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Pic1: NE side of town. The woods lead to the Minnesota River. The
tornado came from the right of the picture. The debris in the woods is what was deposited by the
tornado. The road you see is US Highway 169.
Pic2: Also taken from US Highway 169, looking South West (the location the
tornado came from).
Pic3: Another look at US Highway 169, looking South West.
Pic4: Houses and businesses West of US Hwy 169 are damaged in the wake of the twister.
Pic5: Trees on US Hwy 169 are snapped and their bark stripped by the wind.
They end up being a trapping site for debris.
Pic6: South 7th Street, looking South West again. The wide building in
brown you see on the top right of the hill is Gustavus Adolphus College (GAC). That dorm building could
never be seen from this part of town
Pic7: Taken in the downtown alley. The white stuff you see hanging from the
building the background is it's tin roof! If you look in front of that building you see other parts
of the roof on the road in a crumpled mess.
Pic8: Another view of the building in Pic4. That used to be a laundramat.
Notice the roof also crumpled like paper on the road.
Pic9: Yet another view of the laundramat in Pic4 as the sun rises and shines
off the crumpled roof lying in front of it.
Pic10: This is a view of the business that sold lumber. The part of the building
still standing is only half of it! The other half (imagine a mirror image) was in the open space and is
now lying on the ground in the forefront. You can still see the wood stacked in the part of the
building that is still standing.
Pic11: A view of a Saint Peter Police Department squad car. In the dirt
below the emblem, someone had written We are down, but not out - a sentiment echoed
throughout all the affected cities.
Pic12: This car was found in the middle of the field. You can see the tracks
made by the front-end loader that pushed the car back to the side of the road. The closest house
was over 200ft to the back of where this car now sits!
Pic13a, Pic13b, Pic13c: All
views of Veterans Field. Notice the poles bent and the piles of rubble that was cleared from the
field.
Pic14:: The strength of the tornodo bent the flag pole and tore the flags, but
the US and MN State flags still fly in front of the Saint Peter Police Department.
Pic15: To prevent looters during the night and to assist emergency services
during the day, the Minnesota State Patrol provided their helicopter, equiped with a Forward Looking
Infra Red device (FLIR).
Pic16: The Salvation Army had numerous vehicles helping those that needed it and
serving meals to volunteers. They did one heck of a job along with other similar services!
Pic17: The Minnesota Square Park in downtown Saint Peter taken from US Hwy 169.
Numerous huge and very old trees were uprooted. Amazingly the gazebo still stands.
Pic18: This is a view of Pine Point (looking SW) at the SW edge of Saint Peter.
This residential area was home to many beautiful houses which lie in rubble now. This area was also the
first point of impact of the tornado as it hit Saint Peter.
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