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Category Archives: Natural Disasters
Surviving the Dust Bowl
In 1931 the rains stopped and the “black blizzards” began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains—the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly [...]
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake
Apr 18, 1906 At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing hundreds of people as it topples numerous buildings. The quake was caused by a slip of the San Andreas Fault over a segment about 275 miles long, and shock waves could be felt [...]
The Woodward Tornado of 9 April 1947
The most deadly tornado to ever strike within the borders of the state of Oklahoma occurred on Wednesday, April 9, 1947 in the city of Woodward. The Woodward tornadic storm began in the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon of April 9, 1947, and produced at least six tornadoes along a 220 mile path that stretched [...]
The Woodward Tornado of 1947 Remembered
The Woodward News April 8, 2007 Tornado survivors recall a strange day http://woodwardnews.net/x1156004445/Tornado-survivors-recall-a-strange-day It was a strange and eerie day. Gloria Schneider Fothergill remembers parts of April 9, 1947 quite clearly. “It was a very strange looking day most of the day,” said Fothergill, who was nine years old at the time. “It was a [...]
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