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February 19, 1884 tornado

February 19, 1884 tornado. A presentation by Jessie Jensen. How tornadoes work. Funnel appears -swirling dust on ground 2. Column Forms -air temp drops -visible 3.Dyling down -lasted a few secs. to an hour. Strength of the tornado. 37 tornadoes hit the southeast was an F4

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February 19, 1884 tornado

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  1. February 19, 1884 tornado • A presentation by Jessie Jensen

  2. How tornadoes work • Funnel appears • -swirling dust on ground • 2. Column Forms • -air temp drops • -visible • 3.Dyling down • -lasted a few secs. to an hour

  3. Strength of the tornado • 37 tornadoes hit the southeast • was an F4 • Brick school building exploded

  4. Damage it caused • Killed 600 people • Injured 1,000 • Classified as an F4 tornado • Wind speed: 207-260 mph

  5. The areas it hit • It went for 9 miles • Lasted 10 days • Avoided urban areas • High property loss • Second biggest tornado in history

  6. Tornado Extra • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auYHb7-E4iw&feature=player_embedded#at=41 • 1.What is the death count of the 1984 tornado? • 2.What might it encourage for people to do? • 3.In what ways does it affect technology? • 4. Do you think the damage could have been worse? If so what? • 5.What was the ranking on the F-scale?

  7. Bibliography • Tornado strike the Southeast 12/9/09 • [http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=53101] • Louisville, KY 12/9/09 • [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=tornado_climatology_february191884] • The Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity 12/14/09 • [http://www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm] • Tornadoes – Forces of Nature 12/14/09 • [http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/tornadoes/casestudies.shtml]

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