Katherine carpenter school tornado
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A Tornado hit our neighborhood today
I live in Kansas City right between Gladstone and Liberty, north of the Missouri River. The areas in the pics Sonya posted are about 5 min from my house. Overland Park is about 25-30 min. from my house. My mom remembers the Ruskin Heights tornado in '57 (she was 6 at the time). I think there was an elementary school hit during that one in OP. The really freaky thing is the last batch of major tornados to hit the metro was on May 4, 1977. Just a little twilight zone-ish.
Someone was definitely watching over my family yesterday. My sister, who lives in Springfield 3 hours south of us, had a tornado touch down a few blocks away. My cousin's street was on the news. Her house was fine, but right across the street is gone. Missed my SIL by a block. My aunt lives in Carriage Hills in Gladstone - she lost 2 large trees, but the house 2 doors down is gone. It's truly amazing that with all of the family DH and I have in the area, no one rec
Someone was definitely watching over my family yesterday. My sister, who lives in Springfield 3 hours south of us, had a tornado touch down a few blocks away. My cousin's street was on the news. Her house was fine, but right across the street is gone. Missed my SIL by a block. My aunt lives in Carriage Hills in Gladstone - she lost 2 large trees, but the house 2 doors down is gone. It's truly amazing that with all of the family DH and I have in the area, no one rec
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- Kathryn B.
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- Carpenter
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- MO Missouri
- kbc@princeton.edu
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- Princeton University
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I study and write about the history of science, technology, and the environment. I’m especially intrigued bygd the ways that all three intersect, and how the use of technology changes the way humans think about their environments. I am currently working on a history of tornado science and storm chasing.
I am a doctoral candidate in the History of Science at Princeton University. inom earned an undergraduate grad in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. inom spent a few years working for a small newspaper in Idaho, f
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Katherine Carpenter Elementary School (Overland Park, Kansas)
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Upload a photoKatherine Carpenter is a public elementary school in the Shawnee Mission School District and houses grades K-6.
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Coordinates: 38°57'14"N 94°41'58"W