Oh,
that's right, It was the Dallas tornados I saw on tv...thought Denver
sounded wrong.
I think I'd take my 5 little trays of microshells (about 200 of them
under 3/4") they'd be easy to carry.
 
>Well, since it's been a bit slow on Conch-L and we're well under the
>75-message limit...
>
>Yes, indeed, Art, tornadoes do occasionally hit the centers of large
>cities. Dallas, Texas, had a bad one a few years ago. Last year, a killer
>tornado hit the western suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, aimed directly at
>the downtown, but it lifted just before it hit the downtown skyscrapers. In
>the aftermath, worried newscasters asked meteorologists if there was
>anything special about downtown areas that would protect them from
>tornadoes. The answer was a repeated NO, sorry, no one is safe! And then,
>only a few days later, the downtown skyscrapers and state capitol in
>Nashville, Tennessee, were hit by a very powerful tornado. It then crossed
>the Cumberland River and made a mess of the stadium being built there,
>knocking down half a dozen cranes. Art, you must have had your nose in a
>shell drawer not to hear about all this.* Commendable, of course.
>
>Thanks for the interesting info, Sarah. Have a pleasant weekend, everyone.
>
>Andrew
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>
>*Obligatory shell reference.
>
>
Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca