The 2008 Vancouver tornado was a rare tornado that occurred in the city of Vancouver, Washington on January 10, 2008. The NWS rated this storm to be an EF-1 (wind speeds of 90-110 mph).
The National Weather Service briefly posted a Tornado Warning, but quickly retracted it. The tornado was immediately accompanied by several funnel clouds, and an advisory issued stated that more funnel clouds were possible. A funnel cloud was seen to the south of the tornado in Gresham, Oregon. The storm was a rare event in the Pacific Northwest.
Damage reports showed widespread downed power lines, malfunctioning traffic lights, and roofing that had been ripped off. Although the majority of damage was light in nature, in at least one case a home was completely demolished. At least 2,500 homes and businesses had lost power because of the storm.
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“The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects, pathetic fake buildings, and childish tricks which the crowd pretends to be taken in by to avoid feeling too disappointed. Ghost towns, ghost people. The whole place has the same air of obsolescence about it as Sunset or Hollywood Boulevard.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)