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To: tejek who wrote (613132)	5/26/2011 1:55:19 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 1582843

First off, its not a fact as we know there was a higher death toll from a tornado back in the '20's .... course that wasn't "on the record" I suppose since the tornado record only goes back to 1950. The most extreme tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State Tornado, which roared through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It was likely an F5, though tornadoes were not ranked on any scale in that era. It holds records for longest path length (219 miles, 352 km), longest duration (about 3.5 hours), and fastest forward speed for a significant tornado (73 mph, 117 km/h) anywhere on earth. In addition to it, it is the deadliest single tornado in United States history (695 dead).[ en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org Murphysboro IL Griffin IN But more important, death toll isn't a good measure of how powerful a tornado is. Death toll and economic damage is a function of does it hit a city or not, do a lot of people live in trailers or houses without cellers, and things like that. Tornados that tear up corn fields or pine woods don't do much damage. You need to make sure your facts are facts. Notice Tim Fowler posted we went for 8 years back earlier in the decade without a single F5 tornado: Message 27398229 tornado

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