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Missed us by a couple of miles. We had zero damage and the only evidence that any storm has passed through was that the canvas cover of the grill on the deck got picked up and and dropped in the yard. We definitely dodged a bullet by The Grace of GOD.

One of my wife's friends had some roof damage and her kids' trampoline was sucked up out of their yard near 192nd and West Maple and dropped around 4 miles away near168th and State.

Eppley Airfield on the Missouri River, about 17 miles east of Elkhorn, had a different tornado wrecked 4 hangers and damaged 32 private planes, including some jets and a Yak fighter Lucky that the tornado didn't come through next weekend when the Berkshire-Hathaway annual meeting is scheduled and there are dozen of out of town aircraft parked there.

My cousin lives about a mile south of the Ford dealership in Blair. I texted him yesterday checking to see if he and other family members were O.K. (we have a bunch of them in that area of Nebraska). He said all was well with everybody but he had friends that got hit pretty hard about 3 miles south of his place and he was going down there to see how he could help. Could be the same folks you know???

Hey Otter,

Really glad to hear that your folks got by okay! Sounds like the south tip of Blair did get hit.

Very well could be the same folks or their neighbors. Our friends live on an acreage that was 40 acres but has been subdivided into 3 acreages. All 3 of the houses were pretty well totaled. They were each a $500K to $1M+ homes. There are a lot of houses that have been built in between Omaha and Blair - and none of them are cheap!

The Weather Service is saying that the Elkhorn tornado was an F3. That may be, but of the 8-10 tornadoes I have seen, it was bigger than all the others combined. It was a half mile wide. I couldn’t make myself believe that I was looking at a tornado…but…there was no other explanation. It was just a HUGE black cloud moving, on the ground, through the city. Watching the electrical transformers exploding was bizarre.

I was sitting on the front porch of my aunt and uncles farm outside Rising and watched this from formation to finish, damn cool. One of the most famous in Nebraska.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Central_Nebraska_tornado

The tornado touched down near Hastings and traveled 70 miles (110 km) as it passed through or near Harvard, Giltner, Hampton, Bradshaw, Benedict, Strongsburg, Shelby, and Rising City before it finally lifted near Bellwood. The United States Weather Bureau documented that every structure in the path of the tornado was completely destroyed.[1] A farm three miles (4.8 km) northwest of Bradshaw was obliterated at F5 intensity, and two people were killed.[3] Fifteen people were injured in Shelby, which was barely spared from a direct strike.[3]

Otter,
The news is reporting that there were 250 homes destroyed in Washington County, most were in rural areas. Apparently tornadoes have changed their target of choice from trailer parks to rural subdivisions.

This is going to make homeowners insurance skyrocket around here. We are already paying $400 a month and that is with a $5,000 all perils deductible.

Jeebus man you aint lived in nebraska long, yall got fugging lucky. Targets of choice ? LMAO


https://www.weather.gov/gid/1980GrandIslandTornadoes


The tornadoes in Grand Island, Nebraska killed five, injured 200, and caused an estimated more than $285 million (USD) ($1.02 billion 2022 USD) in damage.

Heres another for ya, the aksarben tornado.

https://www.weather.gov/oax/may675

Damage estimates ranged from $250 million to $500 million. The number of homes destroyed was 287 with damage to 1400 others. The time of day aided in the warning process as a spotter saw the tornado in Sarpy County during the daylight hours and children were no longer in school. The NWS aided by REACT and Civil Defense systems provided good lead time for the residents of Douglas County. Three people did perish. An elderly woman died in her home and likely did not hear the warnings. A waitress was killed in a restaurant as she huddled with others in the restroom. A man was killed while seeking shelter at a gas station.

I'd fire that train conductor.