Stories from '74: Brandenburg's Tom Bridge Stories from '74: Brandenburg's Tom Bridge Jeremy Kappell / Thursday, April 4, 2024 0 222 Article rating: 5.0 Tom Bridge was a pastor and also a newspaper deliverer for the Meade County Messenger in Brandenburg on April 3, 1974. His story of survival, heroism and remembrance will leave you speechless. Read more
Stories from '74: Don Burgess - National Severe Storms Laboratory Stories from '74: Don Burgess - National Severe Storms Laboratory Jeremy Kappell / Thursday, April 4, 2024 0 222 Article rating: 5.0 Don Burgess was a graduate student working at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, OK on April 3, 1974. He would later become responsible for the implementation of the NEXRAD Doppler Radar that radically improved tornado detection and lead times for warnings.. Read more
Stories from '74: Severe Storm Expert Dr. Greg Forbes Stories from '74: Severe Storm Expert Dr. Greg Forbes Jeremy Kappell / Wednesday, April 3, 2024 0 224 Article rating: 5.0 Dr. Forbes had the unique opportunity to work directly with the creator of the original F-Scale for tornadoes, Dr. Theodore Fujita, during the April 3, 1974 Super Outbreak. His compelling perspective on the historic outbreak.. Read more
TRAILER | THE SUPER OUTBREAK - The day that weather changed forever. TRAILER | THE SUPER OUTBREAK - The day that weather changed forever. TRAILER: The day that changed weather forever. Jeremy Kappell / Tuesday, April 2, 2024 0 258 Article rating: 5.0 Prior to April 3, 1974, there had never been more than two (2) EF5 tornadoes in a single day. On that day, however, there were SEVEN. Here's a sampling of what occurred.. Read more
Stories from '74: Palmyra's Jackie Armstrong Stories from '74: Palmyra's Jackie Armstrong Jeremy Kappell / Tuesday, April 2, 2024 0 174 Article rating: 5.0 Jackie Armstrong was getting ready for work when the decision was made to flee her family's mobile homes seconds before a monsterous tornado arrived on April 3, 1974. Her and her family's story of survival. What she found when she returned was shocking. Read more