The only F5 tornado ever to touch down in the northernmost part of the Lone Star State tore through the Texas Panhandle on Apr. 9, 1947 leaving death and destruction in its 100-mile-long wake.

Most mornings for me are about the same. Get up around 5:30 because the dog wants to get up. Take her outside so she can “take care of her business.” Bring her back inside to eat. Then take her back outside so she can take care of any undone business.

“Go on to Mount Pleasant. They’ve got a long, wide runway up there.” — Center Airport Manager Bill Neve’s advice after I reported instrument issues with my airplane.

Aspecial train carrying President Theodore Roosevelt to a Rough Riders reunion rolled across the Red River bridge on Apr. 5, 1905.

Let’s engage in some meaningless small talk. I’ll start by saying something totally cliché and you respond appropriately.

“Bells started ringin’ and chains rattled loud, I knew I’d moved in a haunted house.” — ‘Haunted House’ song lyrics, recorded by Jumping Gene Simmons 1964. ----- The old house was charming, even in stages of ruin.

This story was in no way written with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). If it had been, it probably would have been so much better.

My memory isn’t faulty; it just goes on vacation more often than I do.” — I would tell you who said that. But I forget.

“Was the late secretary of war removed in consequence of his attempt fraudulently to give to Gov. Houston the contract for the Indian rations?” an Ohio congressman asked on the floor of the U.S.

The items I had with me were a camera, where I snapped family photos and candid shots of the day as inmates met with their families and enjoyed hours with each other, which included pizza, games, handholding, eye contact, sitting at a table together, and continuous memory-making moments. One inmate stood with his wife for a candid embrace, asking their 20-something son to move aside for that shot, and I grabbed the young man’s arm.