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Greensburg Tornado

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ocala:
Man that looks terrible out there. 90% of the town is gone. It's amazing only 9 were killed with that much devastation. Have to feel for those people. :(

Mark / Ohio:
Looking at the photos I'm surprised more were not killed.  They must have all been hunkered down in storm shelters and safe rooms.  I'd hate to think if something that size came through here.

NGRRFan:
From what I've heard, very few of the homes had basements or safe rooms.  I've been through that town, and to think that the footprint of the tornado was almost as wide as the town just boggles my mind.

ocala:
Here's a video from youtube. You can only see it when the lightning flashes but remember this thing is appx 1.7 miles wide. By the way it was classified as an EF5 on the new scale after the NWS did their damage assessment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRm4yu2MI-c
And a pic.
http://www.wxbob.net:8080/galleries/albums/BatchUploads/20070504/large_20070504_156.JPG

Harryca:
Here are some links you all might be interested in.

Aerial photos: http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/
Ground photos: http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornado/
Path of the tornado: http://www.kansas.com/static/maps/050507tornado.swf
Amateur Radio At Work In The Disaster Area: http://www.cenkares.org/
Pics and video of the EF-5 can be found here: http://tornadovideos.decadehost.com/

Harry

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