Did You Have This Shoe?

Okay, I've been trying to figure out the name/brand of a tennis shoe that EVERYONE wore when I was in elementary school. Here's a picture of a similar shoe, although I think I wore a knock-off of this one. It's a Converse canvas track trainer tennis shoe and they were everywhere in the early-to-mid 70s. I'm pretty sure we got the shoe at either Sears or Anthony's, but I can't find a pic of anything from those stores to back-up my memories.

Speaking of Sears, I had this shoe, too; the WINNER. The folks at Converse made this for the kids of Sears customers who wouldn't buy their children the real deal, the Chuck Taylor Converse! The patriotic colors coincided with the nation's bicentennial and I wore these shoes until they were completely red; stained by the Oklahoma red clay. Didn't Sears also have the JEEPERS brand?

Twisters Rip Through Oklahoma

We got an early start to tornado season with a round of deadly February storms striking the area yesterday afternoon/evening.

Locally, Edmond suffered the most extensive destruction. Thanks to BOB listener, JILL, for submitting these shots of tornado damage from the Oak Tree Golf and Country Club in north Edmond. Here are her comments:

Hi Stacy,

You may have already seen these, but a friend of mine at work shared them with me and I thought you guys might be interested. Sorry, no lighter, pocket knife or Skoal can to gage these by, but perhaps the hand will do!

Jill











Here's a photo from another BOB listenter, BARBARA. She writes:

Stacy,

I work with a gal that lives near Oaktree. Her son took these pictures.

I thought Kiki might like them.

Love your show!!

Barbara

(If you click on the photograph, you can clearly see a guy who's left the safety of his home to get a better look at the storm! I love the way men react to tornadoes!)

As bad as things looked in central Oklahoma, they were a lot worse in southern sections of the state where tiny Lone Grove (just northwest of Ardmore) was leveled. Eight deaths were confirmed after the EF-4 twister plowed through the Oklahoma soil for more than an hour!

The TODAY show aired this piece about the deadly storms:

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Maybe there's something amiss in the atmosphere above Edmond. The last two twisters to strike the OKC metro area have hit northwest Edmond. So, is it the new tornado capital of Oklahoma supplanting perennial cyclone magnet, Moore?