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Tri-State Tornado, 1925. By: Taylor Budwash. Missouri, Illionis , & Indiana. Illionois nickname is the Prairie State. As of 2008, the population of Illionis was 12,901,563. 1925. The New Yorker publishes it’s first issue. Hairstyles in 1925. Year of the scope monkey trial.
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Tri-State Tornado, 1925 By: Taylor Budwash.
Missouri, Illionis, & Indiana • Illionois nickname is the Prairie State
1925 The New Yorker publishes it’s first issue.
Hairstyles in 1925 • Year of the scope monkey trial.
Killed 695 people Destroyed 15,000 homes Tri-state tornado
Tornado lasted 3.5 hours • Rode across 219 miles of land
Longest tornado track in world • Tornadoes were unpredictable in 1925
Damage track was f2 intensity • Deadliest tornado in U.S history
Total damage was about $18 million • Deadliest, longest twister
Highest 73 mph • Appeared as rolling mass of boiling clouds
Tornadoes • Powerful rotating columns of air that reach the ground.
Three different types of tornadoes • Weak, strong, violent
Fujita scale determines the intensity of the tornado. • F0- F5