tornado hits U of Iowa

[donsu]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001/20060414/0156982657.htm&floc=NW_1-T


Tornadoes Rip Through Eastern Iowa; 1 Dead

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At the University of Iowa, which the National Weather Service said was hit by one tornado, students were assessing the damage, including downed trees.

Andrew Loffswold fled his apartment when he heard the howling winds of an oncoming twister grow louder. When he returned, his second-story apartment was in shambles, its roof torn off and its contents turned upside down.

``I'm just trying to salvage anything I can,'' said Loffswold, a 19-year-old student from Sioux City.

Nine other nearby apartments suffered major damage.

University spokesman Steve Parrott said classes have been canceled for Friday while crews repair the campus and clear debris.
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tick, tick, tick

[shoelace414]

1. Do they teach Evolution?

:sarcasm:

[evlbstrd]

3. Iowa is only near Kansas.

Sheesh.

[HereSince1628]

5. Worse they teach sociology and prepare social workers

the republican god of selfish capitalism is taking revenge.

[Pirate Smile]

11. LOL. Iowa City is one of the most liberal towns you'll find.

[savemefromdumbya]

2. That's sad

[htuttle]

4. We caught the northern edge of that storm in Southern WI as it went by

When the front first hit, we had marble to golfball sized hail for about 5-10 minutes. Noisy as hell!

Bad, bad storm.

[gatorboy]

6. This tornado season has been abnormally large.

We've already had twice as many for an average April and we're only half way through...

[boobooday]

8. It's been wild here too

And there was a crazy storm that passed over last night (Indiana). We've had a bunch this year.

[wtbymark]

7. bad link

this should work

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/04/14/severe.weather.ap/index.html

[donsu]

9. thank you

nt

[Pirate Smile]

10. Photo's:

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Iowa City firefighters inspect St. Patrick's Catholic Church, in Iowa City after severe weather ripped the roof off on Thursday night. Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst


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Empty trailers remain piled on top of a car parked in the Menard's parking lot on Thursday night. Severe weather toppled the vehicles and damaged the store. Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst

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A car sits in the ravine outside the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house on the corner of Washington and Governor streets in Iowa City. The building lost its roof and one side of the house during severe storms on Thursday night. Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst


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pc photo by Hannah van Zutphen-Kann 4.13.06 People mill about town on Linn Street after a tornado went through Iowa City. Press-Citizen / Hannah van Zutphen-Kann

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Jake Callan, 9, hands out Dilly Bars at the Dairy Queen on Riverside Drive to Jeff Kuiper, who lives in the area off Olive Court after severe weather hit Iowa City on Thursday night. Press-Citizen / Jason A. Cook
(The Owners said the DQ was down to the cinder blocks)

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Iowa City firefighters inspect the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house on the corner of Washington and Governor St., in Iowa City. The building lost its roof and one side of the house during severe weather Thursday night. Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst

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The front facade of Chezik-Bell Honda fell on some cars, windows were blown out and cars were overturned at Mormon Trek Boulevard and Highway 1 after severe weather tore through Iowa City on Thursday night. Press-Citizen / Hannah van Zutphen-Kann

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Downed power lines block the intersection of Governor and Washington streets. Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst

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A smashed car sits among the wreckage along Washington Avenue in Iowa City following severe weather on Thursday night. Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst

[janx]

12. U. of I is my undergrad alma mater...

I'm so sorry to see this. It looks awful!

[Pirate Smile]

13. Mine too. In an article, it mentioned how power lines were down all over

so some firefighters, going to check on them, told some students to block off a road. The students did the only logical thing - they drug their couches into the street to block traffic. LOL.

[cascadiance]

14. Cried a bit when I saw pics of this today and last night...

I'd lived there for around 7 years or so before moving to California. I'm guessing that an apartment building or two I lived in close to downtown might have gotten trashed... My friends are OK, but in addition to the tornados, they had a lot of lightning on the outskirts of the city, and two houses near my friends both had big house fires and one burned down.















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[Hardrada]

15. Many of my favorite places were damaged.

Luckily the university itself and the old historical buildings (save for St. Patrick's church) were unscathed. Downtown will need a lot of rebuilding though. I may go over there after Easter break to see how I can help out.