Remember the April Tornadoes?

[BigTruck]

Disclaimer:  This is in no way related to Irene, I just haven't processed the tens of thousands of pics I have taken this summer.


My wife is from Tuscaloosa, AL and we went there this past July to visit the family and I took a lot of pictures of damage from the April F5 tornado that tore through.  I mistakenly deleted all but 5 pictures, dammit so much!  >:(    But here is a few shots of the devastation, 3 months after the impact.

[patchz]

In no way am I comparing Justin, but the last two remind me of the F4 that came through my county in 1987 killing 6 and injuring 350.

My heart goes out to people that go through such as this, no matter where they are.

[hyperpep111]

Oh my. Hope that city can rebuild as fast as possible .
On another note, What do you mean by f5 & f4?


[center]Ren

[patchz]

[quote]Oh my. Hope that city can rebuild as fast as possible .
On another note, What do you mean by f5 & f4?


[center]Ren

[hyperpep111]

[quote][quote]Oh my. Hope that city can rebuild as fast as possible .
On another note, What do you mean by f5 & f4?


[center]Ren

[jetprop]

just wondering but how big was the tornado?
i mean actual size not strenght.
was it like 100m,200m,500m or anything else?

[pfevrier]

Very scary pictures 

[BigTruck]

just wondering but how big was the tornado?
i mean actual size not strenght.
was it like 100m,200m,500m or anything else?

Wikipedia:
The National Weather Service has determined the path length of this violent tornado to be 80.3 miles (129.2 km) with a maximum damage path width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km). The tornado's most intense damage indicated peak winds of around 190 mph (310 km/h); therefore, it was given a final rating of EF4.

You can get a pretty good idea how big this thing was watching this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyszJj0V ... re=related

It went right through downtown.  While we were driving around, everything looked normal, just like anytown, then suddenly there is a clean cut line of destruction going through downtown, everything is flattened, then everything looks normal again.  Very surreal.

Thanks for your input Larry.  I was wrong calling this an EF5, apparently it was an EF4.  I could only imagine what an EF5 would have done 

[patchz]

just wondering but how big was the tornado?
i mean actual size not strenght.
was it like 100m,200m,500m or anything else?

Wikipedia:
The National Weather Service has determined the path length of this violent tornado to be 80.3 miles (129.2 km) with a maximum damage path width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km). The tornado's most intense damage indicated peak winds of around 190 mph (310 km/h); therefore, it was given a final rating of EF4.

You can get a pretty good idea how big this thing was watching this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyszJj0V ... re=related

It went right through downtown.

[Steve M]

[quote][quote]Oh my. Hope that city can rebuild as fast as possible .
On another note, What do you mean by f5 & f4?


[center]Ren