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A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country
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by mindanarchist | June 16, 2008 at 11:33 am
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Yay for citizen journalism. Always carry a camera people, always. Click through to view the photo, I don't want to steal it.
What a picture.
When the weather turned violent and stormy on Tuesday evening, Lori Mehmen, who lives in the small farming town of Orchard in northeastern Iowa, looked out her front door and saw a funnel cloud bearing down — and evidently had the presence of mind to grab her digital camera and capture this shot before taking cover. The local paper, The Mitchell County Press-News, posted the photo on Wednesday and The Associated Press picked it up today.
The Press-News report says no one was injured by this tornado, which was one of scores reported in Iowa and across the Midwest this week, where storms and heavy rains have also produced widespread flooding.
Ms. Mehmen told the paper that her funnel cloud came close to the ground only briefly, then retreated back up into the clouds. Still, the high winds from the storm knocked down trees, damaged crops, and left behind one indelible image.
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at 11:36 on June 16th, 2008
mindanarchist, from Tornado Alley: good stuff!
at 11:40 on June 16th, 2008
mindanarchist, what an amazing photo. Thanks for the post.
at 15:54 on June 16th, 2008
wow, great photo!
at 20:25 on June 16th, 2008
mindanarchist,
That is such an awesome picture. I would be telling people to stand in line to kick me if I would have spotted a picture opportunity like this and not had a camera on me.
I like this story. It's good stuff.