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Text says: "This was very common up until around the mid-1950's." This what? I assume it's meaning is that the failure to mention blacks (mentioned in parentheses) was common. Please fix it to say what it means. &#37329 02:53, 28 May 2004 (UTC) reply

I removed the sentence claiming that this was the only instance of two large cities being struck a day apart. Obviously the Flint-Worcester tornadoes of 1953 prove that claim false.

I also removed the erroneous mileage in the fourth parargraph -- it is only 67 miles from Gainesville GA to Anderson SC, not "a couple of hundred." I am doubtful that "all the buildings hit collapsed and caught on fire"... seems rather unlikely, but I left it alone for now. Nick Storm 17:21, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I made a few edits. The article looks in good shape to me, so I am removing the tag. KarenAnn 21:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC) reply

Added year per Wikipedia:WikiProject Severe weather/Tornado's naming convention. Also fixed double redirects. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 00:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC) reply

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In at least a few ways the 1936 Gainesville, est. F4(+), tornadic event is similar to to both the 1965 Dunlap/Elkhart, Indiana event(s) and the 2014 Pilger, Nebraska event. All events caused damage that was at minimum rated F/EF4, all were killer tornadic events, and all involved twin funnels/tornadoes. But while all the data about "Pilger" showed it was two tornadoes from the start (due to current knowledge of tornadoes we didn't have before), the previous events were sometimes described as "double-funnel" tornadoes - and are officially called such. Even more interesting, is according to both Dr. Tom Grazulis (including in his book Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991) and Dr. Greg Forbes (over on The Weather Channel), Prof. Ted Fujita, when studying the Georgia and Indiana storms, at least suggested that Gainesville was hit with two tornadoes, if not twin tornadoes, that crossed paths at almost the same time. ^[1] On the other hand, he first thought the Indiana storms were tornadoes with huge "double-funnel" vortexes, and then later believed them to also be twin tornado events. So the question is: due to how old the source material of the data is, is that the reason there's no possibility of the records for the 1936 and 1965 storms will change, and thus will always officially be considered "single tornadoes with double vortexes"? (This would probably also explain why the 1966 Candlestick Park tornado and 1905 Snyder tornado are each considered a single tornado instead of a tornado family.) Also why isn't the Gainsville storm brought up as much in such discussions (well other than how long its being since it happened)? And is it ok if we maybe at least mention it in this article? -- Halls4521 ( talk) 22:41, 28 January 2018 (UTC) reply

I have a picture of the monument in Gainesville when FDR came to visit after the tornado. Not sure if this is a good place to ask, but I was wondering if it would be good to add to this article somewhere or something. If so, let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeytonMan8275 ( talk • contribs) 20:32, 29 March 2022 (UTC) reply