Nigel Powers Nigel Powers Sir Nigel Powers (played by Michael Caine as an adult and Scott Aukerman in the flasback) is a character who appears in the third Austin Powers movie, "Austin Powers in Goldmember". He is portrayed as the father of Austin Powers, Dr. Evil and Mini-Me. When Austin and Dr. Evil were infants, Nigel took the family on their first family outing to Belgium. Nigel left the car to find a restroom in the bushes, leaving his wife and two children in the car alone. Shortly after leaving the car, the car exploded; when he came back, he found Austin
1922 Austin twin tornadoes 1922 Austin twin tornadoes The twin tornadoes that ripped through Austin, Texas on Thursday, May 4, 1922 are the most violent to ever strike Austin (with one estimated to be an F2 and the other a possible F4). The storm originally had one funnel cloud, but was eventually separated into two tornadoes. One tore through East Austin, Travis Heights, St. Edward's University, Penn Field, St. Elmo, and Manchaca. Meanwhile, the other devastated the State Institute for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Colored Youths, Deep Eddy, and Oak Hill. The west tornado (believed to be an F2) thrashed the University of Texas