Tornado damage south of Gothenburg, Nebraska

chakalakasp · Apr 23, 2007

Here are some tornado damage photos I snapped Saturday south of Gothenburg, Nebraska. A half mile wide EF-2 tornado roared through there on Friday night. The NWS has an official page about this storm at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gid/?n=dawsoncountytornadoofapril20th2007

I've also posted a bunch more photos of the damge at http://backingwinds.blogspot.com

Corry · Apr 23, 2007

Wow....that's some scary stuff there!

his4ever · Apr 24, 2007

wow... hope no one was in the truck. That is amazing the power of a tornado.

Puscas · Apr 24, 2007

I really like the first one. With the car in front, it really brings the damage 'close to the viewer' and seeing those people amidst the rubble is really sad.
Thanx for sharing!

pascal

xfloggingkylex · Apr 25, 2007

I thought half mile wide tornados were usually a bit higher on the scale. An F2 is pretty weak by tornado standards.

Awesome pictures by the way.

chakalakasp · Apr 25, 2007

xfloggingkylex said:
I thought half mile wide tornados were usually a bit higher on the scale. An F2 is pretty weak by tornado standards.

Awesome pictures by the way.

Large tornadoes aren't always strong tornadoes & small tornadoes aren't always weak tornadoes. EF2 is somewhat weak, but I wouldn't want to go through one!

(from wiki):

EF-2: Considerable damage.

Roofs torn off well-constructed houses; foundations of frame homes shifted; mobile homes completely destroyed; large trees snapped or uprooted; light-object missiles generated; cars lifted off ground.

koda-46 · May 25, 2007

omg..... amazing what occurs natrually

cigrainger · May 25, 2007

I like the first one. The second one bisects the photo -- it would have been nice to see it a little more off-center and the horizon or wreck following the rule of thirds. The last one's alright, but looks more like a snapshot than a photojournalism shot.

skieur · Jun 4, 2007

chakalakasp said:
Large tornadoes aren't always strong tornadoes & small tornadoes aren't always weak tornadoes. EF2 is somewhat weak, but I wouldn't want to go through one! (from wiki):

I was camping at night, when one went through our campground. It sent a boat through the third story window of a building, destroyed trees all over the place, took out the electricity, crushed a truck and destroyed campsites.

It was quite an unforgetable experience. I had the good fortune to be camping at the foot of a rock face that offered some protection.

skieur