Weather Radio Recall, Nappanee Tornado of 10/18

[quasigeostrophy]

Weather Radios Recalled by Oregon Scientific Due to Failure to Receive National Weather Service Alerts - Photos and specific model #s at the link. They're all variations of handheld/portable models.

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Apparently the Nappanee, IN tornado of Thursday night was ~1/2 mile wide, was down for ~20 miles, and was an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale (winds 136-165 mph).

From The Indianapolis Star:
- 160 mph winds rake Nappanee, damage hundreds of structures
- Damage Photos

Where the hell is Nappanee, IN?

Comments

[asetwoman.livejournal.com]

Thanks. This isn't something I was particularly thinking about until the last couple of years when we've had tornadoes in the area.

We never used to have tornadoes at all. Maybe once every 40 years or so, or something like that.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

You know I'm not really an activist-type at all, but my one crusade would be for everyone to have one. They're good for all sorts of trouble weather, not just for tornadoes; plus, tornadoes can still strike anywhere. :-)

[asetwoman.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I'd want to set mine to wake me up for severe storms. I'd never get any sleep during late summer and early fall anymore if I did that.

I know tornadoes can hit anywhere, but the lake effect used to kill almost all of them, and now we've had two years in a row when we've had more than one tornado here. There were funnel clouds over Oak Park not too long ago, but they never touched down.