Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Month Of The Tornado

The path of a powerful tornado is seen in an aerial photo over Joplin, Mo., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people.
           If you are an regular reader of my blog than you have probably noticed that I have been talking about tornadoes a lot the last couple of post. That is because we are are on track to completely encompass the previous record for tornadoes in a single month. It just seems like every day you turn on the news and their is another tornado ravaging Texas, Oklahoma, or another southern state.     
          In the last week or so we have had a tornadoes in Missouri, Texas, or Oklahoma. "In fact this tornado season has been the most deadliest since 1953", according to www.abcnews.com/. On the left side of the screen is a picture of Joplin, Missouri, after the destructive tornado hit this town.
               Explained by The Associated Press, "The average tornadoes for an entire year in the United States is 1274, and the total number of tornado's we have had through May is 1228." Actually we are on pace to beat our previous record of 1817 tornado's in a single year, in 2004.
               I'll end this like I always do, please contribute in some way. If it's donating or sending supplies, anything is  better then doing nothing, thank you.
          

1 comment:

  1. Other than "everything" do you know if there are any specific needs in Joplin right now? Are any local groups accepting donations for helping to rebuild?

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