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Smooth Removal

2020-09-21 By Roger Edwards

Smooth Removal

Before doing marginal F4 damage in town, the Spencer tornado moved from right center to left center, leaving behind a concrete-block foundation with house debris in the basement.  No anchoring is evident; note the smoothness of the top of the hollow concrete blocks.  In fact, every house on this survey which was removed from its foundation was either not anchored down at all, or weakly connected at best.  Such lackadaisical construction practices are common on the Great Plains away from municipalities with strong building codes.  This site was under a mile from another whose unanchored house easily blew aside.

3 ENE Farmer SD (31 May 98) Looking SSE
43.7309, -97.6308

Filed Under: Unusual Weather Damage Tagged With: damage, Farmer, Great Plains, landscapes, South Dakota, Spencer, tornado, weather

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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