Geo-mapping the deadly storm
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The Geo Jobe blog found this awesome geo-map of the deadly storms from a couple of days ago. Click the points, drag the map around, or switch to satellite view.
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on February 7th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
That is cool.
on February 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Davidson county really did luck out when the supercell crossed over.
on February 7th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I can’t believe they are preliminarily saying that was EF2 damage. After seeing what it did to the post office in Castalian Springs and all of the houses getting swept off foundations, I would think it would be higher.
on February 7th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Dave…I would have to agree with you on that. We’ll see what the final call is on it.
Very cool graphic…
http://www.cookevilleweatherguy.com
on February 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
I agree, that damage has to be more than an EF2 I mean thats crazy, I mean it killed so many, and the damage was surely more than an EF2. White Bluff lucked out. Besides that, I love that program, it seemed really cool. Also, its nice to have that perfect weather in the 7 day. Looks nice.
on February 7th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Yeah that tornado did a lot a destruction.
According to the Fujita scale this the difination of F2 tornado.
“Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars pushed over; large trees snapped or uprooted; light object missiles generated.”
on February 7th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Cameron, I get where your coming from. I guess I would just be in complete shock if I see damage of an F5
on February 8th, 2008 at 12:33 am
ENJOY???? Um people died, nothing enjoyable about that, very informative but definatly not a map I enjoy looking at..sorry
“Click the points, drag the map around, switch to satellite view. Enjoy!”
on February 8th, 2008 at 1:47 am
I agree very rude posts. People I knew died in Hardin County. I for one do not find this in any way enjoyment. Davis you really have changed my opinion on you.
on February 8th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Davis, I think you are sleep deprived and were not thinking when you posted. but for those of us that were touched by the storms - and we all were in some way - it stuck a raw nerve.
on February 8th, 2008 at 2:14 am
I think the maps should all make us realize how very fortunate we all are still here to be sitting here reading this blog.
We need to learn from these storms.
We need to figure out, why with so much ample warning DAYS in advance - there were so many deaths.
I think one word sums it up…. we have become complacent.
We turn off or down or weather radios… when they go off for the 10000th time in an evening- for a storm miles away.
We get irritated when Lisa inturrupts our favorite t.v. show for the 30th time that hour.
We get mad when the forcast does not turn out. that we don’t get our snow Wake up you live in middle TN - move up North if you really want snow.
That oh darn I have to go to school - be grateful your school is still standing - if it is….
Days like Tuesday turn out mets into much more than forcasters…. they turn into life savers. But ONLY if we heed the warnings. Yes that may mean your show may be preempted. Lets face it tomorrow most likely you can get it on I-tunes or free on the internet if it is THAT important.
Tuesday should remind us of the wonder of natures fury - but even more importantly that nature can and will take lives. And a life is way more important than what ever happened in your T.V. show that night.
so many people are sleeping tonight in shelters, or another place other than home…. because home is gone…. omorrow they have to wake up and start to peice their lives back together. Some have lost everything. Many have lost loved ones. The 11 month old miracle ….. his mother is gone….
my cousins wife lost her grandmother. The storm that touched doen in Fernvale touched down a mile from my parents home. I thank God my immediate family and friends were spared. Next time we may not get so lucky…..
on February 8th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Very good post Chelsea!
For the rest of you who are put off by this post that Davis made, chill! He put it up to show the destruction and I know he meant no harm…it is an informative map…
on February 8th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Guys, this is Christian from WKRN. I posted this post, but because of the new registration requirement I assigned the post to “Davis” as the author because I do not have an author account. I wrote the post. I wasn’t saying “Enjoy” the fact that we had deadly storms. I was saying enjoy a new view of the infomration we have about the storm in a geo-spatial format. It’s an innovative way to explore the information we know. I removed the word, though, out of respect for those who were either confused of upset.
on February 8th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Whether the admin or Davis wrote the post, you all need to stop being so picky. I know people died, but the storm is still interesting to scientists. You all act like because someone died it is now forbidden to think about it in any other way than just “oh my goodness those poor people.” Well I have news for you all, I happen to find the storms interesting. And you know what, if you enjoy studying about a war, infectious disease, or anything else you are just as bad as you are accusing the poster of being. So how about you stop examining every word someone says and criticize someone that really is causing a problem.
on February 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
However, this is not to say that I do not sympothise with those that know people who died in a tornado. I just want you all to realize that the poster, whoever it was, did not say anything worthy of criticism.
on February 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
The “F” system has been revised. It is now done as an “EF”. So what we have known as an F5 in the past has in some cases been altered to an F4. When you look at this storm as being an EF2 it would, I think, have been considered an F3 on the old scale.