A huge percentage of the people who died in the '79 tornado that wiped out so much of Wichita Falls were in there cars. You need to get a storm cellar @StaceyO . Pack plenty of wine in there. Makes the time go by a little better
11 of the 13 who were killed the day after Christmas in Garland/Rowlett were in their cars--tossed off of an overpass connecting two highways. One problem was that it was already dark, and the people likely didn't even see the tornado. The only pictures captured were when lightning would strike.
Yep, it was way too warm (80 degrees) on December 26th in North Texas (with a blizzard a couple of hundred miles to the west.) Additionally, it was supposed to rain all day, but it didn't, allowing the sun to come out and warm up the atmosphere even more. All of the ingredients were in place for an outbreak. The next morning, it was 35 degrees.
the great Fort Worth tornado in 2000 was in March I think, I remember that thing tore up some buildings downtown.
Yes, it was at the end of March, so it wasn't as unexpected. I believe it was an EF-3, and the city was very lucky that it didn't hit just a couple of hours earlier at rush hour. A couple of the buildings downtown were so damaged they had to be imploded.
Years ago (late 60's) My grandparents were very fortunate. They milked a few cows and had a small dairy 50 yards from the house. One was in their house and the other was in their dairy A tornado passed between the house and the dairy, then hit & leveled a barn 75 yards farther to the west of the house.
