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Favorite Griffin tornado

Posted on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

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 →

Posted in Environment | Tagged Griffin Indiana, Posey County Historical Society, Tornado, Tri-State Tornado, weather

Favorite Tri-State Tornado

Posted on Sunday, 17 March 2013 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

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 →

Posted in Environment | Tagged emergency management, natural disasters, Tri-State Tornado, weather
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