Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

Frony recalls 1949 tornado

Posted Monday, May 21, 2012, at 12:00 AM

In a 1983 interview, Southeast Missourian photographer G.D. Fronabarger talks about his experience on May 21, 1949 when a tornado devastated Cape Girardeau.

"A Look Back: Cape tornado of '49" has archived photos and stories.

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Here's an account of the tornado written by a newlywed to her mother on pages ripped from a desk calendar. It brings the event to life as much as Frony's photos.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/cape-tornado-of-1949/

-- Posted by Ken1 on Mon, May 21, 2012, at 8:41 AM

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