Tornado brings destruction unity to Windsor
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- Tornado brings destruction unity to Windsor
- May 2008 demolishes state’s tornado record -12/27/2008 11:37 PM
- Mother’s Day tornado tops list of Middle Georgia stories
- Hurricane Educator Receives National Honors
- Bridge City residents still reeling from Hurricane Ike
Tornado brings destruction unity to Windsor
The Coloradoan C
It finally stormed off to the northwest cutting diagonally across Windsor Lake on the north edge of town. It would eventually travel close to Timnath and Waverly before losing strength just across the Wyoming border. The entire devastating event in Windsor took just five minutes.
May 2008 demolishes state’s tornado record -12/27/2008 11:37 PM
Hays Daily News KS
netKansas this year beat its all-time tornado record in a day — a day that brought with it 55 tornadoes. As a result 2008 likely will end with 185 tornadoes in the record books “which is a huge huge smashing of the record here” said Dave Floyd a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Goodland. Actually that is 125 tornadoes above average Floyd said and 48 more than the 137 recorded in 2007 itself a record. There were 127 tornadoes reported in May alone. “Dodge City on their own did most of the smashing” Floyd said of the area covered by the Dodge City weather bureau.
Mother’s Day tornado tops list of Middle Georgia stories
Macon Telegraph GA
And for many in Middle Georgia 2008 will be remembered as the year of the Mother’s Day tornado. The economic downturn may affect more people and a historic election will surely hold greater sway but few things say 2008 in the midstate like twisted pine trees and blue tarps covering homes in south Macon.
Hurricane Educator Receives National Honors
WWK WV
Story by Gil McClanahan Email |. has been chosen to represent West Virginia as one of School Band and rchestra Magazine’s “50 Directors Who Make A Difference” for 2008. Leffingwell’s been at Hurricane High School for six years. During that time the band has won numerous awards. He told the magazine his key to success is to learn to trust students by delegating duties and to not be afraid to ask for advice.
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Bridge City residents still reeling from Hurricane Ike
News 8 Austin TX
11 just two days before Hurricane Ike made landfall the National Weather Service predicted an 18 to 20-foot storm surge to hit Port Arthur. Had forecasters been correct in their projection the city would be submerged in water. The Port Arthur levees held the surge but 10 miles outside of Port Arthur sits the small town of Bridge City which was not so lucky. In an area surrounded by three bodies of water Cow Bayou Sabine Lake and the Neches River it’s safe to say that the outcome was not going to good for Bridge City.