Last Monday, November 22, a tornado ripped through Wisconsin. Officials said severe storms moved throughout the region leaving significant damage. A twister passed near Walworth County on Monday afternoon. The twister caused damage to eight homes according to the National Weather Service. It is suspected that a second tornado may have caused some heavy damage in Racine County, but the National Weather Service has not confirmed reports of a second twister. Some residents of an assisted-living facility had to be moved after heavy winds caused structural damage and forced the facility to rely on generator power.
In Illinois, some children were injured when the bus they were riding rolled over due to high winds. The emergency management director said heavy winds destroyed the Caledonia town hall and one home, damaged three others and knocked out power to more than 500 residents. According to the weather service, one business was severely damaged and a cracked grain silo was leaking grain.
It is quite strange that there is a tornado at this time of year. People in this area expect something like that to happen in the summer months. The damage in Wisconsin and Illinois were both pretty bad causing all the damage that it did. I think people may have been better prepared had this happened in the summer. However, the upside of it is things are being down to help people get back to their homes safely. In the case of the bus that rolled over, I think it should have not been operating in the first place if winds were strong enough to tip it over.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/22/illinois.wisconsin.storms/index.html?iref=allsearch
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/23/wisconsin.severe.weather/index.html?iref=allsearch
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