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==1970 tornado==
==1970 tornado==
On May 11, 1970, Lubbock sustained a deadly F-5 tornado in which twenty-six persons were killed, and property damage was estimated at $125 million (826 million in 2020 dollars). On the fiftieth anniversary of the tornado in 2020, the Lubbock community gathered at the Lubbock Tornado Memorial Gateway at Lubbock National Bank Park on Avenue Q downtown to memorialize the victims and honor the city leadership under [[Mayor]]s Jim Granberry and [[Morris "Moe" Turner]] which brought out the recovery.<ref name=tornado>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200510/lubbock-remembers-50-years-after-deadly-tornado-city-pauses-to-reflect-on-loss-progress|title=Lubbock remembers: 50 years after deadly tornado, city pauses to reflect on loss, progress|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 10, 2020|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>
On May 11, 1970, Lubbock sustained a deadly F-5 tornado in which twenty-six persons were killed, and property damage was estimated at $125 million (826 million in 2020 dollars). On the fiftieth anniversary of the tornado in 2020, the Lubbock community gathered at the Lubbock Tornado Memorial Gateway at Lubbock National Bank Park on Avenue Q downtown to memorialize the victims and honor the city leadership under [[Mayor]]s [[Jim Granberry]] and [[Morris "Moe" Turner]] which brought out the recovery.<ref name=tornado>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200510/lubbock-remembers-50-years-after-deadly-tornado-city-pauses-to-reflect-on-loss-progress|title=Lubbock remembers: 50 years after deadly tornado, city pauses to reflect on loss, progress|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 10, 2020|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>
On the 50th anniversary of the tornado, former Mayor Granberry said from his home in east Texas: “Fifty years ago, I had the great honor of serving the fantastic people of Lubbock as their mayor. Edwina and I will never forget how the citizens of Lubbock responded to the tornadoes that hit the city just nineteen days after I was elected. The recovery of Lubbock has been golden and the memory of the golden efforts put forth by Lubbock’s citizens will always have a golden place in my heart. …<ref name=tornado/>
On the 50th anniversary of the tornado, former Mayor Granberry said from his home in east Texas: “Fifty years ago, I had the great honor of serving the fantastic people of Lubbock as their mayor. Edwina and I will never forget how the citizens of Lubbock responded to the tornadoes that hit the city just nineteen days after I was elected. The recovery of Lubbock has been golden and the memory of the golden efforts put forth by Lubbock’s citizens will always have a golden place in my heart. …<ref name=tornado/>