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STAFF BLOGWDAY STORM TRACKER WEATHERAmazing Power
The tornado in Moore, Oklahoma this past week was another example of how destructive an EF-5 tornado can be. The National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma estimated that there were 13,500 pe...
5/24/13 at 11:51 AM Joplin 9/26/11 at 4:20 AM
The Tornado that Saved Washington 8/19/11 at 12:38 PM
THE NEW FORTYPutting it in context...
Troy Becker at The Forum created a map that illustrated the "swath of the Oklahoma tornado if it had hit the F-M area." The map quickly puts into context the breadth of the devastation in Oklahoma and...
5/23/13 at 9:43 PM It is not a question of if... 5/21/13 at 9:36 PM
Invest a half hour... 5/22/12 at 9:20 PM
STAFF BLOGOIL PATCH DISPATCHN.D. workers return home after Oklahoma tornado
WILLISTON, N.D. -- Pilot Liz Lillard was in Williston on Monday as she watched a live feed of a massive tornado pass over her childrens day care in Moore, Okla. Its the worst feeling in the world to w...
5/22/13 at 12:43 AM
THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLESNewsflyer 21 May, 2013
Tornado destroys large bridge in Oklahoma, Bridge lost to flooding in Indiana, Future of Kentucky Bridge in question The month of May was supposed to bring ...
5/21/13 at 5:07 AM Mystery Bridge nr. 5: Orr Bridge 7/13/12 at 6:48 AM
KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUSWe Can Learn From a Child's Act of Kindness
I used to work in the news business. Every day, a team of people, including myself, had the incredible responsibility of choosing which stories should be covered. Some stories were so horrible I had ...
6/23/12 at 9:33 AM
THE FARM BLEATTwenty years beyond the twisters
June 16, 1992. What I remember about that day was the heat and humidity. What I remember about that night is sheer terror. Twenty years. It seems like a lifetime ago, and Im glad I can say that no...
6/16/12 at 12:00 AM Flying cows 10/5/10 at 12:48 PM
In the aftermath of an Iowa storm 6/27/10 at 9:00 AM
THE EXTREME WEATHER COMMUNITY BLOG TEAMThat is not a train that I hear.
I woke last night to the sound of thunder and unlike Bob Seger I didnt wonder how far away the lighting was striking. There was no flash, count, boom, it was a simultaneous flash-boom, very loud and ...
7/15/11 at 8:50 AM
MODERN-DAY JANEA Blustery Evening
Yesterday evening, I mowed the lawn. (Pausing for applause.) This was my attempt at exercise, and if the amount of sweat is any measure, I worked off several of those handfuls of M&M's. Of course,...
5/31/11 at 2:47 PM
STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATTERMore counties to get flood aid
Federal authorities have added eight Minnesota counties to those eligible for disaster assistance following last month's floods. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Division of Homeland Securit...
10/19/10 at 12:05 PM Senate joins House in passing disaster bill 10/18/10 at 3:29 PM
Emotions run high in disaster legislative session meetings 10/18/10 at 10:20 AM
STAFF BLOGTHE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYONDNorth Dakota Citizen Corps Council honored
From a news release: The North Dakota Citizen Corps Council is the winner of a 2010 National Citizen Corps Achievement Award. The council has been recognized for exemplary community preparedness eff...
9/2/10 at 4:37 PM
SAMSON PHOTOGRAPHYNature's freight train
A tornado cell moves across farmland northwest of Ross, N.D. I have always wanted to photograph a tornado and this was my "Wizard of Oz" moment. ...
7/14/10 at 1:26 PM
LAGNIAPPEStormy reflections
I’ve just been reading about the storm damage in our neighboring Iowa counties to the south and marveling that — although there was major damage sustained — it appears no one was kil...
6/28/10 at 7:23 AM
CARRIE SNYDER PHOTOGRAPHYWadena tornado aftermath
Bob Randall's home was one of the many destroyed by the June 17th tornado in southwest Wadena, Minn. His family came out to help him clean up the damage from the storm. Carrie Snyder / The Forum &nbs...
6/24/10 at 10:05 PM
STAFF BLOGREGGIE TALESTornado Video
This tornado video is from last Thursday, June 17. I shot this at the entrance of the Grand Forks Airport, just off of Highway 2, at about 5:00 in the afternoon. It is the first time in my...
6/23/10 at 3:00 AM
STAFF BLOGPORTRAITSJ.P. Gavle's help
J.P. Gavle, journeyman lineman for Detroit Lakes Public Utilities, works Friday to tighten a replacement cable for a downed power line following Thursday's tornado in Wadena, Minn. His supervisor cal...
6/21/10 at 1:00 AM
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