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sittinginthebasement (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
Not sure it is the same bank vault, but my husband's cousin was president of a bank on Southwest Parkway, and it was blown away except for the vault--he went down there with a lawn chair and a shotgun and stayed until the money was transfered.
erandyg1311 (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
yhat is a day before my birth day...and way before i was born or not that much...but i live about 50 miles from wichita....so yea i9 ve heard about that tornado...my parents told me about it
brdn94 (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
you have no idea what the hell your even talking about
t239 (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
Wichita has always been a shithole place to live in anyway.
Burnsengine (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
that was a bad day. We drove into wf the next day to check on our family... everything was gone. The only cars on hwy 287 were upside down or wrapped around telephone poles. Still remember it well.
KingOGITH (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
i seen a Better picture then that'when i went to News Channel 4in Oklahoma City.
Texasbredandborn (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
My parent's farm was at least 20 miles NE of Wichita Falls along the Red River. 3 funnels passed through the farm (barbed wire fences destroyed in each path) While they were in the cellar, only shingles blown off the house but all the barns gone. They found clothing with price tags still on them from the WF mall. A cow was walking around with a 2x4 blown into her side at least 12 inches. Very traumatic.
aSAMproduction (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
i use to live in Wichita falls and my mom went through that terrible day and my grandpa tried to out run it but it picked up his car and through him back down to the ground and he was sitting in his car waiting for someone to come find him and he was found and he lived! my grandma took all of her kids and left the house and took them to a hotel and they went to the basement and the hotel was destroyed and the funny thing was the tornado didn't even come near her house i thought it was scary !
JaxieBoy (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
@imtxsmoke: Never try to outrun a tornado unlessyou know how fast it's going. I think most people didn't pay enough attention to the radio reports, and didn't realize it had caught up to them until it was too late.
jamesriker66 (December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm)
i was there april 10 1979 on that day hiding under a bridge with i now know was wrong. |
