Paul Gross

Took them long enough...

Well they are on record, but for what?

ON THIS DATE IN 1925: In the midday and afternoon hours of Wednesday, March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in United States history and second-deadliest worldwide moved through Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027 more in what is known as the Tri-State tornado. The tornado touched down as part of a larger severe weather outbreak, and produced catastrophic damage across numerous communities across all three states. Despite not being officially rated, it is widely accepted to have been equivalent to an F5 on the Fujita scale. There has long been uncertainty as to whether the originally recognized reports of a 219 mile path over 3.5 hours represent a single continuous tornado or multiple independent tornadoes belonging to a tornado family. Because of the scarcity of verifiable meteorological data from the time of the event and the apparent absence of any record of a tornado having approached this path length and duration in the years since, doubts have been raised about the plausibility of the conclusion that a single tornado was responsible for them.

Livonia did not participate.

(9:30am Wed) Just a reminder that most sirens will be tested at 1pm today as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. Regrettably, not all communities will test their sirens. If you are part of the leadership of one of those cities or townships, please explain to me why.