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July 2008
Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.
Hurricane Bertha direction forecast and information here..
Keep up to date on the latest information on Hurricane Bertha, where will it hit?
June 2008
Tornado hits Boy Scout Camp, leaves 4 dead.
The four boys who were killed by the tornado were model scouts
Boy Scout Camp aftermath video
Tornado rips apart Kansas Town leaving 2 dead
Detailed Manhattan Kansas tornado Information here
  The NWS Topeka has completed the storm survey for the Manhattan area.  The maximum intensity of this tornado rated EF4.  EF4 damage occurred at Amherst Ave. and Peachtree circle and had a path width of 1/4 mile at this point. 

 May 2008
Tornado Deaths high in 2008 worst in decades.......Read More

Video of Tornado as it wipes out a pig farm in Oklahoma here....
Windsor Colorado Tornado warnings were late or never. Read more.... Windsor, Fort Collins and Larimer County residents did not get warnings before tornado hit.

What is going on with the weather in 2008? Greeley Colorado area is my home base city and while I am out of town it gets hit with a large tornado so I am not there to witness this historic event. I have friends who have been severely impacted by this.  I am heading back today to Greeley. 
Here are a few stories of interest.. 
Greeley Colorado Tornado Photo
Windsor Residents Assess Damage After Tornados
http://cbs4denver.com/local/tornado.windsor.weld.2.731125.html

Aguilera: Tornado May Have Been A Mile Wide
http://cbs4denver.com/weatherupdates/tornado.weld.county.2.730406.html

Snow, Hail, Tornadoes Hit Southern California
http://cbs2.com/local/Rain.Orange.County.2.730759.html

Tornado Outbreak hits Missouri and Oklahoma hard with many fatalities.  Tornadoes raked over 6 states with many destructive tornadoes reported. It appears a large and violent tornadic storm moved from southeastern Kansas through Ottawa County Oklahoma then into Southwestern Missouri leaving a devastating path of destruction and many deaths.
Tornadoes leave at least 19 dead...  CNN Report
Tornadoes Tear Across Central U.S., Killing 19 Fox News Report

Here are the RAW SPC tornado Reports

Cyclone kills at least 351 in Myanmar read more..

Tornadoes Hit Arkansas with 7 dead as storms rake State again.  Arkansas death toll rises to 26 this year as it continues to get pounded in 2008.  Arkansas is tornado alley in 2008 as storms and tornadoes cause death and destruction repeatedly.  Read More ...
AP article on death toll for year
April 2008
At least 3 tornadoes hit in Virginia causing extensive damage and injuring hundreds....
Damage over large area,  hospital hit by twister

Tornado Flips Cars and Planes In and around Little Rock Arkansas
The tornado hit after dark.... read more here
The Storm Chasing season is getting into full swing. This is the month the roads begin to get clogged with hundreds of chasers around the world converging on the plains of the US in search of violent tornadoes.  What will chase season 2008 bring?
What are the odds for tornadoes in April?  read here....

March 2008
Tornado Hits Downtown Georgia in the night
This is the first tornado on record to hit downtown Atlanta
The Polk County Sheriff has indicated that there are two confirmed fatalities in the Von Loop and Wax Road damage.  The National Weather Service said that they have received reports of damage to a number of mobile homes and the elementary school in Taylorsville in Bartow County.
read more here

Tornado Downtown Atlanta damage to Skyscrapers
Georgia Woman Caught in Tornado Lives
Read her story of being caught in a tornado...
Tornadoes Rip Apart Florida and Georgia Friday March 7
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE CITY FLORIDA. OVERTURNED VEHICLES AND BUILDING DAMAGE. Read reports here.
Tornado photo from Kansas tornado Sunday afternoon March 2nd
Photo of tornado was shot from South Milan Rd. just after 5:00 pm.
Tornadoes touch down in Blaine County Oklahoma.
See video of Blaine County Tornado here
Tornado chances for March  2008 When and where they might happen.
Tornado Tim will be on TV Tuesday, March 11th @ 11 pm ET on the Biography Channel in an episode called "Weird Woundings"  It is about A young man who is lifted up by a tornado and tossed more than 300 meters and lives.  We do several myth buster style experiments and you do the judging as to did the event really happen. Don't miss it. Show repeats on Wednesday, March 12 3:00am.

February 2008
Weather extremes as Worst winter hits parts of the world while US suffers record tornadoes in February
Terrible winter around the world - Colder than Normal
Rare snow blankets Jerusalem
Heavy snow cuts off Greek villages
Athens was covered in several centimeters of snow

China's snow and bitter winter worst in 100 years
Worst_winter_in_100_years_for_parts_of_China
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/17/china_battles_bitter_winter/1603/
Record Snow in China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/18/content_7625789.htm
Israel worst winter in years
Worst Winter in Decades in Afghanista

Tornado reports in Alabama, Georgia and Florida on Sunday top 30. Multiple people injured.
Sunday February 17th 2008 tornado reports
SPC Tornado Reports list
Tornadoes rip apart sections of the southern US States
Tornadoes leave damage from Alabama to Florida
Tornado Damage and injuries reported on Sunday

Person killed when lifted by tornado into the air
 

Tornado leaves 44 dead as damage reports flow in.
Three people have been killed in the Atkins Arkansas area in a tornado according to THV TV in Arkansas.  People are missing, damage extensive in Arkansas.  Memphis Tennessee reports extensive damage, airport hit, Hickory Ridge mall hit cars overturned....
Tornado Reports In Detail
Tornadoes often occur in February. Last year 22 people were killed by tornadoes in the US.  Read more here......

January 2008
A First! Snow Falls in Baghdad
U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims Senate Report Debunks "Consensus" Read more here...
Tornadoes and Floods leave 8 dead
Tornadoes tear up Midwest with at least 2 dead.
Tornado deaths and report here for January outbreak
Tornado chances for January  2008 read here how tornado deaths have occurred the last 4 years in January reminding us that deadly tornadoes can happen at any time of the year. 
   With many areas experiencing warmer than normal temperatures,  traditional tornado alley maps don't seem to represent those climate changes accurately. read more here.....

Tornado Tim will be on Urban Legends TV show episode called “Weird Woundings” next airs on Wednesday, January 09 @ 3:30 am ET

Global Cooling may be coming Read about the work of Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin, Merited Scientist of Russia and fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, is staff researcher of the Oceanology Institute.

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