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To: T-Bird45

Chilling! I am glad I live in hurricane country not tornado country. There was a town or a community that was completely wiped away by a tornado in Texas near Austin I think. I can't remember the name or the year right now.


13 posted on 05/22/2005 5:21:20 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter
Shortly before 3:45 pm CDT on 27 May 97, a violent tornado struck portions of Jarrell, TX, killing 27 directly, and doing damage officially rated F5 on the Fujita Scale -- the most extreme level of tornado damage.

This tornado blew some houses completely off the foundations and swept away the disentegrated remains.

It also scoured asphalt from roads, killed and dismembered hundreds of cattle, stripped bark from trees and uprooted them, and bounced vehicles for up to half a mile from their parking places.

15 posted on 05/22/2005 8:55:00 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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