Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars
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- Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars
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- Hot-air Balloon Research May Improve Tornado Predictions
Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars
FOXNews – May 12, 2008
— More than a third of the 23 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts who say vehicles are one of the worst places to be during a twister. “It’s like taking a handful of Matchbox cars and rolling them across the kitchen floor,” said Sgt. Dan Bracker of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, surveying the damage in and around Seneca, near the Oklahoma line, the hardest hit area. “This is devastating. Among those killed were three people in Oklahoma who were rushing to reach a relative’s house in their car; a woman whose car was blown off a road near Seneca; and four family members _ Rick Rountree, his wife, his 13-year-old son, and his mother-in-law _ who were in a van on the way to a friend’s wedding when a twister packing winds of 170 mph struck the Seneca area on Saturday night… twisters so far this year, the worst toll in a decade, according to the National Weather Service, and the danger has not passed yet. Tornado season typically peaks in the spring and early summer, then again in the late fall. All together, at least 26 people died in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama after the severe storms erupted Saturday over the Southern Plains and swept east.
Toxic Town Hit by Tornado, May Pose Health Risks
National Geographic – May 12, 2008
nationalgeographic. Environmental Protection Agency to check for high lead levels on Monday. The tornado was one of several that combined to kill 22 people in the Midwest and the South over the weekend, raising the nation’s 2008 total to about a hundred, the worst toll in a decade… Environmental Protection Agency to check for high lead levels on Monday. The tornado was one of several that combined to kill 22 people in the Midwest and the South over the weekend, raising the nation’s 2008 total to about a hundred, the worst toll in a decade.
Hot-air Balloon Research May Improve Tornado Predictions
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – May 12, 2008
Richard Shelby for the Tornado and Hurricane Observations and Research Center (THOR) test bed facility at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Adapted from materials provided by.