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	Myths and Misconceptions about Tornadoes
		They saw a tornado, and when they realized it was gaining on them, they parked the car and ran up under the overpass, where several other people had also tried to take shelter.
		The tornado began at the south edge of Webster Grove and as it passed through the middle of the city, its path widened from 100 to 600 yards.
		Emporia was free of damaging tornadoes until June 8, 1974 when a tornado killed six people and destroyed $20,000,000 worth of property on the northwest side of town.
	www.tornadoproject.com /myths/myths.htm (3079 words)

	Lubbock, Texas
		Lubbock is a city located in Lubbock County, in the north west of the state of Texas.
		The county of Lubbock was founded in 1876, named after Thomas S. Lubbock, a Texas Ranger[?], but the town of Lubbock was not founded until 1890.
		Lubbock is the birthplace of Rock and Roll legend, Buddy Holly and has a Buddy Holly Museum.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lu/Lubbock,_Texas.html (465 words)

	Lubbock - lubbock texas
		Lubbock coldwell banker lubbock is the ninth-largest city in the state of Texas, located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado.
		Lubbock, lubbock texas land for sale Texas is the economic hub (hence its nickname, the "Hub City") of a multi-county agricultural region commonly called the "South Plains." The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is lubbock school district heavily dependent on irrigation water drawn from the Ogallala Aquifer.
		Lubbock is the michael patton lubbock birthplace of Rock bed and breakfast lubbock lubbock avalance journal texas and Roll legend Buddy Holly, and the city hosts both a cultural center and annual music festival named for him.
	www.meteoroloo.com /Met-North-America-L---N/Lubbock.html (1499 words)

	Lubbock, Texas Encyclopedia Article @ TXbase.com (TX Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In Wikimedia Commons Lubbock became the county seat and in Thomas Saltus Lubbock was reincorporated as a city.
		Lubbock's area is the largest contiguous Columbus-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on horse water drawn from the edit.
		Lubbock is the birthplace of Virginia Beach legend Beaumont, and the city hosts both a cultural center and annual music festival named for him.
	www.txbase.com /encyclopedia/Lubbock,_Texas (2437 words)

	City of Lubbock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Lubbock experienced its worst disaster on May 11, 1970, when a tornado, considered to be one of the strongest in recorded history, came through the center of town, wreaking havoc over three square miles of the city.
		As of 2001, the estimated population of Lubbock was 201,212.
		Lubbock continues to grow, relying on the vast agricultural industry of the area as well as on a variety of manufacturing facilities.
	www.ci.lubbock.tx.us /our_city/our_city_overview.asp (388 words)

	Lubbock, Texas
		Lubbock is the ninth-largest city in the state of Texas, located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado.
		Lubbock, Texas is the economic hub (hence its nickname, the "Hub City") of a multi-county agricultural region commonly called the South Plains.
		Lubbock is the home of the Cotton Kings, a hockey team in the Southwest Division of the Central Hockey League.
	www.creekin.net /c7904-n249-lubbock-texas.html (1279 words)

	Tornadoes
		The technical definition of a tornado is a violently rotating column in contact with the ground that is usually pendant from a parent cumulonimbus cloud.
		Tornado” because he conducted much of the pioneering work on tornadoes which serves as the basis of today’s rapidly improving understanding of severe storms.
		Tornadoes have a strong tendency to form near the right rear portion of a thunderstorm cell, particularly if it is an isolated storm called a supercell.
	www.sky-fire.tv /index.cgi/tornadoes.html (8536 words)

	Tornadoes
		Tornadoes are most likely to occur in the right-front quadrant of the hurricane.
		When associated with hurricanes, tornadoes are not usually accompanied by hail or a lot of lightning, clues that citizens in other parts of the country watch for.
		When a tornado warning is issued, or a tornado is imminent, move to a small interior room away from windows.
	www.nhc.noaa.gov /HAW2/english/tornadoes.shtml (631 words)

	Tornado Disaster -- Texas, May 1997
		Previous F-5 tornadoes in Texas occurred in 1976 in Brown County and in 1973 in McLennan and Bosque counties (2); although no injuries or deaths were associated with either tornado in 1973, 11 nonfatal injuries were reported in the 1976 tornado (2).
		NWS tornado watches and warnings are the primary method of alerting communities of an approaching tornado and are disseminated through public safety organizations, sirens, television, radio, or other electronic media (6).
		A tornado watch is issued when weather conditions indicate that a tornado may develop; a tornado warning is issued when a tornado has been sighted or detected by advanced weather technology (6).
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00049839.htm (1413 words)

	Tornadoes: Facts and FAQs
		Tornadoes can be nearly invisible, marked only by swirling debris at the base of the funnel.
		In May 1970 a tornado in Lubbock, Texas, moved an empty fertilizer tank weighting 26,000 pounds about 3,900 feet, Investigators couldn't determine whether it was airborne all the way or whether it rolled and tumbled.
		The "Tri-state" tornado of 18 March 1925 killed 695 people as it raced along at 60-73 mph in a 219 mile long track across parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, producing F5 damage.
	www.redcross.org /news/ds/tornadoes/010402facts.html (678 words)

	Life in Lubbock \| Headlines - Lubbock's history one of community 06/01/03
		Monterey and Old Lubbock, two prominent communities in 1890, vied to become the Lubbock county seat, according to the Lubbock Heritage Society and the City of Lubbock Department of Planning.
		Lubbock Independent School District, created by the 30th Texas Legislature, opened for class in the fall of 1907.
		Throughout the 1920s Lubbock underwent an economic and population boom brought on by the railroad, he said.
	www.lifeinlubbock.com /stories/060103/gen_0601030010.shtml (641 words)

	Department of Homeland Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A study from the Lubbock, Texas tornado (May 11, 1970) showed that the southwest corner of the building was twice as likely to be damaged or be unsafe compared to the northeast part of the building (note: this tornado was traveling in a northeasterly direction).
		While it is true that topography does have some limited effect or influence on tornadoes and their paths, it does not mean that certain areas are immune.
		Tornadoes have crossed the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana.
	www.in.gov /dhs/safetyfirst/tornado/tornado_myths.html (411 words)

	Tornado Leaves Death, Rubble - May 11, 1970 Lubbock Tornado
		A massive tornado ripped through the heart of downtown Lubbock late Monday night - leaving death, destruction in the millions, and a city badly crippled.
		The tornado damaged an area generally bordered by 19th Street and University Avenue and in the area north of that point.
		The downtown area damaged by the tornado has risen like a Phoenix, with a modern Civic Center dedicated to the memories of those who lost their lives, and up-to-date library, several hotels and many public and private office buildings.
	www.lubbockonline.com /tornado/stories/0512_morn.shtml (1116 words)

	top ten deadliest tornado
		Tornado number 8 formed somewhere close to the town of Zephyr, in Brown County, near midnight and destroyed large parts of the town during the early morning hours, leaving little to view except vacant lots.
		Not much is known of the tornado path, except that most deaths occurred in the residential areas on the south and east sides of the town.
		This tornado was studied and mapped in detail by Professor Fujita, and was an important key in the development of his Fujita Scale.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /ama/html/for-svr4.htm (1034 words)

	Historical Tornado Cases for North America
		The famous F5 Lubbock tornado occurred in a synoptically quiecient weather pattern.
		Lubbock were in the upper 30s and lower 40sF.
		The dryline continued to retreat after 22 UTC and was located in the vicinity of Lubbock by 00 UTC.
	www.bangladeshtornadoes.org /UScases/051170/Lubbock.html (695 words)

	Lubbock Tornado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lubbock Tornado was an F5 tornado that occurred in Lubbock, Texas on May 11, 1970.
		It was one of the worst tornadoes in Texas history, and occurred exactly 17 years to the day after the deadly Waco Tornado.
		The tornado also served as a model for the development of the Fujita scale, developed a year later in 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lubbock_Tornado (389 words)

	USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In May 1970 a tornado in Lubbock, Texas, moved an empty fertilizer tank weighting 26,000 pounds about 3,900 feet, Investigators couldn't determine whether it was airborne all the way or whether it rolled and tumbled.
		The McComb and Lubbock information is from NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL NSSL 82, The Tornado: An Engineering-Oriented Perspective by Joseph E. Minor, James R. McDonald and Kishore C. Mehta of the Institute for Disaster Research at Texas Tech University.
		Tornadoes are not straight-line winds, even on the scale of a house, so the strongest wind may be blowing from any direction.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/resources/askjack/wfaqtsf.htm (1152 words)

	Lubbock Online - 1970 Lubbock Tornado
		The twister, which also was accompanied on the fringe of its funnel with winds clocked in excess of 200 mph, left damage in the area generally bordered by 19th Street and University Avenue and in the area north and east of that point.
		A JITTERY Lubbock, stunned by a tornado which left 20 dead and more than 500 injured, nursed its victims Tuesday night and worked feverishly beneath new storm warnings to clean up debris left by an estimated $100 million to $150 million in damages.
		The scrapbook was a compilation of many articles and photographs on the May 11, 1970 tornado clipped from the pages of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from 1970 through the early 1980's.
	www.lubbockonline.com /lubbock_tornado (991 words)

	Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
		The Lubbock Memorial Civic Center stands as a monument to the perseverance and resilience of the people of West Texas.
		Built on the site of the 1970 tornado, this 300,000 square foot facility is flexible enough to accommodate large events or small specialized gatherings.
		The structural layout and architectural design of the facility combine beauty and versatility making it a convenient and impressive accommodation for any event, be it a meeting, trade show, concert or convention.
	lmcc.ci.lubbock.tx.us /ccdw.htm (188 words)

	KCBD - NewsChannel 11 / Lubbock, TX: Your Stories of the 1970 Lubbock Tornado
		As we approached Lubbock, I made the comment,"I don't like the looks of those clouds." We went to the movie, and when we got out, it was raining and hailing, and the wind was blowing 60 to 70 miles per hour.
		Prior to the tornado there used to be a man who lived alone that was mentally retarded and had some disease that caused him to shake all the time.
		The night that the tornado hit, we were all in the lobby watching the weather on the little television set that we had set up there.
	www.kcbd.com /global/story.asp?s=3320522 (9118 words)

	Life in Lubbock \| Headlines - Expansion 06/01/03
		Faith is alive and well in Lubbock, judging by the number of churches that are adding more space to existing facilities or have moved into new facilities within the last 12 to 18 months.
		Although churches continue to relocate in the Southwest Lubbock area, the bigger story is the building programs of established churches in downtown Lubbock.
		Several churches in Southwest Lubbock for 10 to 20 years also are expanding their facilities as well.
	www.lifeinlubbock.com /stories/060103/gen_0601030032.shtml (537 words)

	Texas Tech University News Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		LUBBOCK, TEXAS - Thirty-five years after one of the costliest tornadoes in U.S. history killed 26 people in this West Texas city, researchers at Texas Tech University have established one of the nation's foremost centers for the study of wind damage and mitigation.
		The Wind Science and Engineering Research Center was founded after the Lubbock tornado of May 11, 1970, which did more than $100 million in damage, and Hurricane Celia, which devastated Corpus Christi later that year.
		They have pioneered the design of in-home tornado shelters, established field laboratories to study wind effects, guided the development of national standards to help buildings withstand high winds, created the tornado hazard model for the nuclear industry and developed and tested storm-resistant shelters and glass.
	www.texastech.edu /news/CurrentNews/display_article.php?id=1695 (451 words)

	Texas Tech University :: Office of Communications & Marketing :: News Release
		LUBBOCK –Thirty-five years after a twister ripped through this West Texas city, killing 26 people and causing more than $100 million in damages, a partnership between Texas Tech University and the concrete industry has led to safer homes for low income Lubbock families.
		Now, nearly 35 years later, Lubbock and the cement industry are using the results of Texas Tech’s research to offer tornado-proof affordable housing in some of the very neighborhoods ravaged by that disaster.
		The results of the research, which simulated the impact of debris hurled by some of the biggest tornados seen in the United States, showed that concrete walls have the strength and mass to resist the impact of wind-driven debris better than those found in wood-frame homes.
	www.depts.ttu.edu /communications/news/display_article.php?id=1729 (382 words)

	Open Directory - Science: Earth Sciences: Meteorology: Weather Phenomena: Tornadoes
		Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Page - A climatology of tornadoes for east India and Bangladesh, and the daily prediction of tornadoes are provided.
		Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: May 11, 1970 Lubbock Tornado - Special edition of the newpaper with articles and photographs.
		The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation - Independent and privately supported research body in the United Kingdom focusing on tornadoes and severe local storms.
	dmoz.org /Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/Weather_Phenomena/Tornadoes (698 words)

	City of Heroes Official Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Lubbock was destroyed by an F4 in 1979.
		May 11, 1970 was the day that Lubbock, TX was hit by a 1.5 mile wide F5 tornado (50% bigger than Wichita Falls!).
		The NTS Tower (formerly the Great Plains Life Bldg) in downtown Lubbock is the first (and only known) skyscraper to be directly struck by an F5 tornado.
	boards.cityofheroes.com /showflat.php?Number=6755211 (723 words)

	Wise Weather Watchers
		She would like you to design a brochure that would explain how to be safe during a tornado.
		Use the tornado safety tips from your brochure to design a Power Point slide show.
		There is no way to stop a tornado, but now you and others know where to go to be safe.
	www.lubbockisd.org /webquests/WiseWeatherWatchers (468 words)

	Tornado Jam
		Music lovers in Lubbock have braved wind, dust, tornadoes, and sleet to break out of the indoor confines of winter and celebrate life out amongst the elements under the broad West Texas sky.
		Ely dubbed the event "The Tornado Jam," and planned it for May 11, 1980, the ten year anniversary of the tornadoes which tore through downtown Lubbock, killing 26.
		The Tornado Jams grew exponentially in size and notoriety, and have proven to be among the most significant cultural events ever held in Lubbock.
	www.virtualubbock.com /stoCOTornadoJam.html (2859 words)

	virtualubbock - Stories Index
		Lubbock needed beauty, poetry, humor, and it needed to get up and shake its communal ass a bit or go mad from loneliness and boredom; so Lubbock created the amazing likes of Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, and Joe Ely.'"
		In 1984, due to troubles with the IRS, Stubb finally left Lubbock for Austin; However, Stubb never forgot his roots in Lubbock.
		A one-time singer and long-time sheepherder, Cooper retired to the bars of Lubbock.
	www.virtualubbock.com /Stories.html (1195 words)

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