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and the second tornado out of the same storm. It occurred a little bit later and this is the Klein Spring tornado and this one touched down between 141 it was between 141 and 147 when it touched down and that was about 15 minutes after the first tornado lifted and this one was given a rating of EF-2 so it was a low end EF-2 tornado so the peak winds were about 115 miles per hour and that one had a path length of 3.8 miles and it developed near Lewetta Road and Codden Road, tracked through the Memorial Northwest subdivision, and it lifted near, I think it's pronounced Swedner Airline Road, don't quote me on that. And the significance of this is that EF-2 tornadoes, they're relatively rare for the immediate Houston area. There's only been about seven confirmed in Harris County since 2000, but of course this one unfortunately struck a number of homes. So like I mentioned before, there were over 100 homes that sustained damage. In particular, the Memorial Northwest subdivision, that was really badly hit. And a lot of power outages, there were about 20,000 customers that were without power after the tornadoes and the larger storm went through the area. And of course, there was a significant impact to commercial businesses and things like that. So that was sort of the big thing that I could see. And just one other note, earlier, around November 20th, there was a brief EF-1 tornado that was reported near Jacksonville slash Cherokee, Texas. And that was, again, what happened at this time of the year is the mid-latitude jet. It's sagging further and further south. In the summer months, the mid-latitude jet goes north, as does the polar jet. They pull north. So typically you'll have stronger storms near the the jet stream, not always but often. And in this case as we have the winter settling in the northern hemisphere, the polar jet goes further and further south and then the subtropical jet, the one that's responsible for these tornadoes or at least amplifying the system, that sags further and further south, moving away, you know, from the cold air. and that's what you have happening here. So the storm is essentially enhanced by the jet stream and the way it interacts with you know, the mid-latitude low-pressure system that's responsible for helping the storm form and eventually spawn tornadoes. Let me drop it.