That massive air conditioner in our back yard not only keeps us comfortable during the summer, but it kills off most of the severe storms capable of spinning up tornadoes. Cook County: take a bow. You are the most "tornado-safe" county in Minnesota.
Cooper and I discussed the twin tornado devastation in the tiny town of Pilger Nebraska, where not one but 2 tornadoes wreaked havoc and almost wiped out the entire town yesterday.
As we enter the spring and summer storm season, the National Weather Service will be conducting a tornado drill in both Minnesota and Wisconsin today (April 24).
The tornados that dropped from the sky over Illinois on Sunday left homes and businesses scattered in pieces across the landscape, and buried in that rubble was one survivor's scared and injured dog.
Fans of the Discovery Channel show "Storm Chasers" had the chance to check out the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) in Canal Park yesterday (September 13) as a part of the release announcement for the IMAX film "Tornado Alley" coming to the Omnitheater at the Science Museum of Minnesota this fall.
It is hard to imagine being in the path of all the devastation that has happened the last few weeks with the record number of tornadoes that have struck across the United States .