Tornado damage and highway construction, May 2014
Shootin' on the move
Six days after a late April 2014 tornado blasted its way through central Arkansas, I had occasion to drive on I-40 northwest of Little Rock, which runs through the big middle of the storm devastated area. I balanced my favorite Nikon body in the driver side window with a wide angle lens attached and, at six frames per second, captured some construction and storm damage images we normally see only in a blur. The 23 pictures advance automatically every nine seconds.
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Apparently it was not the day to use this roller which sat idle in front of cement culverts at "dress-right, dress."
This tractor-shovel was just a few feet away moving at a good clip.
He left a good dust trail.
A back hoe takes a good grab of mother earth.
As the bucket draws closer to the machine, a truck hauling another truck in the east bound lane speeds into the picture.
The back hoe frames the tractor of the truck hauling rig.
A big ol' dump truck manuvers into position in the under-construction median.
Not exactly sure what this dude was carrying but he was doing a Hank Snow and "movin' on" in the median.
Passing a dump truck just a few feet away.
Here's a dumper coming at you.
The first storm damage. The tornado was determined to be an F4. It's not hard to see why.
More damage in sequence. You can still see some debris in the median.
More damage in sequential shots.
A building was leveled as if smashed by a giant roller.
More of the same building.
An apparent assembly area for damaged vehicles and debris.
A vehicle left in the median.
A continuing look at the vehicle.
More of the vehicle.
And another vehicle just after the first one we saw.
Big ol' back hoe up close and personal.
Big tractor shovel, some storm damage in the background.
Back to normal.
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