Here's a link to an article with further information.

http://www.kansas.com/2011/04/18/1812482/241-tornadoes-reported-over-14.html

Please be aware that '241 tornado reports' does not equate to '241 tornadoes' because more than one person can report the same tornado.

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Like Maeve and Sanity, I feel little in common with those here who learn of disaster and only spout canned media wisdom in response.

I agree that global warming is real, but terror and suffering ought to provoke SOME kind of empathy.