8 dead in Midwest storms; Brookport, Ill., was 'a sitting duck' (click here)
Are those brick structures? Because if they are that is not unusual. Brick structures can survive EF4s and below. The width of that path is unbelievable.
Only foundations and flooring remain (click here) along a street in Washington, Ill. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune)
There are many pictures of people in the rain and even in the open at a stadium. I realize a crowd can't be so alarmed they stampede and cause unnecessary and preventable deaths, but, folks need to know this reality is not a time to put off their understanding that severe rain, high winds and dark clouds are to be worried about. People sometimes see weather as an annoyance rather than a warning. That wasn't always the case. Weather is a warning, not simply an inconvenience and a modern day society can be too dismissive of it.
People make their way across North Michigan Avenue on Nov. 16.
Adam Wolffbrandt
Chicago Tribune, Nov. 16, 2013
I also was surprised at the deaths. The north usually puts basements in their homes, but, evidently as noted in some photos there are homes built on slabs without basements. That is not a good idea. People survived this tornado outbreak in their basements. And not just crawl spaces, these were full basements with at least a foot of space over the heads, but, more likely a full elevation of a regular room.
Only foundations and flooring remain (click here) along a street in Washington, Ill. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune)
There are many pictures of people in the rain and even in the open at a stadium. I realize a crowd can't be so alarmed they stampede and cause unnecessary and preventable deaths, but, folks need to know this reality is not a time to put off their understanding that severe rain, high winds and dark clouds are to be worried about. People sometimes see weather as an annoyance rather than a warning. That wasn't always the case. Weather is a warning, not simply an inconvenience and a modern day society can be too dismissive of it.
People make their way across North Michigan Avenue on Nov. 16. Adam Wolffbrandt
Chicago Tribune, Nov. 16, 2013
I also was surprised at the deaths. The north usually puts basements in their homes, but, evidently as noted in some photos there are homes built on slabs without basements. That is not a good idea. People survived this tornado outbreak in their basements. And not just crawl spaces, these were full basements with at least a foot of space over the heads, but, more likely a full elevation of a regular room.
