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Tornado Strikes Monroe LA With Confirmed Injuries
The tornado struck around noon on Easter Sunday. There is considerable damage repo rted in that northeastern Louisiana city of around 5000...
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the (E) F-3 tornado that struck the Kansas City suburb of Pleasant Hill MO.. The following is a re-post o... -
... The Tornado Outbreak Of MAY 4, 1977 ... A tornado outbreak in the Kansas City Metro area not experienced for a dozen years prior an...
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These are FANTASTIC photos, even by today's standards. Hats off to the photographer in this case, whom as I understand it was an off-duty journalist on his way home from work when spotted the tornado coming rapidly from a southwest direction. According to his interview he was standing just outside the main entrance of the church, snapping photos as fast as he could while wiping the lens with his underwear between shots. Brave man! The only concern I have is that someone (probably not the photographer) may have doctored the last 3 photos to make them look darker and scarier, perhaps "for dramatic effect". It's a bit of a shame but it happened at lot in the 60s with b&w photos.
Actually- I ran the series through my PaintShopPro program.
I used the same settings on each photo (the originals were darker with a green tint).
I think the darker images at the end was due to the way the light hit the funnel and the photog's shutter/camera settings.
But yes- after 50 years- still amazing images.
-Groucho
Wow! My mom survived this tornado. It was about 8 weeks prior to her wedding, and her dress survived as well.
Thanks for posting these.
These are amazing pictures. My mother survived this tornado! It was 8 weeks prior to her wedding, and both she and the dress made it out unscathed. Thank you for posting!
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