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Old April 18th 06, 01:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default There were FIVE tornadoes (Was: Devastation in Iowa City Tonight)

Glad you & yours are ok.

Have the weather boffins assigned an intensity category to this one?


Whoa. The latest from the NWS is that we were hit by FIVE tornadoes. I
guess I only saw 1/5th of them.

They have now confirmed the touchdown point of the biggest tornado (the
one that buzzed right through the U of Iowa campus, causing millions of
dollars in damage, and injuring 30 people) as being at the corner of
Hwy 1 and Riverside Drive.

If you have a good arm, you can hit that spot with a baseball, standing
in our parking lot. And it's 1/4 mile from our hangar.

We were incredibly lucky.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"