February is an unusual month for tornadoes. I used to live in Independence, MO., right in tornado alley, and we didn't "worry" until May, usually.
We moved back to Arizona, where tornadoes are banned, right after a tornado about a half mile wide hit just west of us, in Ruskin Heights, KS. It lifted up before it got to us, but it would have hit where we lived had it stayed on the ground. So mom just packed up the kids, me included, and the belongings, and left!
This happened on May 20th, 1957. It was an F5 category, and 44 people were killed, including a close friend of my mother's. We left and never looked back.
February is an unusual month for tornadoes. I used to live in Independence, MO., right in tornado alley, and we didn't "worry" until May, usually.
We moved back to Arizona, where tornadoes are banned, right after a tornado about a half mile wide hit just west of us, in Ruskin Heights, KS. It lifted up before it got to us, but it would have hit where we lived had it stayed on the ground. So mom just packed up the kids, me included, and the belongings, and left!
This happened on May 20th, 1957. It was an F5 category, and 44 people were killed, including a close friend of my mother's. We left and never looked back.