The Incident One of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in United States history was the Oklahoma City bombing. The attack occurred on April 19‚ 1995 and the two assailants were Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. The bombing killed 168 people and wounded 680 others‚ the blast from the bomb destroyed 324 buildings‚ causing an estimated $652 million dollars’ worth of damage‚ but the main building of the attack was the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The two attackers were captured within an
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The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Collaborates with foodtweeks(TM) to Support Struggling Families 1888 Press Release - Largest Private Hunger-Relief Organization in Oklahoma to Receive Donations from Weight Management App. Oklahoma City‚ OK - foodtweeks™‚ a free app that combines weight management with feeding the hungry‚ announced that the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City‚ OK has joined the ranks of foodtweeks™-affiliated food banks. The food bank will receive the donations
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benefits. You may become more aware of the benefits it has once a tragedy strikes. I wake up‚ April 18‚ 2011‚ and put on my old work clothes. This is the day the students of Ridge View and surrounding schools would be let out of school to help the tornado victims of Early and Nemaha. Many homes and fields were destroyed by the tornadoes that had hit just one week earlier. I was happy to not only get out of school for the day‚ but to also show my love and support for the community as well. My
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of the whole country and possibly other countries and when it does knowing the specific audience can help the delivery of how a message is sent and received. One headline that caught everyone’s attention including myself was the tornado that ripped through Moore‚ Oklahoma that killed dozens of people and destroying homes and businesses on May 20‚ 2013. There had been other tornadoes and other natural disasters in other areas but the damage and the deaths of many people interested the audience. When
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after a long week so I flipped on the TV to take my mind off of work. Well‚ there were live news reports warning there was a tornado around 70-80 miles south-southwest of Oklahoma City. I had no idea this tornado was going to stay on the ground for hours and create the strongest winds ever recorded – Ever. It started out small‚ like an F1‚ but as it got closer to Oklahoma City the thing - this monster of a storm - got bigger and bigger and bigger! I’ll never forget watching this whole thing live
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Tornadoes are more destructive than hurricanes. Tornadoes are more powerful than hurricanes. Tornadoes have a higher wind speed. Tornadoes hit small areas and destroy a lot. Hurricanes mostly knock down objects‚ Tornadoes picks up and throw the objects. In addition to tornadoes being more destructive‚ the reason is because of the wind speed. Tornadoes wind speed is much higher than the hurricanes wind speed. The Fujita scale is for the different names and wind speeds for tornadoes. The F0- 40-72
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look outside what’s that outside!? A hurricane or tornado now you can tell the differences! Their similar how are they different? Did you know that hurricanes are about 300 miles wide‚ although they can be wider? Hurricane winds always rotate to the middle of the storm. Tornados are thunderstorms‚ which are made up of large‚ super cells. You need warm‚ moist air‚ after the masses meet they create instability in the atmosphere. The typical wedge tornado is straight on the sides‚ not the side with a
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evening of Friday‚ May 31st‚ professional storm chaser Tim Samaras‚ along with his son Paul Samaras and partner Carl Young‚ died in the 2 mile wide 2013 El Reno tornado. This tornado was the largest tornado ever recorded in human history‚ and although the crew had plenty of experience in chasing and observing dangerous storms the El Reno tornado made a sudden turn left while also increasing its speed and width exponentially. This made escape impossible for Tim Samaras and his crew‚ which sealed their
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6‚ 2013 Short Report on Tornadoes Introduction A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. A violent tornado is capable of enormous amount of destruction with wind speeds up to 300 miles per hour. The tornados can reach up to one mile wide and fifty miles long. A report I read said in an average year‚ 1‚500 tornados are reported nationwide which results in estimated 80 deaths and over 1‚500 injuries. In my
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TORNADO Each year‚ about a thousand tornados touch down in the United States‚ far more than other countries5-. Nebraska‚ South Dakota‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas and Kansas make up tornado alley. Where tornadoes strike regularly in the spring and early summer. Usually a tornado starts of as a white or gray cloud but if it stays around for a while‚ the dirty and debris is sucked up eventually it turns into a black one. In 1931 a tornado in Mississippi lifted an 83 ton train and tossed it 80n feet from the
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