Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-30

This oral history interview focuses on Dr. Mehta’s first decade as a professor at Texas Tech University. Dr. Mehta details his research in documenting wind damage, specifically as it relates to tornados. It includes stories about the damage following the Lubbock Tornado of 1970 and other significant tornados across the United States. Moreover, it provides anecdotes for the conditions of the City of Lubbock in the days and weeks directly following the Lubbock Tornado. More significantly, the interview offers specific details on the science of recording wind damage. It explains how wind damage is determined and connected to specific wind speeds.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Kishor Mehta

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: March 30, 2022

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez

Length: 01:12:32 (1 hour 12 minutes)

Abstract

The May 11, 1970 Lubbock tornado; Parameters for gathering data after the tornado; Distributing the data they collected after the tornado; Calculations from the tornado damage; Tornado safety; designing shelters that would survive a tornado; Thoughts about Dr. Kiesling and Dr. Minor; Clean up in the city of Lubbock after the tornado; debunking tornado myths; Studying tornado damage to schools; the Xenia, Ohio tornado

Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374089 >

Related Interview: Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-03, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-09, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-16, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-03-22, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-04-06, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-04-20, and Mehta, Kishor 2022-05-04

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