I can't imagine being in this house when 94 mile per hour winds started to hit. In areas as remote as this, there is no place to run or no place to hide. Self sufficiency is deeply shaken when the roof of a house is taken off and shingles start to disappear. Exposure alone could kill a person and there aren't many neighbors to come help. The picture is from The Weather Underground. Thanks.
March 2, 2009
St. George Island, Alaska
Photographer states :: last week wednseday storms clock up to 94 mph
The Alabama tornado looks remarkably similar to the Wall Cloud in Kansas. It would make sense the 'system' would pick up more velocity as it reached further south and higher 'temperatures/calories of heat' in order to manifest 'near tornadoes' into a maximum of an F2.
Rotating Wall Cloud crosses road north of Rush Center, KS. Impressive, but no tornado touchdown. Resubmitted for tornado week (It is Tornado Week at The Weather Channel. Tornado Week is the way The Weather Channel 'primes' the public for a busy season of which this promises to be. 3 down...).
Photo taken by Photo Gallery member, Klipsi.
Taken in Rush Center, KS by Brittanyu
uploaded Feb 26, 2009
SALEM, Ala. (AP) Authorities report three Tornadoes (click here - one tornado was an F2) have cut a swath through east central Alabama. One church has been destroyed and another damaged. Ten homes and a school were also torn up. The National Weather Service says the storm system snapped or ripped hundreds of trees from the ground. Several minor injuries have been reported.
BREAKING NEWS: Boat found, one rescued - 2 NFL players not found (click here)
March 2, 2009 - 10:13 AM
AP
The Coast Guard says a man who went missing during a fishing trip has been found clinging to an overturned boat that belongs to Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper. The Coast Guard says former University of South Florida player Nick Schuyler was rescued Monday afternoon off the Florida coast. Authorities say Cooper, Detroit Lions free agent Corey Smith and former South Florida player, William Bleakley, remain missing.Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close says Schuyler told rescuers that the 21-foot boat was anchored when it flipped Saturday evening...
Storms Could Put Some Towns in the Red (click here)
by Adrienne Bennett
Mar 02nd 2009
Heavy snow is spreading across Maine, closing schools, businesses and state government and making for tough going for motorists during and after the morning commute.Road crews have had plows out in full force trying to keep up with the storm that's expected to dump accumulations of between 6 and 12 inches in most areas. This is the eighteenth storm of the season. Last year at this time there had been twenty-four snowstorms.The cities of Waterville and Augusta have public works budgets of $850,000 in winter funds, most of which has already been spent on storm clean-up, equipment repairs, salt, and sand. While there isn't a salt shortage like last year, Waterville public works director, Mark Turner says money may be the problem this year. He says, one or two more storms could put them in the red. If the budget is used up Turner says, the money will have to be found in other areas where there is a surplus. If a surplus isn't found, parks and recreation, solid waste, and recycling programs could be cut to find the needed funds.
