Recalling the giant leap of Apollo 11 Launched 44 years ago today, the Apollo 11 space mission culminated in the attainment of a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. The goal of safely landing a man on the … Continue reading
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Here, we call it the Griffin Tornado The history books refer to it as the Tri-State Tornado of 1925. Meteorologists have named it the Murphysboro (Mo.) Tornado, after it’s general point of origin. However, in Posey County, Indiana, the devastation … Continue reading
Will this tornado’s dark reign stand? In the grim business of ranking the dead, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 has no peer. Until that event, the greatest fatality count directly attributable to a single tornado, 317 souls, occurred in 1840. … Continue reading
A sobering sea change in attitudes about drunk driving A fellow blogger celebrated the 16th of January’s significance as the day the nation went from dry to wet. The 21st Amendment repealed prohibition, one of the few progressive cures, I … Continue reading