In my personal opinion, i view grazulis as a way better resource than Ted Fujita. His ratings are accurate and he gives in depth about his ratings. He’s excellent and that’s very great i’m very excited to see that later.
Yeah. we have to respect fujita because of the scale and he was a big role model back then, but the rumors of the “ famous tornadoes deserved an F6 rating “ are just false. but still, fujita was well respected and for his time.
Technically, this single-story CBS home collapsed, and debris remained on the foundation, but the stucco would have added (considerable?) structural strength. If not for the mentioning of the stucco, I would have agreed 100% with the NWS’s assigning a high-end F3 rating to this DI, but it does raise the question as to how well the structure would have fared had it been built without stucco, all other factors being equal; after all, the interior did contain concrete masonry. This tornado is certainly a borderline case, like Suffolk, but one could make a case for either or both of these tornadoes’ having attained (E)F4 status, however briefly.
All that is left of what was a brand-new concrete-block and stucco home, Structure left standing
is front-door entryway and one partial wall with a window. This subdivision was directly across the Florida
Turnpike from the RV Park, where damage photos above were taken.
Is this the book you have?
This is great news, as I’d become convinced that there wasn’t even such a thing. Would you be able to post the entry for the 1960 Prague, OK tornado? There’s some information that I need to confirm, or prove as falsehood if it’s not there.
Does the booklet have any more information on Guin, by any chance?
Hey thanks, but i’m actually looking for the F5 booklet entry on this event. I already have the big green book, but there’s allegedly details on the Prague 1960 F5 event that are only mentioned in the booklet. I’m trying to either verify or disprove this.
Equus, that’s extremely excellent that you were able to find that. Dang. for such a reputation guin has, i was expecting a bit more. But that probably shows us the exact debunking of the sweeping away foundation rumor. If grazulis says it didn’t happen, it didn’t happen. That’s our major proof right theee
That's the entry from the booklet; I don't see any other information on that specific tornado in the preface FAQ but could be mistaken
Two quotes concerning Guin.
Exactly! guin has a reputation of being one of the strongest in history, but this is kinda suspicious. But i’m sure it’s just typos.
Yeah it’s too early to tell if it’s debunked, i am rushing, however, guins rumors are for sure close to being debunked. Damage photos show normal EF5 type damage so far, but there’s a lot we are missing.
Oh! Ok I assumed the booklet would provide additional details. This is pretty much the same info listen online and in the Big Green Book. This also finally proves Causarina Head’s old allegations about this event and the booklet’s contents as utter nonsense.
What happened was, user Causarina Head has been spreading misinformation regarding this event and info within the F5 booklet. He claimed the the booklet states that the Prague F5 carried oil tanks for long distances and removed all vegetation and several inches of topsoil from hillsides. After finally viewing the booklet entry, this confirms my suspicions that this information is NOT in the booklet, and that this is just more unverifiable hogwash perpetuated by the aforementioned user.
Make no mistake, Guin was extremely violent based on higher quality photos that have recently surfaced. The foundation removal rumors are still unverified, and are almost certainly untrue.
I wish it was possible to find more high-quality aerial or ground photos to get a full picture of the scale of the damage; I'd also like to see more pictures of the damage done by it outside of Guin; in Decatur and Twin, AL and the William B. Bankhead National Forest. There are damage photos of the forest available on the NWS site for 4/3/74 but they're very low quality. I have a feeling someone in Alabama (or maybe Grazulis) is sitting on a massive collection of damage photographs from Guin that we'd all really like to see.
