February 29, 2012 In the aftermath of this morning's tornado, the Red Cross has done what the Red Cross does frankly, and made itself available to those affected by this mornings events and offered information to those of us who weren't affected but would like to help out our friends and neighbors in the Newburgh and Henderson areas.
February 29, 2012 I normally don't wake up when my wife's alarm goes off at 5:30am, but today was obviously different. While there wasn't much more than rain happening at my house on the North Side, the storm sirens were in full force. We turned on the TV to hear that a tornado had touched down south of Mt. Vernon and was heading toward Evansville. Off to the basement we went.
April 20, 2011 If you live anywhere in the 106-1 KISS-FM listening area, you were not spared the wrath of the storms that sped through the area last night. Although the Evansville area was under a tornado warning, there were no reports of a tornado touching down within the city limits. Instead we were treated to what weather experts call "straight-line winds", some in excess of 70 mph.
According to an article on the Evansville Courier & Press website, the stiff winds in addition to lightning and thunder caused approximately 17,000 Vectren customers in Mt. Vernon & Evansville to lose power.
