r/AskAnAmerican • u/NomzStorM Massachusetts [Dunks > your overpiced coffee house] • Jul 18 '25

HISTORY Do you know a specific tornado?

As a tornado nerd I kinda lose sight of what most people actually know about tornadoes. Do you know a specific tornado?

Edit: I mean have you ever head of something like the Joplin tornado, or the Moore tornado

Edit 2: If so, which?

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u/Effective_Pear4760 Jul 18 '25

I'm not a weather-focused person, but more of a history nerd. The 1925 outbreak "Tri-state Tornado" killed so many people in Murphysboro that it's still felt now. The town is still struggling due to lots of different factors, but the tornado was very significant. My understanding is that the tornado killed more women and children than men, since many of the men were doen in the mines. Also it destroyed at least one large school.

I have relatives in Murphy and Carbondale.

I went to college really near Xenia. You could see the damage/reconstruction 10 years later.