Or worse yet, here comes the storm before the rain. On June 9, 1953 nearly 94 Worcester, Massachusetts people lost their lives to a series of tornadoes that still today live on in the memories of the survivors. The outbreak actually began it's wrath on June 8, and in Flint, Michigan when an F5 hit and killed many just after they finished their dinners and were settling down in their homes.
Known as the Flint-Worcester tornado sequence outbreak, - the storm system that created the Michigan tornado moved it's way eastward across the country spawning 46 tornadoes including one F5 and five F4s. By the time the storms pushed along and diminished over 240 people lost their lives - marking 1953 as the deadliest tornado year in U.S. history. '
Fast forward to 2008 and just under 20 miles from this writer's home, a major tourist attraction in the Wisconsin Dells/Lake Delton area became a victim of that year's massive rains when a dam gave way and the lake drained into the Wisconsin River - taking everything in it's path with it.
Words can not express what the actual video of the event shows -
During the runaway river event...
A few hours later.........
And then one year later...and after diverting water back in....well, see for yourself...
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