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As I compose my thoughts for this February issue of CQ, it is currently December 11, 2021. Many magazine columnists compose articles to be published two months later. As I sit down before my computer keyboard, the greater St. Louis area is just beginning to recover from an evening tornado outbreak on Friday, December 10th. Early estimates indicate one or more tornadoes had an EF3 strength. Early indications are that one elderly woman in a rural section of St. Charles County, Missouri died from stormrelated injuries. Across the Mississippi River, near Edwardsville, Illinois the same thunderstorm squall line which created the deadly tornado in St. Charles County collapsed a huge wall and ripped off a roof at an Amazon fulfillment center, resulting in six known fatalities. First responders and excavators are meticulously removing debris. Hopefully, there will be no further fatalities, but as I compose this article, news is still coming in as responders continue their necessary, helpful work.
