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lakelady
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Tornado kills 15 in Indiana
« on: Nov 6^th, 2005, 10:41am »

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Tornado kills 15 in Indiana

Sunday, November 6, 2005; Posted: 10:48 a.m. EST (15:48 GMT)

(CNN) -- An overnight tornado ripped a 20-mile-long path through southwestern Indiana, killing at least 15 people and injuring 160 others, officials said Sunday.

Adam Groupey, deputy director of emergency management for Evansville and Vanderburgh County, said the tornado touched down about 2 a.m. in Henderson County, Kentucky, then hit an Evansville mobile home park before moving into Warrick County.

One resident of the trailer park told WFIE of Evansville she saw a tornado pick up a car with members of her family in it and toss the vehicle into a tree. Brandi Crawley said no one was seriously injured. (Watch what one official describes as a 'very shocking' scene -- 6:29)

"The damage is very, very extensive," said Chad Bennett, an assistant fire chief in Newburgh in Warrick County. He said the area hardest hit was just north of the city limits.

"Now that daylight has come, it is making it a little more easy to see the scope of the damage, and it is very shocking."

Bennett estimated the damage path was about 3/4 of a mile wide and 20 miles long.

Groupey said officials had declared a local state of emergency, the first step toward requesting state assistance.

Many residents said the storm moved through very quickly, with the rush of wind lasting less than 15 seconds.

The National Weather Service had issued warnings for the area about 30 minutes before the tornado struck, but many people were asleep and were not aware of them.

'Terrible wind all day long'
A spokeswoman at the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office said 11 people were killed and Bennett said authorities reported four deaths in Warrick County.

Michael Hart, a spokesman for Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, said the facility had received 50 patients, 15 of them in critical condition.

St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville told authorities they have treated about 110 people for injuries, Warrick County sheriff's Deputy Sue Buchanan told CNN. Many people were able to transport themselves to the hospital, she said.

Shelley Kirk, an anchor with WEHT of Evansville, said search and rescue teams were at the mobile home park, using dogs to look for people who might be trapped.

In addition, about 21,000 households were without power, said Mike Roeder, a spokesman for Vectren Power. Authorities said there were downed power lines and that people should stay in their homes.

"We had a terrible wind all day long," said Matt Timmel, an assistant fire chief for the Newburgh Volunteer Fire Department. "It just started increasing and increasing."

He estimated the winds at 60 mph.

The tornado hit the southwestern Indiana town of Newburgh in two places, he said. "There were houses that were leveled."

John Asher, vice president of communications for Churchill Downs, which owns Ellis Park horse track in Henderson County in Kentucky, said some of the 150 race horses there died.

Before Sunday's storm, seven tornadoes had killed 10 people since January in the United States.

The fatalities from Sunday's twister equaled those of three others -- one in 2003 and two in 2000 -- making it one of four deadliest since 12 people died on May 3, 1999, in a Del City, Oklahoma, tornado.

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Re: Tornado kills 15 in Indiana
« Reply #1 on: Nov 6^th, 2005, 11:57am »

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Where is it that Irishlass lives? She's in Indiana, but not sure of the town.

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Re: Tornado kills 15 in Indiana
« Reply #2 on: Nov 6^th, 2005, 12:08pm »

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Oh no, Pocket! I didn't know this.

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Re: Tornado kills 15 in Indiana
« Reply #3 on: Nov 6^th, 2005, 12:42pm »

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I heard about this this morning......... there was a big storm last night, with really powerful winds, but the tornado was gone by the time the storm got here....

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Re: Tornado kills 15 in Indiana
« Reply #4 on: Nov 6^th, 2005, 1:51pm »

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Heather, I didn't know you were in that area.

We have tornados here all the time in Alabama, so when one like this is devastating, it just gets me all worked up. Cry

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« Reply #5 on: Nov 6^th, 2005, 2:01pm »

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I suspect we are going to keep seeing really awful storms for awhile now. The bad weather trend that scientists have talked about can't only affect the hurricanes.

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Re: Tornado kills 15 in Indiana
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I agree Rhune. And you and I are in bad neighborhoods for tornados.

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« Reply #7 on: Nov 6^th, 2005, 7:47pm »

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Having lived in the Ohio Valley area, in Cincinnati, in the early 70's during the 10 years of increased tornado activity, I know how destructive these storms can be.
Even though the sirens sound when one is sighted in the area, there is not much time to get to a safe place.
I remember spending the better part of one of my birthdays, in our basement until the all-clear siren sounded, with a cake in my oven. Cry