It seems like almost yesterday when a powerful tornado roared through the center of Cape Girardeau , Missouri. The deadly storm smashed into the city at approximately 7 p.m., Saturday, May 21, 1949. The twister came in from the southwest along Gordonville Road and moved east across Highway 61. It demolished the Airline Restaurant and Lounge, swept across to the intersection of Broadway and Clark, and moved north of Broadway. From there, the 350 yard-wide storm moved along Dunklin Street north of