Tornados suck in Midwest. Destroyed by grade school and barely missed my bros house in Wichita. Hurricane forecast just out for 4 major this year so FL not safe.
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width=487 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle><TABLE id=fpaio_3 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD id=main width="65%">The night the sky roared
by Alex Lang - The Daily Iowan in Metro
Power lines, trees, and confused UI students lined the streets of Iowa City after a series of violent storms ripped through the area Thursday evening.
Steve Kuhl, a meteorologist in charge at the Quad Cities branch of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said it was not a confirmed tornado.
He added a post-storm damage-assessment team will determine today whether the storm was a tornado, based on how much damage occurred in Iowa City.
UI cancels classes
by Jane Slusark - The Daily Iowan in Metro
UI officials suspended class today to assess the damage after a tornado struck the downtown area, hitting many students' off-campus apartments and vehicles.
The university did not suffer the brunt of the storm, with the only reported damage being to the roof of the motor pool building and Cambus offices on Madison Avenue, as of Thursday night, said Steve Parrott, the director of University Relations.
Looting reported in downtown IC
by Staff Writers - The Daily Iowan in Metro
It wasn't only ripped debris and trash that littered downtown Iowa City streets immediately after tornadoes hit Thursday night.
Curious passersby took advantage of the chance to swipe a few free beers from smashed and damaged stores and convenience stations - incidents that many gas-station operators throughout Iowa City' nucleus reported.
"The Liquor House opened up like a can of tuna, and all my friends ran up and started taking liquor," said UI senior Sam Ehlinger as he meandered through the Pedestrian Mall around 10 p.m. Thursday.
Gawkers mill past damage
by Drew Kerr - The Daily Iowan in Metro
The pungent odor of gas and glass-strewn streets could not keep a sea of wide eyes from fulfilling their voyeuristic inklings, as law-enforcement officers, situated throughout the downtown, marked off the area in a futile attempt to keep college-age onlookers away from the scene.
Their best efforts were all but ignored by young drinkers, who pursued the scene with open containers in hand, walking in and out of darkened drinking establishments - even as Martinis' roof collapsed, leaving water flowing down the front façade.
As they closed off the perimeter, police said no one was in the building at the time of the collapse. Next door, the Union Bar also lost a significant portion of its roof.
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A funnel cloud begins to dissipate after doing major damage to downtown and residential neighborhoods across Iowa City, on Thursday night. Contributed photo by Danny Wilcox Frazier
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width=487 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle><TABLE id=fpaio_3 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD id=main width="65%">The night the sky roared
by Alex Lang - The Daily Iowan in Metro
Power lines, trees, and confused UI students lined the streets of Iowa City after a series of violent storms ripped through the area Thursday evening.
Steve Kuhl, a meteorologist in charge at the Quad Cities branch of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said it was not a confirmed tornado.
He added a post-storm damage-assessment team will determine today whether the storm was a tornado, based on how much damage occurred in Iowa City.
UI cancels classes
by Jane Slusark - The Daily Iowan in Metro
UI officials suspended class today to assess the damage after a tornado struck the downtown area, hitting many students' off-campus apartments and vehicles.
The university did not suffer the brunt of the storm, with the only reported damage being to the roof of the motor pool building and Cambus offices on Madison Avenue, as of Thursday night, said Steve Parrott, the director of University Relations.
Looting reported in downtown IC
by Staff Writers - The Daily Iowan in Metro
It wasn't only ripped debris and trash that littered downtown Iowa City streets immediately after tornadoes hit Thursday night.
Curious passersby took advantage of the chance to swipe a few free beers from smashed and damaged stores and convenience stations - incidents that many gas-station operators throughout Iowa City' nucleus reported.
"The Liquor House opened up like a can of tuna, and all my friends ran up and started taking liquor," said UI senior Sam Ehlinger as he meandered through the Pedestrian Mall around 10 p.m. Thursday.
Gawkers mill past damage
by Drew Kerr - The Daily Iowan in Metro
The pungent odor of gas and glass-strewn streets could not keep a sea of wide eyes from fulfilling their voyeuristic inklings, as law-enforcement officers, situated throughout the downtown, marked off the area in a futile attempt to keep college-age onlookers away from the scene.
Their best efforts were all but ignored by young drinkers, who pursued the scene with open containers in hand, walking in and out of darkened drinking establishments - even as Martinis' roof collapsed, leaving water flowing down the front façade.
As they closed off the perimeter, police said no one was in the building at the time of the collapse. Next door, the Union Bar also lost a significant portion of its roof.
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