OLD TIMER
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For those that think Safety is a joke---
MICHIGAN: Tornadoes causing five or more deaths before 1953; two or more deaths after and including 1953
MAY 25, 1896 9:00 pm 47 dead 100 injured
Deaths were at Ortonville (22), Oakwood (10), Thomas (3), North Oxford (4), and Whigville (3).
JUN 5, 1905 3:30 pm 5 dead 40 injured
Entire farms were "wiped out of existence" near Shabbona in Sanilac County.
MAY 21, 1953 4:21 pm 2 dead 68 injured
Two people were killed at Port Heron, Michigan and four others died at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
JUN 8, 1953 6:25 pm 4 dead 18 injured
Before moving out over Lake Erie the tornado destroyed homes near Telegraph, Monroe County.
JUN 8, 1953 7:40 pm 4 dead 13 injured
Five vacation cabins were leveled near Big Island Lake, Iosco County.
JUN 8, 1953 8:30 pm 115 dead 844 injured
A devastating tornado moved east across the north part of Flint, obliterating homes on Coldwater Road.
APR 3, 1956 6:30 pm 18 dead 340 injured
This tornado destroyed part of Hudsonville, Standale, and homes west of Grand Rapids.
APR 3, 1956 6:35 pm 2 dead 24 injured
A tornado originated over Lake Michigan and ended in Grand Traverse Bay.
MAY 12, 1956 5:25 pm 3 dead 116 injured
Three hundred buildings were hit along the Dort Highway at the edge Flint.
MAY 8, 1964 4:59 pm 11 dead 224 injured
A short, wide and intense path was cut across the Anchor Bay area, north of Mt. Clemens.
APR 11, 1965 6:50 pm 5 dead 142 injured
Thirty two homes were destroyed and 192 damaged in the Comstock Park and Alpine (five deaths) area.
APR 11, 1965 7:00 pm 44 dead 612 injured
The death toll: Branch County (19), Hillsdale County (11), Lenawee County (14).
APR 3, 1974 7:30 pm 2 dead 31 injured
A couple was killed when a tree crushed their mobile home near Hillsdale.
MAY 13, 1980 2:58 pm 5 dead 79 injured
This tornado moved east following Main Street into the center of Kalamazoo; 47 homes were destroyed.
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