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Wed May 14, 2003

Tornado-Damaged MO Town Calls Curfew to Prevent Looting

JACKSON, Mo. (AP) The mayor of this southeast Missouri town has proclaimed a state of disaster following last week’s tornado. Mayor Paul Sander enacted a curfew in areas where the tornado caused significant damage....

Brenda Ruggiero - Fri May 24, 2002

Tornado Slams Maryland Town: Damages Exceed $120M

A major cleanup effort has been underway in southern Maryland since a tornado touched down in the town of La Plata in Charles County (about 30 miles from Washington, D.C.) on April 28. Originally rated a 5 on the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, National Weather Service experts gave the storm a final rating of an F4 after further inspection....

Tonya Layman - Wed February 21, 2001

Flick of the Wrist Keeps Tornado Star Up & Running for Southern Grading

Rick Cohen, president of Screen USA Inc. in Smyrna, GA, doesn’t let an opportunity pass him by. When he learned that Southern Grading in Greenville, SC, was looking for a new screen to add to its equipment, he got up there and showed off the Tornado Star 4012 Deluxe....

Amanda L. Gutshall - Sat February 03, 2001

Tornado Star 4012DLX Performance Blows Journey Away

When Rusty Rushing, general manager of Journey Ltd., Middletown, OH, needed a versatile screening machine that could handle a variety of products without excessive downtime, he turned to the Screen U.S.A.Tornado Star 4012DLX. Rushing examined a variety of makes and models and couldn’t find what he was looking for....

Sat April 08, 2000

Texas Communities Pull Together in Wake of Tornado

By Melissa J. Buchanan CEG MANAGING EDITOR It takes a resilient community to overcome the devastation of a 157-mile per hour (253 kph) tornado. The residents of Tarrant County Texas are rallying together in a massive clean up after a twister ripped apart homes and businesses, and disrupted the lives of thousands....

Sat December 02, 2000

Grimes Battles Weather to Win ROMCO’s Texas Tornado Tour

Two weekends of heavy rain delayed Tommy Grimes’ quest to win ROMCO Equipment Company’s 2000 Texas Tornado Tour, but the weather could not derail him. The San Antonio native needed a 13th place or better showing in front of his hometown fans to wrap up this year’s late-model racing title....

K.K. Snyder - Wed April 05, 2000

Tornado’s Wrath Leaves Mitchell County Buried

Southwest Georgia is still reeling from the devastating tornado that struck in mid-February and heavy equipment cleanup efforts are under way to return the hardest hit town of Camilla in Mitchell County back to its previous state. Houses, mobile homes and entire pecan orchards were shredded by the Feb....