Yes, I remember the debate but what I saw that day was so incredibly devastating to me it could not be anything other than the most powerful of tornados. To me it didn't matter whether it was an F4 or F5 - the destruction was utter and complete.Right, I understand that. It was the way he said it and it came out completely wrong. He said, the weather service will send inspectors out to determine if this was a tornado.Whenever something like this happens, the media over talks it. I remember the argument in La Plata, first, it was an F5, but they changed that first finding and said, well, it might have been just an F4. People wanted it deemed an F5. It just mattered to them.
I finally went through La Plata a couple of weeks after it happened and could not believe all the destruction. It still amazes me and makes me thankful that more people were not injured or killed although the loss of those that day is still painful.
