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02-14-2008, 04:47 PM
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List of Tornado Fatalities by state since 1975
Tornado Deaths Jan 1, 1975 to Aug 31, 2007
- Texas 219
- Alabama 182
- Ohio 138
- Florida 138
- Arkansas 123
- Tennessee 118
- Oklahoma 98
- Mississippi 93
- Georgia 87
- Illinois 81
- Pennsylvania
- Kansas 76
- Missouri 75
- North Carolina 70
- Indiana 55
- Louisiana 39
- Wisconsin 31
- South Carolina 29
- Iowa 26
- Minnesota 22
- New York 19
- Michigan 19
- Kentucky 18
- Nebraska 14
- Virginia 11
- North Dakota 8
- South Dakota 8
- Maryland 6
- Massachusetts 5
- Wyoming 3
- Connecticut 3
- Delaware 2
- Colorado 2
- New Mexico 2
- West Virginia 1.
- New Jersey 1
- Utah 1
- Montana 1
- Alaska 0
- Arizona 0
- California 0
- Hawaii 0
- Nevada 0
- Oregon 0
- Washington 0
- Vermont 0
- New Hampshire 0
- Maine 0
- Rhode Island 0
- Idaho 0
SOURCE: http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms |
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02-14-2008, 05:04 PM
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That's very interesting. Alabama sure rates high for a death toll considering that it isn't that large of a state.
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02-14-2008, 05:07 PM
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with last weeks stuff, tennessee jumped up to 3rd with at least 151
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02-14-2008, 07:23 PM
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Thanks for posting- this helps a lot w/ my moving considerations. Although I could live a much easier life in Texas I wouldn't enjoy the tornadoes. Ohio is a surprise on that list, & I don't know how Illinois has more than Missouri.
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02-14-2008, 08:30 PM
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Sundance, I wouldn't let the fact that Texas is number one for tornado fatalities deter me from living there. They're a huge state with a much higher population then most states have so they're bound to have more tornadoes with that much land area. 
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11-20-2008, 12:00 PM
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Has a person ever been sucked up into a tornado and if so what happens to their flesh and bone? Do the bones break apart, explode or would the person suffocate?
Last edited by BE2; 11-20-2008 at 12:01 PM..
Reason: typos
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11-20-2008, 08:04 PM
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There have actually been tornado survivors. Hopefully someone will remember more about this, but there was a young girl and her horse, I believe, that were sucked up into a tornado and thrown out of it. Also, another young person that survived it. Anyone remember those events?
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11-20-2008, 08:10 PM
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The cup is always half full!
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Not 100% sure but if there are more fatalities, sometimes that is connected to mobile home parks being involved as mobile homes offer no protection during a tornado.
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