transcript. Resident of the The Cardinal Inn in Bowling Green, Kentucky, looks at the damages done after a tornado touched down on December 11, 2021. I think it was pure fear that caused my uncle to have a heart attack on the porch that day. The tornado tracked closer and the praying got louder. Then I peeked out the deck door and saw nothing but leaves. I thought, oh no, I hope its not a tornado. The door breathed back out. It was very upsetting to Terry and I dont mind telling you that I was very upset and worried as well. I listened to the battery operated radio: no report of storms. I knew there was a storm coming; you could just feel it and smell the rain. Jucius met her husband, Frank, at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital where she worked as a laboratory technician. The surge of twistersthat struck Kentuckyleft up to 100 people dead and 60,000 without power or electricity. It was a devastatingly unforgettable event! Poor Nana was at church that night along with a bunch of other family and my cousin Linda got up with her newborn to get a drink from the water fountain near the entrance. After conducting an aerial tour of the damage, the mayor grew emotional as he talked about the communities that were hit including the neighborhood he grew up in that was ravaged. Birmingham employees were working Saturday morning to help clean up debris left in the wake of Thursday's tornado in Selma. Discovery Company. vx oa mp yt rd fp qt. What a foolish thing to say, especially since Mossy Grove almost got hit again later but the skies showed mercy that day and settled down almost as if it took pity on us and our non-Walmart or McDonalds town. His son-in-law survived and was pulled out alive from the wrecked car. Everybody in town had to have a new roof. At a Selma tax office, Deborah Brown and others had to rush to safety after seeing what looked like a tornado rolling down the street, she said. Now in Oklahoma when I was a kid, if the sirens went off you went outside first to try and get a look before taking shelter. Then it felt like the house exploded. Nineteen severe hail reports were recorded in Kentucky, Ohio, Alabama, West Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia. The busy city streets worried Welser. About 10 minutes. Leaves and branches. Right now, the bigger threat is the flooding due to all of the rain and the rising water level of the Mississippi River. All she could do was yell out for me because all phone lines and electric was down and their was dangerous debris. Once burned is twice learned. He enjoyed relaxing around his house and was fond of fishing. All the mailboxes had been sucked open and the mail was laying in the middle of the road. It was over in just a few minutes, and when things had subsided I went out back and saw insulation on the ground and new that buildings must have been damaged. By Daily Mail Reporter. I was scared, our power went off, we couldn't find our candles but then we found it so I was happy. His 22-year-old daughter was a Patricia Stevens model. We go outside and looked on our little community. The screens were pulled up out of the frames in the windows. This was the scariest moment of my life and I hope nothing like this happens ever again. Soldiers with the 270th Military Police Company aided the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Department in their search for missing 5-year-old Kyle Doan. At a Selma . This was a factor in the insane damage the tornado caused We heard the winds increasing at this point and sounds of sporadic hail hitting the house and roof. It ws April 4, 2007, around 6 pm, when my father passed away shortly after a tornado hit Haltom City, TX. My baby was asleep in a west-facing bedroom, Mom and Dad had gone shopping, and I thought the storm clouds in the west looked like they might bring hail. In the frenzy of taking cover, we forgot about my dog in the backyard. Jackson was the father of three adult children and boasted 11 grandchildren. I saw my mom's car and then heard her yell my name. When it was all over, the tornado that hit our town was measured F-4. I kept looking toward Zorinsky Lake. His family was his whole life.. It came back to me slowly as I stared into the darkness of my living room, where I could see the moon peeking through the clouds through the holes in my ceiling, and even then it felt unreal. Back in 1998, I just got home from school and the sirens went off. She was very pretty, her sister-in-law said. JOPLIN, Mo. National Weather Service We were all piled into this corner of the basement just freaking out while my Nana was praying in a language I didn't understand. All the family members initially survived as the storm devastated Jackies moms home. One florist in Moore is offering free funeral flowers for all of the victims. My father looked up and saw a "hole" in the sky and shouted "RUN!!!!". He often stopped at Shoots Lynwood Table for a beer on his way home from work. On April 24, 2019, I was in my shop at 6964 Coyote Run, Bryan, TX, working on a Volkswagon engine. The death toll in Kentucky includes victims from 2 months to 98 years old. Golden had switched his sedan for a co-workers station wagon, so he could take his 12-year-old son and some other boys on a Boy Scout outing that weekend. The Griffin-Spalding School District will be closed Friday as the area recovers. Warnings are issued by the local National Weather Service after a tornado has been identified, according to Orlando Bermudez, a forecaster with the NWS in New Braunfels. Also the north side of our house was sand blasted with shredded leaves and debris, but the other sides of the house were clean. I didn't know what was happening so I ran to the car and got in. Numerous other branches were on our deck and littering our yard. He was parked at 95th Street and Southwest Highway waiting for his wife, who was a secretary at the Western Avenue Hearing Aid Center. McNeill had been planning a fishing trip to Canada in May. Our ornamental pear was shattered and shredded, laying in our back yard. There were no deaths, few were injured, but for being mobile homes, they were still holding up strong. Weve got a lot of work to do.. While the damage was tremendous, no fatalities have been reported, Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr. said Friday. She wanted to go to college. Water rose, and homes that you never would have expected to flood did. Around 10:45 am, my neighbor of few words sent a text that read "hey, bubba-tree on your bedroom. The couple had been out to dinner and were pulling into their garage at 9311 S. 52nd Ave. when a large tree fell on it. Turns out the toilet had just been set on the wax ring and caulked to the floor, not one bolt in the slab. At around 4:00 a tornado warning came over the television. After hearing the alert, I had walked outside. It immediately turned winter cold after that storm, too cold to get out and look around. The City of Birmingham has announced a supply drive to help victims of a tornado that hit Selma on Thursday, leaving heavy damage in its wake. Published: Dec. 22, 2022 at 10:28 AM PST. Questions? Emergency workers bring out a tornado victim at the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado with workers. I had to have new roofing on the house and all the outbuildings. It was odd because with the rain, I figured the atmosphere had stabilized some. As soon as we shut the door, we hear what sounded like a freight train. gi. Fast forward almost 9 years, I was visiting a friend's house for an Easter cookout. Sandra told the Associated Press: Their house is splintered. They knew each other but not well. I could not understand what it was saying but I assumed it meant tornado. Roof, metal,and rocks. yr bt. . He was half a block from home at 9620 S. Mayfield Ave. His wife, Pearl, and two sons were waiting for him. I could see the semi that was behind me had blown over top of me and landed next to the carport. Most thought that this was unlikely but local authorities heeding this warning surely saved many lives. There was not an inch that hadnt been smattered with leaves. This went on for like 10 minutes. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Same with the front door when I opened it. It was like a war zone. The pressure waves left and we were ok. We had been hugging through the entire event and Terry asked if it was over. She was engaged to be married to a soldier serving in Vietnam. First responders found them in the mud. The dryer vent had been shattered. of 16. I thought it was over but then my dad said, "Here it comes get ready." He was an electrician for Pullman Standard Co. I rounded the carport and flung open the door and just like I would any other day, kinda flung it behind my back to close it with three fingers, only to have it meet the wind and come back on me. We had the boys (aged 11 and 7 at the time) headed to the truck. not sitting still being struck by the debris field. That town still bares the scars and the fear. To the west/southwest it was pitch black moving towards us quickly, otherwise the sky was blue everywhere else. I call to my friends and we get inside the trailer. Parts of the state were under a tornado watch Thursday night. In April 2011, we had already been hammered by tornadoes. I look out and all I see is lightening. Apparently the tornado was skipping thru town rather than taking a continuous path and jumped right over my street but destroyedhouses and businesses just 2-3 blocks in either direction. A man cries as he waits to receive the body of a victim of a plane crash, at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. Download Citation | On Dec 31, 2016, Charles Stewart and others published Tornado | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate. Storm . We were calling her but no response when suddenly she comes out from under the shedconcrete slab all wet and muddy. She quit working when her son was born. Published: 16:45 EST, 7 March 2013 | Updated: 17:40 EST, 7 . In addition to tornado and storm destruction, damaging winds spun across the region from Mississippi to Virginia. As I tore into the house through the west door of the sun porch, and reflexively slammed the door closed behind me, the hail chewed into the screen door, and the wood above me. The search and rescue phase of the response efforts will transition to a recovery phase Saturday, Autauga County Emergency Management Agency Director Ernie Baggett told CNN Friday afternoon. He had no broken bones and his body was still intact. I opened my eyes and moved part of the ceiling truss that had concussed me. The sandblasting effect they endured is well documented and the injuries were horrific. The state patrol came to get my husband to help clear some of the roads. Ironically, their mobile home wasn't touched but their truck was and both of them perished together. The Selma tornado was rated EF-2, the weather service said. It had always been his dream to own a little cottage somewhere. He found his little cottage in Oak Lawn. They had two children, ages 5 and 2. The deck furniture was shoved into our house and a few chairs found the neighbors yard to the south. To make ends meet during the strike, he was working temporarily driving a taxi for an Oak Lawn cab company. He brought the radio and a flashlight, while my mom got some batteries and snacks. Haggan planned to celebrate his 52nd birthday the next day by driving his wife home from the hospital. ya. He had spent most of the winter recovering from a heart ailment and did not go to work. 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