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Tornado Hits Towns in Oklahoma and Missouri
By Nick on May 11, 2008
The tiny towns of Picher and Seneca in the South Central region of the U.S have become the victims of a huge tornado that killed at least 18 people in the area known as Tornado Alley. Here’s a Google Earth screenshot of Seneca before havoc struck:
Seneca, in Missouri, has a population of about 2,100, whereas Oklahoma’s town of Picher, which was formerly a center for lead and zinc mining, has a population of just 1,600.
I found the following picture of a tornado on the article, “Six Tornado Tips that Could Save Your Life“, and because so many tornadoes roll through Oklahoma each year, you’d expect Picher to be well prepared.
Unfortunately, as this video shows, no amount of preparation could have saved the town from this wreckage.
Learn more about Tornado Alley and the Picher/Seneca tornadoes:
- Google Earth Coordinates for Picher: 36°59′13.42″N 94°49′51.38″W
- Google Earth Coordinates for Seneca: 36°50′18.10″N 94°36′38.64″W
- Visit what’s left of Picher in Google Maps
- Visit what’s left of Seneca in Google Maps
- Tornado Alley on Wikipedia
- BBC: “Tornado wrecks Central US towns”
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Mark Ramsay, globetrotting from an armchair in England.
9:53 pm on March 7th, 2010
MAN that was a F5 the way the damage looked.
But it wasn’t as bad as the illinois tornado back in the 20s.
Every body says that the tristate tornado in illinois was a F7 probably.