Daily Picture Challenge!

[Jim]

There's seems to be a significant overlap between road enthusiasts and weather enthusiasts, and it's severe weather season, so let's try this one.

May 12, 2017
Challenge: Post pictures of signs that mention cities/towns/villages that are known for a severe tornado strike.  Include the date of the tornado and a link to more information if possible.

Xenia, Ohio.  Photo from I-71 on June 4, 2003.  Tornado: April 3, 1974

[7/8]

May 12, 2017
Challenge: Post pictures of signs that mention cities/towns/villages that are known for a severe tornado strike.  Include the date of the tornado and a link to more information if possible.

I took these from this article: http://globalnews.ca/news/1401730/ontarios-deadliest-tornadoes-by-the-numbers/

Woodstock and Stratford, ON (August 7, 1979, F4 tornado)



Barrie, ON (May 31, 1985, F4 tornado)


I wish I had a photo for Goderich, which had an F3 tornado on August 21, 2011, and means more to me since I have close relatives who live in the town. We visited them a year after the tornado and you could still see the tornado's path from the damaged buildings and trees.

[jbnv]

May 12, 2017
Challenge: Post pictures of signs that mention cities/towns/villages that are known for a severe tornado strike.  Include the date of the tornado and a link to more information if possible.

Rayne, LA, March 2011.


LA 35/98 Advance Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[Jim]

May 12, 2017
Challenge: Post pictures of signs that mention cities/towns/villages that are known for a severe tornado strike.  Include the date of the tornado and a link to more information if possible.

Joplin, Missouri.  Photo from July 22, 2015.  Tornado: May 22, 2011

[paulthemapguy]

Washington, IL.  November 17, 2013.  Tornado destroyed much of the town, killing 2 and injuring 125. https://www.weather.gov/media/lot/events/17Nov2013/13nov17_ILtors.pdf


IL-008-029 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[hotdogPi]

Multitasking here.

May 12, 2017
Challenge: Post pictures of signs that mention cities/towns/villages that are known for a severe tornado strike.  Include the date of the tornado and a link to more information if possible.

Challenge: John Tyler
Next up: James K. Polk

(Tyler, MN)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Tyler_tornado

[MNHighwayMan]

May 12, 2017
Challenge: Post pictures of signs that mention cities/towns/villages that are known for a severe tornado strike.  Include the date of the tornado and a link to more information if possible.

Minneapolis, in reference to the May 2011 tornado that killed one and injured many more, and devastated the north side neighborhood.

[Jim]

Challenge: James K. Polk
Next up: Zachary Taylor

Taken on US 98 approaching Lakeland, Florida.  August 26, 2003.

[jbnv]

Challenge: Zachary Taylor
Next up: Millard Fillmore

via Wikimedia Commons

[hotdogPi]

More multitasking.

March 7, 2017 challenge:  Post route sign photos of the highest-numbered state highway in a particular state.

May 13, 2017 challenge: Road signs that contain a dash/hyphen.

[jbnv]

May 13, 2017 challenge: Road signs that contain a dash/hyphen.

We already did route shields with hyphens (February 1). I take it this is more general?


Texas Spur 330 Advance Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


I-10 Eastbound Exit 25 (Interstate 210) by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Texas FM 565 Exit (Closed) from I-10 WB by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[bassoon1986]

I-20 EB just inside the LA/MS state line


I-49 southbound inShreveport, LA


I-20 EB approaching the downtown Shreveport exits



iPhone

[hotdogPi]

We already did route shields with hyphens (February 1). I take it this is more general?

Sorry, I didn't realize that one already existed. Yes, this is more general. For example, a city name that is hyphenated (like Winston-Salem) would also count.

[Ian]

May 13, 2017 challenge: Road signs that contain a dash/hyphen.

I-95 northbound at the I-395 interchange in Bangor, ME.

[jflick99]

May 14, 2017 Challenge: Since today marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition, post photos of any sign that is in reference to a frontier trail/military road.

These signs are about a block apart from each other in Shawnee, KS. I don't know how well the trails are marked elsewhere, so roads and towns named after them are acceptable.

[jbnv]

I guess we'll save doing a challenge about mothers for next year.

[hotdogPi]

I guess we'll save doing a challenge about mothers for next year.

We have to skip some. If we do all the holiday-related ones this year, what will we do next year?

[dgolub]

May 13, 2017 challenge: Road signs that contain a dash/hyphen.

Long Island Expressway (I-495) eastbound at Patchogue-Holbrook Road (Suffolk CR 19):

[Jim]

May 14, 2017 Challenge: Since today marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition, post photos of any sign that is in reference to a frontier trail/military road.

Might as well go with the Lewis and Clark Trail, then.  This near Council Bluffs, Iowa.  July 19, 2015.



Chisholm Trail from I-40 in Oklahoma.  March 16, 2004.



Oregon Trail in Troutdale, Oregon.  July 16, 2004.

[empirestate]

May 13, 2017 challenge: Road signs that contain a dash/hyphen.

Today's the 14th...

We already did route shields with hyphens (February 1). I take it this is more general?

Sorry, I didn't realize that one already existed. Yes, this is more general. For example, a city name that is hyphenated (like Winston-Salem) would also count.

Technically there's no rule against repeating a Challenge, although I suppose it generally ought to be avoided since the idea is to generate a variety of content.



iPhone

[formulanone]

May 14, 2017 Challenge: Since today marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition, post photos of any sign that is in reference to a frontier trail/military road.

US 395 in Richland, Washington:

[MNHighwayMan]

May 15, 2017: River Roads! Pictures of the Great River Road and/or other scenic/designated routes that follow a river (or mostly).

Great River Road along MN-252



Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway along MN-93

[paulthemapguy]

May 15, 2017: River Roads! Pictures of the Great River Road and/or other scenic/designated routes that follow a river (or mostly).

The Illinois River Scenic Byway, plus the Great River Road near Hardin, IL


IL-016-100D by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[dgolub]

NJ 29 northbound along the Delaware River:

[wanderer2575]

May 15, 2017: River Roads! Pictures of the Great River Road and/or other scenic/designated routes that follow a river (or mostly).

Fly, OH: