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IowaCityTornados.com Tornadoes in Iowa City, Iowa, 4.13.06 Maundy Thursday, April 13, 2006      Good Friday, April 14, 2006 Saturday, April 15, 2006 Friday Morning Photos Burlington St. looking west towards the intersection at Gilbert. Flipped car at the Mighty Shop just off S. Johnson St. Roof of an apartment building at Gilbert and College. Windows of the indoor swimming pool at the Downtown Rec Center. Intersection of Burlington and Gilbert St. The yellow builder's scaffolding reached all the way to the roof's peak the day before. Happy Joes looking more like an abandoned shoe box. People were inside this building when the tornado struck. They took cover beneath the tables. Parking lot behind 300 block of E. Burlington St. Another view behind 300 block of E. Burlington St. No wonder the power was out. Power for Yawp.com, home of sites for Iowa Citizen Action Network, Third Eye Over Iowa, and others, was out until Sunday. Detail of the apartments behind Tony's Grill. Front of Tony's Grill. I was told that it had been sold just the previous day. Detail showing east wall of Tony's Grill. While Tony's Grill was badly damaged, it's brown neighbor faired far better with only window damage and some banged up roof vents. City parking deck elevator tower on S. Linn St. with smashed out windows. The Mill Restaurant. According to reports, the beer kept flowing and the band kept on playing inside oblivious to the tornado outside. Rock on, citizens. Johnson Courthouse, a historic victorian house with law offices, and flipped-over car. This was a scant one hundred feet from The Mill Restaurant. Nearby, the Liquor House's east wall collapsed, permitting looters to enter. To Home

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