I think it might be best for him to combine his 1884 Enigma outbreak with other noticeable yet poorly-documented outbreaks into a single article at one point (so, 1840 Natchez, 1875 outbreak, 1884 outbreak, 1908 Dixie outbreak, 1920 Dixie outbreak, 1932 Dixie outbreak, etc.) and maybe go all the way up to 1966 Candlestick Park or 1971 Delta outbreak. But that might be a bit overambitious at this point lol.
Yeah, that would be too much, I’m afraid… though I am pretty generous with Loco’s time, haha.
I really appreciate that man, thanks! I definitely get what you mean about Grand Island. I've wanted to write about it for a long time because I'm fascinated by the weirdness and chaos of it all, but at the same time I'm not sure how well it'd translate into an article. Crystal Lake (the F4) is really the only tornado that did major damage to populated areas, and while some of the damage was really intense, it basically only covered like a couple of blocks. That's sort of good in that it'd keep the article shorter/more manageable, but it might not be all that compelling unless you're just really into the weird meteorological aspect of it.
Yeah, it is just selfish of me to want a 4/3/74 article from you. As thorough as you are, it would likely take years.
I've shied away from 4/20/20 because I know it would drive me absolutely nuts not being able to find the info & photos I needed. Probably the only way it'd be feasible is if you could get around to a bunch of universities, libraries, historical societies, etc. across the region and dig through their archives. Bit outside of my scope unless there's a particularly generous millionaire out there looking to fund an obscure, nerdy weather blog. Fingers crossed!
4/20/1920 could be like February 1884, your entry for that is good given the paucity of information available on it; in fact there's more photographic evidence from 4/20/1920 then there is the 1884 Enigma outbreak, based on what I've been able to dig up on newspapers.com
I spent over 25 years in Smithville or close by in Amory and I can honestly say I was kinda not surprised with the Smithville tornado just the severity of it. We had so many intense storms come through there and just get stronger as they crossed the state line just to our east. We had and probably still have a lot of people that live in Smithville but work(ed) in Alabama so the line blurs in a lot of things with our everyday life not excluding weather.
All things considered, Grand Valley took a ridiculously fortunate path. Even just two miles further south would've taken it straight down the highway through Arthur, Orangeville (~15k pop in 1985 IIRC) and Newmarket (~35k pop), among other places. As it was, the path basically weaved around Orangeville and Tottenham and then threaded the needle between Newmarket and West Gwillimbury. Really only Grand Valley itself was a direct hit, and even then the tornado clearly wasn't at peak intensity.
..it wouldn't surprise me that, if people had modern day cameras and phones in 1985, stuff like this is what we would have seen coming out of Kane.
Not sure why he’s making that claim, because that is most definitely the 1981 Alfalfa, OK F2.
Yeah, I've mentioned him a few times before (though not by name). It's my understanding that he did start recording at some point before the tornado, although it's not clear whether he kept the tape or where it might be now. Hopefully some day it'll turn up, but I'm not holding my breath.
