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We apologize if you or your company is not listed. Things can get crazy during a deployment, and we do the best we can to keep track of all the great volunteers and businesses who help make OBR happen. If you or your company is not listed, please let us know so we can add you to the list. Email us at info@operationbbqrelief.org.
Nine tornadoes confirmed; storms leave 11 dead, and hundreds without homes.
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An EF-4 tornado, one of multiple tornados, hit northern Mississippi and southern Tennessee. The path was 75 miles long, with 170 mph winds.
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From the National Weather Service – A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-5, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east. This led to historic rainfall with widespread amounts of 15-20 inches and localized amounts over 25 inches, mainly in the Charleston tri-county area. Flash flooding was prevalant and led to significant damage to numerous properties and roads and many people having to be rescued by emergency personnel.
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A powerful summer storm that included at least nine tornadoes tore through north-central Illinois. Nine tornadoes were confirmed in northern Illinois, and a Coal City twister hit 160 mph.
We apologize if you or your company is not listed. Things can get crazy during a deployment, and we do the best we can to keep track of all the great volunteers and businesses who help make OBR happen. If you or your company is not listed, please let us know so we can add you to the list. Email us at info@operationbbqrelief.org.
We apologize if you or your company is not listed. Things can get crazy during a deployment, and we do the best we can to keep track of all the great volunteers and businesses who help make OBR happen. If you or your company is not listed, please let us know so we can add you to the list. Email us at info@operationbbqrelief.org.
We apologize if you or your company is not listed. Things can get crazy during a deployment, and we do the best we can to keep track of all the great volunteers and businesses who help make OBR happen. If you or your company is not listed, please let us know so we can add you to the list. Email us at info@operationbbqrelief.org.
An EF4 “Wedge” tornado (multiple vortex) that was up to 1/2 mile and stayed on the ground for 52 miles touched down in Rochelle, about 75 miles west of Chicago Thursday evening at about 6:45 p.m., and then moved on to Fairdale, 25 miles northeast, just south of Rockford, leaving much damage in its wake.
We would like to say a special thank you to the Kirkland Fire Department (Deputy Chief Stott) 3891 IL-72 Kirkland, IL 60146. They provided our site location, firehouse amenities, and pretty much anything we needed from them without question or fail. In addition to Chief Stott providing the FD house and site, thanks also to Mary Stott (his wife, who was the Volunteer Coordinator and my chief contact for food needs), as well Howard Manka (Fireman, one of my key contacts, hooked us up with Inbodens for discounted meat, brought us television media attention, and made sure we were taken care of).
Corporate Involvement:
Inboden’s Meat Market 1106 N. 1st St Dekalb, IL 60115
OBR Participants /BBQ Teams involved included:
Brian Polak, Sean Young, Larry Pharher, Greg Redford, Chris Bloome, Brian Bury, Jeff Baldwin, Joseph Grosshauser, Patrick Dennin, Scott Broaddus, Ron Lewen, Amy Lewen, Kristen Lewen, Nick Violette, Bill Klimah, Nancy Klimah, Colin Monk
We apologize if you or your company is not listed, things can get crazy during a deployment, and we do the best we can to keep track of all the great volunteers and businesses who help make OBR happen. If you or your company is not listed, please let us know so we can add you to the list. Email us at info@operationbbqrelief.org.
WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling said it may go down as one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades. “It appears the storm may have produced the most powerful Illinois November tornado on record outside of St. Louis (and possibly elsewhere) and may be one of the four most intense Great Lakes storms of the past five decades,” he said. Illinois Governor Quinn later declared seven counties disaster areas. After working with local contacts in order to determine the best location to deploy to, Operation BBQ Relief volunteers as well as volunteers from the Illinois BBQ Alliance were in Washington by Tuesday. After setting up and firing up the smokers, volunteers were able to send out 1,300 meals the first day. On Friday, the funeral for the only Washington fatality was held, OBR volunteers were asked to cater the memorial service.
On Saturday, November 23rd, Operation BBQ Relief surpassed a milestone. In a short thirty months since our formation after the Joplin MO tornado, we served our 500,000th meal. At the conclusion of the six day deployment, Operation BBQ Relief volunteers served 25,600 meals to tornado victims and first responders.
