THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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A woman checks out suspected tornado damage from Tuesday's storm
in Randolph County, Ind., that snapped trees and power lines.
Windstorm howls
across Midwest
By Tammy Webber
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO A massive storm
with wind gusts up to 81 mph
howled across the nation's mid
section Thesday, snapping trees
and power lines, ripping off roofs,
delaying flights and soaking com
muters hunched under crumpled
umbrellas.
Spanning from the Dakotas to
the eastern Great Lakes, the
unusual system mesmerized
meteorologists because of its size
and because it had pressure sim
ilar to a Category 3 hurricane, but
with much less destructive
power.
Scientists said the storm had
the force of a blizzard minus the
snow
"If it were colder, we'd have a
blizzard with this system," said
David Imy, operations chief at the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's
Storm Prediction Center in
Norman, Okla.
But the temperatures were in
the 50s and 60s, instead of 20s.
At one point, more than 145,000
homes and businesses were with
out power in Wisconsin, Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio and the St. Louis
area.
The storm blew in from the
Pacific Northwest on the strength
of a jet stream that is about one
third stronger than normal for
this time of year, Imy said.
As the system moved into the
nation's heartland, it drew in
warm air needed to fuel thunder
storms.
Then the winds intensified and
tornados formed.
Add to that the fact the storm
was moving fast, 50 to 60 mph,
and the winds became even
stronger, Imy said.
By Tuesday morning, sus
tained winds were about 35 to 40
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mph. A gust of 81 mph was
recorded in Butlerville, Ohio. and
80 mph in Greenfield, Ind.,
according to NOAA.
By late afternoon, the storms
were headed toward the East
Coast. National Weather Service
meteorologist Charles Mott said
the winds might weaken.
But a squall line was moving
ahead of the storm, causing more
tornado warnings, he said.
A tornado touched down in
Racine County Wis., where two
people were injured when a sec
tion of roof was torn off a tractor
factory, and in Van Wert County
Ohio, near the Indiana border,
where a barn was flattened and
flipped over a tractor-trailer and
camper.
A tornado also touched down in
Peotone, 111., where three people
were injured when a home's roof
came off.
Twisters were also suspected
in several other states.
Sheryl Uthemann, 49, was
working first shift at the Case
New Holland plant in Mount
Pleasant, Wis., when the storm
blew through about 8 a.m. and
started to lift the roof.
"It was just a regular workday
and all of a sudden that noise just
came and (co-workers) said 'Run!
Run! Run!' You didn't have time to
think," she said.
- I looked up where the noise
was coming from and saw pieces
of the roof sucked up. I've never
been more scared, ever. -
In the Indiana town of
Wanatah, about 60 miles south
east of Chicago, a pole barn at a
hydraulics company was
destroyed, and two homes were
severely damaged.
No injuries were reported,
however.
Firefighter John Sullivan said
he saw a funnel cloud, but it did
not touch down.
Greeks, LGBTA to ally
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Two of the most stereotyped
groups on campus the greek
and LGBTA communities are
increasing their communication
this year to strengthen their rela
tionship.
This year, the LGBTA commu
nity is looking to increase com
munication with the Penn State
greek community by offering
Straight Talks and an ally training
program, LGBTQA Student
Resource Center community and
outreach intern Elizabeth
Nitzberg said.
Straight Talks include panelists
who are either in both the LGBTA
and greek community or who
want to speak on why acceptance
is important. she said.
The Greek Ally training pro
gram would train an "ally" in
each chapter who could be there
to talk to any member who has a
concern relating to LGBTA
issues, said Julian Haas, Rainbow
Roundtable vice president and
Sestak, Toomey polls show tight race
PHILADELPHIA With the
number of undecided voters
dwindling, Republican U.S.
Senate candidate Pat Toomey
went prospecting for votes in the
increasingly conservative
Pittsburgh suburbs as Democrat
Joe Sestak shook hands in
Philadelphia and a string of small
cities.
Most polls show a tight race.
with some giving a lead to
Toomey. The candidates have
debated twice, and each accused
the other of supporting extreme
and reckless policies that result
ed in job losses and yawning fed
eral defiC•s.
Meanwhile, millions of dollars
from unions, business organiza
tions a. u other outside groups
are buying fliers, TV commercials
and Internet ads to flood
Pennsylvanians' mailboxes, living
rooms and computer screens.
'At the end of the day, it's hard
work and perseverance and get
ting the voters out that really
matters, - Sestak said in an inter
view with The Associated Press
as he greeted morning com
muters and government workers
in downtown Philadelphia.
The candidates are vying to
replace five-term Sen. Arlen
Specter, whom Sestak beat in the
Democratic primary
Toomey. a former three-term
congressman from the Allentown
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they don't feel like they would be
accepted for their lifestyle,"
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said.
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change that, Wendkos said --- the
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President's Council to speak
about the center's programs.
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but is not awful.
Haas said the greek communi
ty has been accepting of Delta
Lamdba Phi, the fraternity for
gay, bisexual and progressive
men, which was added into the
IFC last year. In just a year, Delta
Lambda Phi has become the
largest chapter of the fraternity in
the nation, IFC Executive Vice
President Dan Florencio said.
- Things are going in the right
direction," Florencio (senior-phi
losophy> said.
But Haas said he is quick to
caution that just because the gay
fraternity is in the IFC doesn't
mean that homophobia has been
eradicated in the IFC.
This semester there have been
three Straight Talks for sororities
and three individual fraternities
requested the program, she said
small numbers, but improve
ments from last year when only
one fraternity hosted a straight
talk.
reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu
Pittsburgh seven months ago.
For Sestak. a big turnout in
heavily Democratic Philadelphia
will he crucial to mounting a
cone-from-behind victory after
?railing most polls in recent
iof int hs.
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retirees sponsored by American
Federation of State. County and
:Municipal Employees District
council 33. AFSCME
International President Gerald
llcEntee delivered a blunt mes
sag,e to the union crowd.
You gotta work like hell to get
Dui I hat vote, - said McEntee.
Yu gotta pray for Joe and then
knock on the doors of your neigh
bors Make sure they get out to
inci know what the hell is
going
Sestak urged them to volunteer
,incl pump up support among
neighbors, friends and families.
Ile also warned I hem that
iomey is allied with tea party
si andard bearers, including
Palin and Delaware GOP
: -. lt.'llLll(' candidate Christine
Sestak also had events
scheduled in Lancaster. Niirk and
Harrisburg on Tue,,day
At the Alci\lurray rally, one of
thrtv he planned Tuesday in sub
urban Pittsburgh. Toomey paint
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Sestak as 0 foot soldier of U.S.
I louse Speaker Nancy Peiosi.
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elect a San Francisco liberal to
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