Tornadoes Across US South Kill At Least 11
February 6, 2008
U.S. law enforcement officials say at least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured as tornadoes and thunderstorms tore through parts of the U.S. south.
The U.S. National Weather Service reports severe weather swept across the lower Mississippi Valley, Southern Plains and Midwest Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Reports of tornadoes, wind damage and hail came from Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri.
A shopping mall in Memphis, Tennessee was damaged, as was a dormitory at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. People were trapped both at the mall and at the dorm, but no major injuries were reported.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
by VOA News
Seeing all the destruction produced by these horrible tornados one can’t help but remember the old story of the three little pigs and the wolf. It just seems we are so eager to build quickly and cheaply that we use materials suit for the northern european climates, that is…. wood. If these houses had been slowy build in the mediterranean tradition with reinforced concrete strutures, solid brick, and terracota roofs the disater would have been of much lesser degree.
Just a thought… We should stop building houses with the struture of a match box.