Monday, June 13, 2011:  We are looking back at an F2 tornado with winds in excess of 100 mile-per-hour came through the southeast corner of Brainerd, Minnesota, on this day ten years ago....June 13, 2001.  Mark is standing by the wreckage of a 180-foot broadcast tower at the KLIZ Radio transmitter facility.  A small building at the base of the tower was tipped over as well. 

The center tower, in this three-tower array was still standing, along with the north tower.  However, a guy line on the south tower was snapped when the south tower fell on the line.  The black spot in the tower at about 100 feet was a tower climber going up to reattach the wire.  Is that a job you would want?  To the right is another view of the fallen south tower.

Starting at 8:30 PM that night, the entire city of Brainerd was without power.  The outage lasted until almost 10 PM the next evening.