tornadoes

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With Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers and fellow Tejano chingón Freddy Fender, Jiménez formed the Texas Tornadoes, whose oeuvre blasts at every third-rate barbecue joint from the Texas Hill Country to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Tornadoes were sighted across the state, and winds were so fierce that they tore the roof off of Tropicana Stadium, home to the baseball team the Tampa Bay Rays.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

Tornadoes and devastating thunderstorms left nearly 600,000 residents in 13 states without power, obliterated homes and injured hundreds.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

Tornadoes pummeled towns in northern Texas and northeastern Oklahoma on Saturday night as storms across the Great Plains damaged homes, overturned trucks and left nearly 250,000 households without power.

From New York Times • May 26, 2024

Tornadoes are tunnels of wind half a mile wide that pick up cars and fling them three towns over.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri