Auntie Em Auntie Em!
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I just spoke to Eric on the phone. A tornado touched down within blocks of his house but he and his family are fine. He said they are without power and may be without it for a couple of days and his daughters trampoline "got trampled" (his words). He figures the cold front will pass through in the next half hour and things should settle down for tonight.
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Thanks for that Dave...yikes, that was close.
The other night we had the sirens go off and I just dismissed it as I always do...hmmm, this is gonna be a crazy tornado season.
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You're welcome, Pete.
I think you're right about the season. It's been too cold here for them but I expect the first strong warm front will bring them. We did have a bit of warmer weather a few weeks ago and got some pretty strong weather then. Maybe snow tonight though.
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@dave r said:
I just spoke to Eric on the phone. A tornado touched down within blocks of his house but he and his family are fine. He said they are without power and may be without it for a couple of days and his daughters trampoline "got trampled" (his words). He figures the cold front will pass through in the next half hour and things should settle down for tonight.
yikes
stay safe man
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My family and I send our best wishes and prayers to all those who have been - and currently are being - affected by these natural disasters. Been through a couple of earthquakes - but they don't seem to compare at all to what we're seeing now.
Stay safe, my friends!
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Oh Crap!!
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Wow! Just caught up on all of this. I'm really glad Eric is ok...but I guess he won't be posting any more funny pics for a few days.
We're just getting news reports of all of this in the morning broadcasts. Link -
The devastation is truly awful - it looks like Japan after the tsunami
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Just got a call from my sister in law who lives in Athens, Alabama. Her house is fine, just a lot of debris, no power (she has a shelter and generator). Madison where Eric lives is close by and they were apparently hit harder, she doubts they will have power for a while as the electric grid is pretty much all gone.
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My prayers are with you Eric. If you get a chance to read any of this, remember we are all with you! Stay safe my friend. Take care of your family.
D
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Wow, the devastation leaves me speechless... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/04/tornadoes_kill_over_200.html
Eric, I know you probably can't read this for a while, but I wish you and you family all the best.
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I'm with you guys; Eric, I'm thinkin about you mate.
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so. . .has anyone heard From Eric? Any idea how he's doing?
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I'm talking to him now. No power until Monday or Tuesday but he and his family are doing well. He's been helping out his neighbors with supplies and other stuff. He'll report in soon.
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That's good news. Wish him well
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I told him everyone is concerned and that we were pulling for him.
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Glad he's okay.
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Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers.
I have been without internet or power since the storm hit. There were 312 estimated tornadoes which took the lives of more than 350 people. In my state of Alabama there were over 150 tornadoes alone killing 255 people.
One of the tornadoes touched down about 8 houses away from ours. Luckily our house was spared. The only thing we lost was our trampoline and a section of fence which I had fixed by the next morning. Our family was very lucky but others were not. My heart and prayers goes out to those suffering much more than I can imagine.
Our sister cities Huntsville and Madison have been slowly regaining power. The reason for the massive power outage was that the Tennessee Valley Authority lost every single transmission line leaving more than 600,000 without power. This however is only a minor inconvenience to those of us who have survived. Full power to the two cities is estimated to return in the middle of next week. Again I feel lucky we were only out of power for 4 and a half days.
I have some crappy pictures from my phone that I can post up soon. We just got power back this afternoon. I was surprised to see the internet up and working too. The linemen and everyone involved in getting us hooked back up are true heroes. But there is still much to do in the months ahead.
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