April 5, 1972.
Vancouver, Washington.
As the Oregonian headline reported the next day…the tornado killed 6 people and hurt 300.
It was the Portland-Vancouver metro area’s deadliest weather day in history.
Now, check out the new video the National Weather Service in Portland, Oregon put together. It tells the complete story.
Wow! Great history video! Thanks for sharing
Hey Bruce; I miss you! When are you going to send your next blog??
Roland–thanks so much for your kind words! I was on vacation — and then overwhelmed with ‘back in the office syndrome’ this week. Meanwhile…I’ve watched many ideas for blog posts float down the idea stream, unwritten.
I’m getting back on the blog tonight. Talk to you later.
Great video! I am trying to find info on a funnel cloud that touched down just as I left Veneta, Or years ago. I was headed home toward Noti, Oregon. It had started to hail at the intersection of Veneta and I don’t think I even got a mile out when everyone including me had to stop and pull over as it hailed and strong winds rocked my car. Tree limbs from near by trees were braking off and hitting my car. I thought the trees were going to fall on me. I was so terrified I was crying! I had no idea what was going on. After what appeared to be several minutes it calmed down but was like instant winter from the hail all over the road. I don’t know what year it was but it would have been late 80s or 90s. Do you know how I could find record of it?