1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes: Great Forecasting, Poor Warning Infrastructure
The death toll for the historic 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak varies depending on your source, but the number 271 packs the authority of a U. S. Weather Bureau survey submitted by a five-man team to Dr....
View ArticleUpdate on Palm Sunday Tornadoes Book
In a post a few months ago, I mentioned that I was writing a book on the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes. I’ve kept the project largely under wraps, but yesterday I passed a significant mile marker, and...
View Article45 Year Commemorative Event Planned for 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes
April 11 this year will mark the 45th anniversary of the second worst Midwestern tornado outbreak of modern times. The 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak is noteworthy not so much for the number of tornadoes...
View ArticleLooking Back: A 45-Year Retrospective on the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Palm Sunday Tornadoes, the second worst tornado outbreak in Midwest history. Between the time that the first funnel dropped in eastern Iowa shortly before 2:00...
View ArticleInterview with Paul and Elizabeth Huffman: Insights into a Historic Tornado...
Meet Paul “Pic” Huffman and his wife, Elizabeth. A very photogenic couple, wouldn’t you say? And, I might add, a lovely one–two very nice, warm people who welcomed me into their house near Elkhart,...
View Article1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Book: The Next Phase
Even as my book “The Giant Steps Scratch Pad” nears completion–it now awaits only the cover, which is being designed by a graphic designer friend of mine–my other, more ambitious project is also...
View ArticleSurvivor Guilt: The Unseen Tornado Trauma
“The thief comes only to rob and kill and destroy; I have come that [you] may have life, and have it to the full.”–Jesus (John 10:10) Forty-five years after he lost his younger brother in one of the...
View ArticleNew Website on 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes (and the Truth about “The Twins”)
Someone has finally done it. Elkhart County native Jenni Siri has set about developing a website dedicated to the 20th century’s second worst tornado outbreak, the infamous 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak....
View Article1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes: Great Forecasting, Poor Warning Infrastructure
The death toll for the historic 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak varies depending on your source, but the number 271 packs the authority of a U. S. Weather Bureau survey submitted by a five-man team to Dr....
View ArticleUpdate on Palm Sunday Tornadoes Book
In a post a few months ago, I mentioned that I was writing a book on the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes. I’ve kept the project largely under wraps, but yesterday I passed a significant mile marker, and...
View Article45 Year Commemorative Event Planned for 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes
April 11 this year will mark the 45th anniversary of the second worst Midwestern tornado outbreak of modern times. The 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak is noteworthy not so much for the number of tornadoes...
View ArticleLooking Back: A 45-Year Retrospective on the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Palm Sunday Tornadoes, the second worst tornado outbreak in Midwest history. Between the time that the first funnel dropped in eastern Iowa shortly before 2:00...
View ArticleInterview with Paul and Elizabeth Huffman: Insights into a Historic Tornado...
[See image gallery at stormhorn.com] Meet Paul “Pic” Huffman and his wife, Elizabeth. A very photogenic couple, wouldn’t you say? And, I might add, a lovely one–two very nice, warm people who welcomed...
View Article1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Book: The Next Phase
Even as my book “The Giant Steps Scratch Pad” nears completion–it now awaits only the cover, which is being designed by a graphic designer friend of mine–my other, more ambitious project is also...
View ArticleSurvivor Guilt: The Unseen Tornado Trauma
“The thief comes only to rob and kill and destroy; I have come that [you] may have life, and have it to the full.”–Jesus (John 10:10) Forty-five years after he lost his younger brother in one of the...
View ArticleNew Website on 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes (and the Truth about “The Twins”)
Someone has finally done it. Elkhart County native Jenni Siri has set about developing a website dedicated to the 20th century’s second worst tornado outbreak, the infamous 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak....
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