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I never really would have forgotten: July 18, 1986, and the tornado that swept through suburbs in the northern part of Minneapolis. A lot was different back then: my brother had just celebrated his first birthday. The stock market was way below the five digits it is today, oil prices were incredibly cheaper and NASA'a Challenger had exploded just a few short months before.
To give a little perspective on how long ago this really was: the Twins had not yet won a World Series in Minnesota. The Timberwolves were merely just a thought in Rudy Perpich's mind (the NBA awarded the expansion franchise the next year) and the North Stars were still here.
I was just reading a little bit on the internet before I noticed the story about the tornado on KARE's Web site (click the title of this post for the story), and thought to myself, "that's right, it's been 25 years already?"
Oddly enough, I had just watched our taped copy of KARE 11's special Unheard Sirens just a couple weeks ago. The video that Max Messmer had caught from Sky11 was a popular video for a while on news shows; and could probably be seen on some outrageous video shows on TV today.
Where were you on that July day when the tornado hit? All I remember was watching the video as quickly as it was coming to KARE 11 on live TV just a little after 5pm.
