Continuing with my series on the top 25 weather stories of 2005:
19. February 27-Rescuers found more than they bargained for as they searched for victims after an F1 tornado ripped through a Palm Bay, Florida neighborhood. In one unroofed home, they found an elaborate indoor marijuana growing setup. The owner of the house, who was not home at the time was charged with possessing and manufacturing cannabis.
18. August 12-Two people were killed, twelve injured when a tornado destroyed fifty mobile homes in the Cottonwood Mobile Home Park in Wright, Wyoming, near Gillette. The tornado cut a path one and one half miles long and one quarter mile wide. They were the first Wyoming tornado fatalities since July 16, 1979. They were also the first tornado fatalities in the U..S. since March 22nd.
17. July 29 -A Boy Scout hike up Mount Whitney in California turned tragic when lightning struck the tarp that had set up in a meadow to shelter them from rain. The scout leader and one scout were killed. The scouts were from Troop 7001 in St. Helena, California. They had been on a nine day hike along the John Muir Trail. Scouts were able to keep one troop member alive by administering CPR for over an hour.
16. July 28-A significant tornado struck Birmingham, England during the afternoon. The tornado, one of the strongest to ever hit Great Britain, injured twenty three people, including three critically. Other tornadoes touched down in Peterborough. On average, thirty three tornadoes occur each year in the United Kingdom. They are generally less destructive than their American cousins. The Birmingham tornado had winds estimated at 130 mph, ranking it as a four on TORRO’s one to ten tornado scale. This corresponds to a strong tornado and makes this twister one of the strongest to ever hit England.
15. October 10-Atlantic tropical cyclone Vince made landfall in a most unusual location: southwestern Spain with top winds of 45 mph. It was the first tropical cyclone in recorded history to make landfall in Spain. The twentieth named storm of the crazy 2005 North Atlantic hurricane season formed on the 9th in the far eastern Atlantic southeast of the Canary Islands. It actually became a hurricane for a few hours. It moved northeastward, reaching land the next day, passing just south of the Portuguese coast and making landfall on the coast of Spain.
14. August 2-Air France Flight 358 , an Airbus A340-300, was on approach to Toronto’s Rearson International Airport during a thunderstorm. . As the plane landed, it overran the end of the runway and broke into pieces in a ravine. All 309 passengers and crew escaped before the plane exploded in flames and burned. Only 43 people were injured.
19. February 27-Rescuers found more than they bargained for as they searched for victims after an F1 tornado ripped through a Palm Bay, Florida neighborhood. In one unroofed home, they found an elaborate indoor marijuana growing setup. The owner of the house, who was not home at the time was charged with possessing and manufacturing cannabis.
18. August 12-Two people were killed, twelve injured when a tornado destroyed fifty mobile homes in the Cottonwood Mobile Home Park in Wright, Wyoming, near Gillette. The tornado cut a path one and one half miles long and one quarter mile wide. They were the first Wyoming tornado fatalities since July 16, 1979. They were also the first tornado fatalities in the U..S. since March 22nd.
17. July 29 -A Boy Scout hike up Mount Whitney in California turned tragic when lightning struck the tarp that had set up in a meadow to shelter them from rain. The scout leader and one scout were killed. The scouts were from Troop 7001 in St. Helena, California. They had been on a nine day hike along the John Muir Trail. Scouts were able to keep one troop member alive by administering CPR for over an hour.
16. July 28-A significant tornado struck Birmingham, England during the afternoon. The tornado, one of the strongest to ever hit Great Britain, injured twenty three people, including three critically. Other tornadoes touched down in Peterborough. On average, thirty three tornadoes occur each year in the United Kingdom. They are generally less destructive than their American cousins. The Birmingham tornado had winds estimated at 130 mph, ranking it as a four on TORRO’s one to ten tornado scale. This corresponds to a strong tornado and makes this twister one of the strongest to ever hit England.
15. October 10-Atlantic tropical cyclone Vince made landfall in a most unusual location: southwestern Spain with top winds of 45 mph. It was the first tropical cyclone in recorded history to make landfall in Spain. The twentieth named storm of the crazy 2005 North Atlantic hurricane season formed on the 9th in the far eastern Atlantic southeast of the Canary Islands. It actually became a hurricane for a few hours. It moved northeastward, reaching land the next day, passing just south of the Portuguese coast and making landfall on the coast of Spain.
14. August 2-Air France Flight 358 , an Airbus A340-300, was on approach to Toronto’s Rearson International Airport during a thunderstorm. . As the plane landed, it overran the end of the runway and broke into pieces in a ravine. All 309 passengers and crew escaped before the plane exploded in flames and burned. Only 43 people were injured.
on October 4, 2006, 4:14 am
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