@mrpitv I am from Tupelo, and yes his house was damaged at the time in the tornado. Don't know if you've ever seen one, but this if flat land here, for the best part and if you were in Tupelo at that time you would've seen it. It was huge, for one, but if you see one, even from a distance..and you live you have survived it! Tornado's are the most destructive and most unpredictable storm that exists. Can turn at any time and choose a new path. He survived it.
@CombatSportFan Don't mean to split hairs but he did survive the storm. Literally. According to his mother's account there was some damage to the roof of their home. They sat out the storm at a relatives house out of harms way.
With regards to the newsreel footage, everything up to the 1:04 mark is actually showing the aftermath of the Gainesville, GA tornado which hit the next morning after the Tupelo tornado. I know this because of the footage showing the fire that broke out at the Cooper Pants factory where over 70 were killed.
The Tupelo, MS - Gainesville, GA Tornado Outbreak was on April 5-6, 1936 and the Great Depression still took place. The tornado rating in Tupelo was an F5 on April 5, 1936 and the tornado rating in Gainesville, Georgia was an F4.
@mrpitv I am from Tupelo, and yes his house was damaged at the time in the tornado. Don't know if you've ever seen one, but this if flat land here, for the best part and if you were in Tupelo at that time you would've seen it. It was huge, for one, but if you see one, even from a distance..and you live you have survived it! Tornado's are the most destructive and most unpredictable storm that exists. Can turn at any time and choose a new path. He survived it.
@CombatSportFan Don't mean to split hairs but he did survive the storm. Literally. According to his mother's account there was some damage to the roof of their home. They sat out the storm at a relatives house out of harms way.
With regards to the newsreel footage, everything up to the 1:04 mark is actually showing the aftermath of the Gainesville, GA tornado which hit the next morning after the Tupelo tornado. I know this because of the footage showing the fire that broke out at the Cooper Pants factory where over 70 were killed.
what year was this?
The Tupelo, MS - Gainesville, GA Tornado Outbreak was on April 5-6, 1936 and the Great Depression still took place. The tornado rating in Tupelo was an F5 on April 5, 1936 and the tornado rating in Gainesville, Georgia was an F4.