoes has left many families with their homes destroyed. Fatalities and serious injuries are even more grievous when you know they could be avoided. A tornado is a force of nature. Don’t let it be a tragedy. NC tornadoes of 2014 have caused…
Certain areas in the United States have tornadoes on their mind. That’s because tornadoes can be a constant threat. The only way to achieve total peace of mind is to equip your home with a tornado shelter that meets FEMA specifications. We can help you there. No matter what time of year it is, safety…
Have you heard of tornado clusters? You can picture it. Tornadoes have been occurring in more compact time-frames than they have in the past. According to USA Today, the number of tornadoes each year hasn’t really changed…but the number of days with tornadoes has lessened. The result is tornado clusters. Basically: When tornadoes hit, a lot of them…
Rubble. Bits of our lives, strewn across the earth like refuse. An already frightened community now suffers some of the most costly damages they’ve ever encountered. Lives are scarred. But what rises from the rubble? Something stronger. Something akin to the pioneers of old: They went through the New World, a crucible, and emerged stronger.…