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

[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.