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lscho4jm 04-30-2011 07:12 PM

This is so devastating to me. There are still over 600 still missing. All the members of my family are accounted for but dozens of friends are unreachable still.

Praying for the best!

Linda

Linda B 04-30-2011 07:24 PM

I certainly will pray for them. This is my first opportunity to get back online since all the storms came through here Wednesday night. We certainly didn't suffer like those further south, but we have holes in the roof, water in the living room ceiling, broken windows, busted up cars and motorhome. Based on our 'little' nightmare, I can't imagine what those in Alabama and Georgia are going through! Thought I left tornados and large hail behind when I left Texas more than 35 years ago!

erstan947 04-30-2011 07:24 PM

This is a rough and sad time for many families. They need our prayers and any help we can provide.

skydiver70 04-30-2011 07:30 PM

I live in Tennessee and I found two items: one photo of a baby shower with part of the photo torn off (found in my late Mom's yard day before yesterday. Then today, I found part of two pages from a yearbook in my back yard.

Don't have any idea where they came from. I posted them on facebook. There are more than 1000 documents, a whole quilt with owls on it, toys, photos, etc posted on Facebook at : Pictures and Documents found after the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes

Mimito2 04-30-2011 07:34 PM


Originally Posted by skydiver70
I live in Tennessee and I found two items: one photo of a baby shower with part of the photo torn off (found in my late Mom's yard day before yesterday. Then today, I found part of two pages from a yearbook in my back yard.

Don't have any idea where they came from. I posted them on facebook. There are more than 1000 documents, a whole quilt with owls on it, toys, photos, etc posted on Facebook at : Pictures and Documents found after the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes

My son had a photo find him. Floated out of the sky and landed in front of him. I will have him list it there.

skydiver70 04-30-2011 07:38 PM

WBIR TV had a news report of two different people in our area finding things from Alabama. I went thru Facebook on WBIR and posted mine.

ThreadHead 04-30-2011 07:47 PM

Glad everyone is accounted for, they are so dangerous. I lived in Warrensburg, Mo. and we could sit at the second floor window, look out and see tornadoes way off in the distance. We actually out ran a tornado when we were coming from Kansas City, Ks., it followed us across the state line into Kansas City, Mo., heading back to Warrensburg. I remember looking back and yelling faster, go faster. It finally went back up and we made it home.
Another time, here in Florida, I was laying on my bed with my 2 year old granddaughter when I heard this loud train/plane, I thought something was going to hit the house. I froze. As soon as I heard the noise going away I looked out the window and the trees across the street were bending over. I woke up my son and by then the sirens were going off. The tornado had gone over my house and hit down about 5 blocks over, destroying 2 blocks of housing, killing one person.
Not to mention the Hurricane
Take Care
Syl

Scrap Happy 04-30-2011 07:52 PM

My prayers continue to come your way for you and everyone affected. (((((HUGS)))))

bamamama 04-30-2011 07:54 PM

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You can imagine, but seeing it to close is unreal. A friend is a EMT and they took two Small children to hospital and still have no idea who they are, or if their family survived. My DH's co worker lost his home, half the house just ripped off the foundation.

luvTooQuilt 04-30-2011 08:03 PM

My hubby has a lil less than 100 employees in huntsvile. He called each an everyone of them to make sure they were ok. The ones he couldn't reach by phone he had employees go searching for them. Each of them and their immediate families are safe but the damage in huntsville is so overwhelming that we were going to max out the cc to load up the trailer with generators, food and supplies if any one of them needed him too. They didn't but I knew he would if anyone said yes. That's why I love that man!!

cashmommy11 04-30-2011 09:53 PM

this hole thing has me going nuts my dad lives in riggold,ga still have not been able to get ahold of him .. if i don't hear anything by sunday monday i will be calling the redcross to see if they can help me.. if not i will be making a trip i pray for everyone that has had to deal with this storm i hope that they are over for the season..n if anyone out there needs anything just let me know would be glad to help as much as i can

crafty_linda_b 04-30-2011 10:19 PM

My heart and prayers go out to all those in the south who have been in this terible weather. I was in walmart yesterday and this lady was buying a 100 yards of fabric..I (being the nosey person I am) asked what she was going to do with all that fabric..she said "our quilt guild is making quilts for Japan" I almost said.."why aren't you making them for the people in the southern states?" I refrained from saying it..we need to take care of those here at home!! I do feel sorry for the people in other countries who have been through tragedy too..Our church makes crisis care kits and we ship out 6 a month. This year we have already sent out over 3 dozen of them. SO we have bypassed our goal of 6 a month.
Hope all in the south are safe!! crafty_linda_b

CoventryUK 04-30-2011 11:42 PM

Our thoughts go out to you all! We see the pictures on the news but cannot begin to comprehend the total devastation you face. Just to let you all know we are thinking about you.


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