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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
March 5 is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.
Long March 5 (LM-5; Chinese: 长征五号; pinyin: Chángzhēng wǔ hào) or Changzheng 5 (CZ-5), also known by its nickname "Pang-Wu" (胖五, "Fat-Five"), is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). The most powerful Chinese rocket and Long March rocket ever built, it is also the most powerful orbital launch vehicle operating outside of the United States. First launched in 2016, CZ-5 has carried cornerstones of the Chinese space program: all three modules of the Tiangong space station, two Moon sample returns, and one Mars mission. There are two CZ-5 variants: CZ-5 and CZ-5B. The maximum payload capacities are approximately 25,000 kg (55,000 lb) to low Earth orbit (for CZ-5B) and approximately 14,000 kg (31,000 lb) to geostationary transfer orbit (for CZ-5). This makes the CZ-5B the world's fifth most powerful orbital launch vehicle by payload to LEO and the CZ-5 the second most powerful by payload to GTO, comparable to the US Vulcan Centaur, ESA Ariane 6, and Russian Angara A5. The hydrolox core stage uses two YF-77 engines, while its four kerolox boosters each use two YF-100 engines, ultimately derived from the Soviet RD-120. The hydrolox second stage uses two YF-75D engines. The Yuanzheng-2 third stage, only used on the CZ-5 variant, is powered by two hypergolic YF-50D engines. As of April 2026, Long March 5 variants have launched 17 times, with 16 successes, all from the southernmost Wenchang Space Launch Site. Ten have been on the CZ-5 and seven on the CZ-5B. The first CZ-5 launched on in November 2016. Following a core stage failure on its second launch in June 2017, it underwent a 28-month launch hiatus, before resuming successful flights. The CZ-5B first launched in 2020. The CZ-5 has launched large space probes: the Tianwen-1, China's first Mars orbiter, lander, and rover, as well as Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6, China's first Moon sample return missions. CZ-5 has also launched military satellites of the geostationary Shijian and Tongxin Jishu Shiyan programs, and low Earth Yaogan program. The CZ-5B variant, lacking the Yuanzheng-2 upper stage, has launched larger low Earth orbit payloads: all modules of Tiangong: Tianhe, Wentian, and Mengtian, in 2021 and 2022, an uncrewed prototype of the Mengzhou lunar crew module, in 2020, and 10-satellite polar orbit clusters of the Guowang satellite internet constellation, since 2024. The CZ-5 is planned to launch the 2026 Chang'e 7 and 2029 Chang'e 8 Moon missions carrying orbiters, landers, and rovers, the 2028 dual-launch Tianwen-3 Mars sample return and 2029 Tianwen-4 Jupiter orbiter and Uranus flyby mission, and potentially the Shensuo heliosphere probes. The CZ-5B is expected to launch the Xuntian space telescope to co-orbit with Tiangong in late 2026.
A significant early spring tornado outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening hours of March 5, 2022 in the Midwest, primarily in the state of Iowa, before transitioning to a damaging wind event across northern parts of Illinois and Indiana. Multiple tornadoes were reported, several of which were produced by a dominant supercell thunderstorm in central Iowa. One long-track, low-end EF4 tornado caused major damage near the towns of Winterset and Norwalk, resulting in six fatalities. Multiple other supercells spawned along an area of moderate destabilization in northern Missouri, prompting further tornado warnings in southern Iowa, as they entered a highly favorable environment for maturing. Large hail and damaging wind gusts accompanied the storms, which continued their passage across the Midwestern states into overnight. More tornadic weather was confirmed in Arkansas and Missouri the next day and into the early morning of March 7. In addition to that, straight line winds killed one person near Hazel, Kentucky when a semi trailer was blown over on US 641. Another non-tornadic fatality occurred in western New York as the storm approached.
From March 5 to 7, 2026, a small but damaging and deadly tornado outbreak impacted portions of the Central and Midwestern United States, particularly the states of Oklahoma and Michigan. On March 5, a mother and daughter were reported dead in Major County, Oklahoma after an EF2 tornado that passed through the area west of Fairview struck their car while they were driving near US 60. Another EF2 tornado caused damage near Jet, and an EF1 tornado moved northwest of Cleo Springs. A tornado also caused damage near Wakita later that night. Elsewhere, trees were downed and homes and power lines were damaged. The next day, a supercell produced four tornadoes in southern Michigan, with an EF1 tornado damaging a home near Edwardsburg, killing a 12-year-old boy. The supercell then produced a damaging EF2 tornado that tracked through the city of Three Rivers, prompting a PDS tornado warning and injuring 10 people. The third tornado from the supercell, a high-end EF3, was the strongest tornado to strike Michigan in nearly 50 years. It damaged and destroyed numerous homes along Union Lake, located just west of Union City, killing three people and injuring 12 others. The final tornado from the supercell was an EF0 that uprooted trees and inflicted minor damage to some structures. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a state of emergency in Branch, St. Joseph and Cass counties to coordinate an all-hands-on-deck response to the severe weather. Back in Oklahoma, several tornadoes were reported in the east central and northeastern part of the state, including an EF3 tornado near the town of Beggs, which caused two fatalities.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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