Charlie kept a souvenir from May 3 that displayed the enormous power of the twister. It was a snapshot given to him by his insurance agent. The picture showed a muddy terrycloth house slipper, the soft, rubber-soled kind. The heel of the house slipper was embedded one inch deep in the steel-belted radial tire of a Corvette. That was one of the markers of an F5: “Incredible phenomena can occur.”
