Appalachian Twister: Lessons from the Shinnston Tornado

This June 23^rd will mark the 80^th anniversary (1944) of the Shinnston Tornado that struck West Virginia, killed more than 100 people and left a close-knit mining town devastated – both interpersonally and infrastructurally.  To this day, it remains one of the deadliest tornadoes in US history. 

The F4 tornado that struck Shinnston was part of a larger ou…