Stoughton Tornado - Links
Content on the pages page linked to below may have been moved or changed
since I put a link to it. It probably goes without saying,
but I am not responsible for anything you may see on these external sites.
If you know of a link that I should include, feel free to tell me.
Please report broken links!
Official Word
Stoughton Area Long Term Recovery Board
Dane County "fast track" permit information
Dane County Home Page - Other county resources may pop up here
National Weather Service - Wisconsin's Record Tornado Outbreak
Town of Dunn - Has specific tornado information for residents.
Charity Programs
ClearChannel's "Shop For Stoughton" (WIBA 1310, ESPN 1070, Z-104, etc.)
Tornado Chaser Scott Weberpal's Charity Video ($20, more than 60% of the purchase price goes to the Stoughton Area Tornado Relief Fund)
External Media Coverage
CapTimes and WSJ "Stoughton Tornado" Article Search
CapTimes and WSJ Archived Photos ("Merlin-Net" Watermarked; hi-res versions for sale)
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal Slideshow
"Channel 3000" Slideshow - (It's Madison's CBS3 - don't worry about the site's weird name!)
Madison NBC15 Amateur Slideshow
Madison ABC27 Amateur Slideshow - (Gone after less than a week?)
Janesville Gazette Slideshow
More Photos and Slideshows
ToddTown.com - Stoughton Tornado - By some strange coincidence, this was the the family I helped on Tuesday, August 30.
(We chopped off and hauled the garage and other debris into about four dumpsters.)
In any case, check out the 1) full page scan of the Wisconsin State Journal, 2) the picture of the woman holding up the tornado picture.
TSTMS Likely - Andy's (Wehrle) Wisconsin Severe Weather and Tornado Site - Andy, a trained spotter, also sent in a harrowing first-person account of the tornado as it passed two blocks north of his house
yahoo.com - beenz777's Tornado 2005-08-18 - Rumor has it these were shot from the same location, perhaps by the same guy, who shot the "Big E" video. (His name may be Eric Olson - not sure yet.)
UW CIMSS August 18 Tornado Outbreak
Midwest Severe Storm Tracking / Response Center - August 18, 2005 - Quite a few great shots of the tornado from the north side of Stoughton.
Flickr.com - Aug 18, '05 Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak / Pool - No tornado or damage pictures but great pictures of clouds instead.
smugmug.com - Stoughton Tornado Damage - This is another photo collection.
SportsShooter.com - Jeff Frings - This fellow has posted three shots of destroyed houses taken from the air.
American Red Cross - Badger Chapter (Madison, WI)
Salvation Army - Dane County, WI
Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Madison, WI
"www.StoughtonTornado.org" is owned by
Jonathan G. Lampe
This not-for-profit web site hosts a
scrapbook covering the August 18, 2005 Stoughton area tornado.
The photo of the tornado in the header was taken
by Jerry Currie and is used with his permission.
Copyright is claimed only to protect my right to publish my own (rather sparse) original content;
you are free to make copies of my original content.
Archived and attributed content (e.g., images and articles)
may be subject to individual copyrights.
Sources, attribution and original publisher are listed to the best of my ability.
This site is not an official publication nor am I officially
connected to the Stoughton Area Tornado Relief Fund or the
Long Term Recovery Board
, although I consider myself a "booster".
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