EDMONTON TORNADO 1987 This page was developed to honor those who died on July 31, 1987 in Edmonton's worst natural disaster. Jim Allan, Sharon Denise Andruchow, Marie Jeanette Barker, Manuel Carreiro, George Demetrius, Ed Dery, Ajmer Dhaliwal, Lloyd Fankhanel, Richard Gillespie, Grant Hartfeil, Daniel Lewis, To Ly, Edito Mendosa, Clem Nault, Alfred & Etta Nolin, Graham Palmer, Mary Putnam, Kelly Pancel, Darcy Reimer, Dawn Reimer, Dianne Reimer, Marvin Reimer, Pat Robinson, Merle Shirley Rosychuk, Gregory Trabenik, Eugene Zaparyniuk. This series of 12 photographs illustrates the development of the tornado from its start in Millwoods through to where it passed the office building I was working in on 98th avenue and 50th street. The photographs are unedited and some show reflections from the lights and blinds behind me. Click on the photos for a larger image. On July 31, 1987, a tornado ripped though Edmonton killing 27 people and causing 330 million dollars in property damage. I watched and photographed the tornado from the office building I was working in that afternoon. The 12 photographs I took remained in my camera for a couple of days before I had them developed. When I finally got the photographs processed, I couldn't believe the quality of the images. A number of people at work expressed an interest in getting a set of photographs and I obliged, selling a few sets and donating the proceeds to the Red Cross. One of the local newspapers caught on to the story and before I knew it, I had sold $10,000.00 worth. All the money was quietly donated to the Red Cross Tornado Relief Fund about three weeks after the disaster. I learned later that my contribution matched the largest corporate donation made to the fund. I hope my contribution helped.
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