Caught In The Fury Connie Elliott

Today I discuss 2008's Hurricane Ike with my friend Brittany who experienced the storm in Houston. I give some background on the storm itself and talk briefly about a couple of other storms that influenced the Texas Gulf Coast and how that affected residents during Ike's rampage across the Caribbean, the US, and Canada. Links to information and videos mentioned in this episode: 

Video from Katrina showing storm surge and a vehicle coming into the hotel sheltering hurricane hunters
https://youtu.be/-Kou0HBpX4A

Background on Ike

https://www.weather.gov/hgx/projects_ike08

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike

http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/2000s/ike/

Articles over the aftermath and cleanup: 

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Hurricane-Ike-hit-the-Houston-and-Galveston-areas-9219780.php

This is a post-hurricane run down of how structures fared during and after the storm
https://www.eagleview.com/newsroom/2020/07/taking-the-proper-precautions-lessons-learned-from-hurricane-ike-12-years-later/

Good information about the storm's impacts on the Houston area
https://www.hcfcd.org/About/Harris-Countys-Flooding-History/Hurricane-Ike-2008

Satellite images from before and after the storm
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2008/h2008_ike.html



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On April 26, 1991 55 tornadoes touched down in 5 states across Tornado Alley. In today's episode, I cover the only F-5 of the outbreak that impacted Haysville and Andover, suburbs of Wichita, KS. I also talk about an F-4 tornado that hit Cowley County on the same day, which I remember, as it passed just a few miles from where my family was in shelter. I recall the aftermath of that from my personal memories, although I was not quite 5 years old. 

Below I will share links to videos and articles I reference in the episode. Any mistakes are my own, and I look forward to possibly doing a second episode on this storm with some more personal stories as well as any information I can find on the victims that shed some light on who they were. I chose to read their names for several reasons. One reason being that I don't want them to be forgotten. This storm did massive damage at about half a billion dollars in today's money, but it also took fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, and children who are still missed by their families today. And it's not my intention to use them for any type of personal gain, my intention is simply to recall the very human element of this disaster. 

For links to information and videos regarding this storm, please see the list below. 

The Fujita Scale used in today's episode can be found here: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujita_scale

A timeline of this storm can be found at the Wichita National Weather Service office's page here: https://www.weather.gov/ict/AndoverTimeline

Wikipedia Article Outbreak 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andover_tornado_outbreak

Jon Davies' video of this tornado:
https://youtu.be/kdNImASqseM

McConnell AFB:
Todd Cravett's video
https://youtu.be/5QK0VA_P83A

Longer version
https://youtu.be/qvS0BEWSbig

Duke Evans video
https://youtu.be/s_D4TyZxHO0

Overpass video long version: 
https://youtu.be/pwoOS_HMY40

Video of Cowley Tornado
https://youtu.be/MVpyLKJVmjs

KWCH 30 Year Retrospect 
https://www.kwch.com/2021/04/27/survivors-witnesses-look-back-30-years-to-andover-tornado/

Ksn deadliest storm
https://youtu.be/pvF9L7KiIwA

Story submission form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTAcJRhIBRIC63MYsPSf0ZSehZ9EEne2H8wgz18pqNSWtvUg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Thanks for listening, and catch us next time, as I talk about Hurricane Ike in 2008.


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In today's brief episode, I'm introducing myself and giving an overview of my background and what listeners can expect from future episodes. No show notes for today, since I'm not covering any events in depth. Stay tuned for Episode 1 on the Haysville/Andover Tornado of 1991 where I share my own weather story from that event.

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