This Day in History:The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak (1920)

This Day in History:
The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak (1920)
In 1920, meteorologists did not have modern forecasting equipment, and there was no storm warning system in place in the US. Thus, when an outbreak of storms began near dawn on March 28, 1920, few were prepared for the devastation that followed. Some 400 people were killed and more than 1,200 injured that day by at least 38 recorded tornadoes in the deep South and the Midwest. Why is it likely that both the total number of tornadoes as well as the actual death toll were underreported? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch