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Post by johnc911 on Apr 11, 2007 21:02:24 GMT -5
Everything okay at your place. The Tornado didnt get ya did it.
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Post by danf on Apr 11, 2007 21:30:09 GMT -5
I was going to start a thread asking if everyone made it through OK...
It was nasty here for just a little while, but my wife said she drove through some *really* nasty stuff on the way home tonight. That was the same system that supposedly produced a tornado around North Salem, and may be the one you are talking about too...
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Post by jkd on Apr 13, 2007 2:00:54 GMT -5
All OK here... she touched down about a mile due east of my house and went NE from there... closer than I would prefer for sure...
Will post some more details tomorrow...
Thanks for the concern, and apologies for the delay in getting a reply on this... been a busy day.....
Kirk
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 13, 2007 4:09:01 GMT -5
That's too close!
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 13, 2007 6:49:42 GMT -5
After living through two tornadoes that hit Newburgh within 18 months I have a lot more sympathy for folks that are hit by them.
It is one thing to see devastation on the tube and another to experience it first hand.
The Memorial Day tornado of 2004 dropped two trees on my house and ended up costing the insurance company $65,000. My house was the only one hit on the street.
The November 6th 2005 tornado took out a portion of my daughter's house. That one ended up costing the insurance company $140,000.
The 2005 tornado costs were in the millions, but a lot more tragic is that it took 27 lives.
Homes can be rebuilt, a life is gone forever.
The only good thing to come out of that is how the community came together to help one another.
So every time I hear on the news a tornado has been spotted or has occurred I say a little prayer for all involved.
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Post by jkd on Apr 13, 2007 16:35:30 GMT -5
Just wanted to post some details and let all know who were concerned that my family and are fine, and we were lucky to not have any damage to our house or farm buildings...
The F2 twister that hit Hamilton County wednesday evening started just east of Arcadia at 266th St. and SR 19 (about 3/4 mile from our house), skipped over our road, passing within 1/4 mile, and touched down again near Startsman Road, where it ground out a path NE from there all the way to the Tipton County line.
Neighbors to the east lost a couple of barns and pole buildings, and sustained significant damage to house roofs, lots of trees down, but luckily no one was seriously injured. A friend of mine two roads east had all windows on his home on the S and W sides blown out, garage door blown in, and trees down on all sides of the house, but none hit the house... he found a car in his woodlot that had been delivered airborne express...
I was at Plan Commission in Cicero that evening when things hit, and the wife and kids were at a 4-H meeting several miles to the south, so we were out of harms way. Several families were sitting down to dinner in the path of the tornado, and got warning calls from neighbors and families to take cover only moments before the twister passed by their homes...
I appreciate the inquiries as to our status... count you blessings folks, because something like this can change lives in a few moments...
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Post by danf on Apr 14, 2007 14:03:27 GMT -5
Tornados can definately do a lot of damage...
The one that hit in April of '94 in West Lafayette (F2?) kept Dad away from home for at least 3 days (Fire Department duties)... I'm sure there's still debris from Lafayette Venetian Blinds in the woods near there... Three fatalities from that one; I can still remember helping Dad load up the tractor at 12:05 am because the fire radio was reporting roads being blocked.
Then again in September of '99 there was a smaller tornado (F0, IIRC) that parralled the same path as the one in '94, but was roughly a mile north/west. Thankfully there were no fatalities and very few injuries from that one.
JKD- glad to hear all is OK with you. Hope your nieghbors get everything fixed ASAP.
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