Pensacola Tornado Caught On Camera
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Associated Press
Published: Tue, May 13, 2008 - 12:57 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 1:01 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 1:01 pm
parts of the nation's midsection has rekindled a warning first
issued a quarter century ago: stay out of your car in a twister.
Eight of the 23 victims in Missouri and Oklahoma died in cars,
troubling experts who say the inside of a vehicle is one of the
worst places to be when a tornado hits.
Among those killed were three people rushing to reach a
relative's house and four family members who were in a van on the
way to a friend's wedding.
Cars have the same problem as mobile homes in a storm: they
aren't anchored to the ground, so winds can get underneath them. A
meteorologist says winds of less than 100 miles per hour can flip a
car.
Weekend storms killed 26 people in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia
and Alabama.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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