TWT #140 –

On May 20th in the years 1916, 1917, AND 1918, tornadoes touched down in the city of Codell, Kansas, scarring the population for life.

According to Wikipedia, before the tornadoes struck, Codell had “…a school, multiple churches and a business district with a bank, telephone central office, lumber yard, grain elevator, several stores, a doctor and a barber.”

Sounds boppin’!

However, after the tornadoes destroyed the church, a school, and several houses, the people never recovered and the town never returned to its former glory.

3 tornadoes landing down on the same exact day, 3 years in a row, broke the people of Codell, they now worship the Cyclone God.

To this day the entire population of Codell takes off work & school May 20th each year, in order to hide inside just in case the tornadoes return.

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