Garrett

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**__Tornadoes the Great__**


 * __ Hello, my name is Garrett and I go to school at MICDS and I live in St.Louis Missouri. I am here to teach you about the natural disaster tornadoes and how they can change the way you act during a tornado. I can teach you how to prepare and what to do and what not to do.The science of tornadoes that I am going to talk about is How they measure Tornadoes and the parts of a tornado. __**

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**__ The Historical Event __**


 * __ One of the big historical events was the [|1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak] it traveled through Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. It became a EF5 when it was in Oklahoma the tornado outbreak lasted from may 3rd-may 6th. There was 1.1$ billion dollars worth of damage. 50 people were killed. In the three days there were 66-74 tornadoes . __**
 * __ The people of Oklahoma could have made a plan of what to do when you were in a tornado like that. The people of Oklahoma could have also payed more attention. __**

Tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri 116 dead 5B2 Garrett Keener 2/20/12   The Authors name of this article is Kevin Murphy. The date he wrote this article was May 23, 2011. The source of this article is Reuters.com. For my current event, I chose an article about the Joplin tornado. The reason I chose this article was because I thought it would be cool to learn more about a devastating tornado. The monster tornado killed over 115 people and injured over 400 people. The tornado became an F5 when it was in Joplin. Reporters say it was the worst tornado since 1947. Rescuers say there are still people under the rubble and they are trying hard to get them out. Afterwards, there were an estimated 20,000 homes out of power. The reason so many people lost their lives was because the tornado came fast and loud and people could not hear the warnings. The tornado was the 9th biggest tornado ever. People came together to help one another to find their possessions. Now the people of Missouri are prepared for a tornado that big so there will not be a big devastating tornado again.  []
 * __ The people of [|Oklahoma] should have a safe place to hide and wait the storm out and listen to tornado warnings. The safety precautions after could be Keep monitoring your TV for emergency information. Don't touch power lines that are downed because they can be active power lines and can kill or injure you or kill you. The tornado caught them by surprise so more people died then a regular tornado. The last safety precaution is watch out for debris from the tornado. That is what the people of Oklahoma could have done to save more lives. __**

Thank You: database ebsco Oklahoma tornado. Fema tornado safety. 1999 Tornado out break Wikipedia. May tornadoes deadly: Oklahoma takes another devastating hit By: Off, Gavin, Tulsa World (OK), May 16, 2010

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