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In Memoriam: Tatsuaki Nakato (IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Sep 2016
(Source. IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering). Tatsuaki Nakato was passionate about reintroducing endangered Higgins Eye mussels into the Mississippi. He is shown here near Cordova, Ill. It is with great sorrow that we share the news of Tatsuaki Nakato's death on Saturday, Sept. 3, surrounded by his family. He was 74 years old ... freshwater mussels ... In 2008, Parkersburg, Iowa, was hit by an EF5 tornado on Memorial Day weekend ... (noodl. 35379864) ....

Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame to add three new members

Edit The Oklahoman 05 Aug 2016
Three people have been selected for induction into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame. Jo Pettigrew, Kathryn Turner and the late Kate Frank will be honored Friday during a banquet and induction ceremony at Quail Creek Golf and Country Club ... When an EF5 tornado tore through the community on May 3, 1999, Turner was the first employee to arrive at the school and helped organize the triage area for the first hour after the tornado passed....

Oklahoma Business Briefs

Edit The Oklahoman 03 Aug 2016
Integris gets state's top ranking. U.S. News & World Report has recognized Integris Baptist Medical Center as Oklahoma's Best Regional Hospital for 2016-17, the fifth consecutive year the hospital has received the overall top ranking for both the city and state ... The U.S ... “Both consumers and health care professionals recognize U.S ... The new data center is designed to withstand an EF5 tornado and significant seismic events....

Judge rules Home Depot not responsible for deaths in store during tornado

Edit Business Journal 25 Jul 2016
A federal judge in Kansas City has ruled The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE. HD) is not responsible for the deaths of three people who sought refuge in a company store during one of the most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history. A woman had sued the Atlanta-based home improvement giant for wrongful death after her husband and two children were killed in the store, which was destroyed during the May 2011 EF5 tornado, the St ... The judge… ... ....

Judge tosses woman's tornado-related suit against Home Depot

Edit Atlanta Journal 23 Jul 2016
U.S ... Five other people died in the store that day as the EF5 tornado toppled wall panels onto the Home Depot victims. The tornado was among the most destructive in U.S. history, carving a mile-wide scar through the southwestern Missouri city. It was blamed for 161 deaths ... "This was an (EF5) tornado, and we're confident the construction of the building would not have helped in that terrible situation." ... ....

Tornado confirmed in storm that struck Warren County

Edit Lehigh Valley 16 Jul 2016
It was a tornado. The National Weather Service on Friday night confirmed a tornado touched down in Thursday's destructive storm that moved through Warren County. A weather service survey crew that visited the worst-hit area of the county, around Tom Smith's Route 519 farm in White Township, confirmed the twister struck at an estimated time of 2.46 p.m. Thursday. Warren County storm survey to be done after all ... EF5 ... ....

New KWU-KSU Collaboration Takes Flight (Kansas Wesleyan University)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
(Source. Kansas Wesleyan University) ... It's a disaster with casualties ... 'The origin of Kansas State Polytechnic's UAS program was influenced by the devastating effects of the EF5 tornado in Greensburg in 2007 and the need to support first responders and emergency managers with relevant technology that locates survivors and evaluates damage,' said Verna Fitzsimmons, dean and CEO of Kansas State Polytechnic ... READ MORE ... (noodl. 34493034) ....

Ascent Enters Dallas Market with EF5 Tornado Hardened Data Center

Edit Business Wire 21 Jun 2016
ST ... Available immediately, the standalone space, known as Ascent DAL1, is designed to provide the highly flexible and scalable data center infrastructure necessary for enterprises in the growing Dallas-Fort Worth region while offering hardened building construction, capable of withstanding EF5 tornadoes. With activ ... ....

Parts of region in mini tornado valley

Edit Springfield News-Sun 06 Jun 2016
The first weekend of June came to a close with the Miami Valley’s sixth tornado of the season ... An area from central Illinois into west-central and northwestern Ohio is the third most active region for the most powerful, long-tracked (at least 25 miles) tornadoes rated EF3 to EF5 in the United States, according to research conducted by the Storm Prediction Center ... The other EF5 struck on the west side of Cincinnati in Hamilton County ... ....

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense tours Afghan National Army CSD (ISAF - International Security Assistance Force)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Jun 2016
(Source. ISAF - International Security Assistance Force). KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia Christine Abizaid visited the Resolute Support mission here last week. She toured the Afghan National Army Central Supply Depot warehouses with Maj. Gen. Gordon B ... The tour was led by EF5's deputy director, Brigadier Scott Hicks of the Australian Army ... Abizaid said ... Brig. Gen ... Ms....

Building permits for June 4

Edit The Oklahoman 04 Jun 2016
Oklahoma City. RBA Architects, 804 S Meridian Ave., hotel-motel, erect, $5,000,000. KAL Hospitality LLC, 4800 S Interstate 35 Service Road, hotel-motel, erect, $4,600,000. RBA Architects, 802 S Meridian Ave., hotel-motel, erect, $4,000,000. Archer Construction LLC, 700 NW 7, hospital, add-on, $3,000,000. Fleming Co ... Fleming Co ... Fleming Co ... M ... T ... The RLA Co ... Ef5 Tornado Shelters, 3109 S Harvey Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $5,095 ... ....

Twister tales: stormchasing in Tornado Alley, Oklahoma

Edit The Guardian 02 Jun 2016
Out on the US Great Plains a storm is brewing and that’s great news for extreme weather fans on a tour that’s all about witnessing the power of nature up close. Not too many people go on holiday hoping for bad weather. Here I’m surrounded by them. We’re at yet another gas station, somewhere in southern Oklahoma ... I was soon to learn why ... Twitter ... Promising ... Suddenly they are saying there is an EF4, possibly an EF5 on the ground, moving east....

May 2016

Edit The Atlantic 28 May 2016
Every month, I put together a list of some of the most moving, thought-provoking, beautifully written, deeply reported, quirky, strange, or otherwise memorable stories about from around the internet. This month’s selection is striking for the creativity and talent of the writers, and for how different they are from one another. I hope you’ll enjoy reading them as much as I did ... from 1994 to 2012.2 Just 0.14 percent were incredible EF5s....
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