Hi Cheshire
long time since i have seen your smiling face as well
It is good to meet you Da Pab. Always good to see and meet a new face.
Don't know how many of you know. A tornado touched down here in my home town. I lost a cousin in the chaos. We are slowly recovering and getting back on track. The rest of the family is ok as well . We were very fortunate to get out alive. The tornado touched down two blocks from where we were in Downtown damage to building we were in is minimal compared to the rest of the town. The tornado itself came 150yds at the most from my house and I live in a trailor so i am fortunate it was still here when I finally got home. Everything shook off the walls. no broken windows. the siding came loose from the winds but that was about it.
Those of you that remember my husband William Wallace, he and Princess Marie were in the truck outside and were fortunate enough only to sustain cuts and bruises from the window on the passangers side blowing out from the debris. they were outside of the building I was in with the rest of the kids and didn't get in intime before it hit.
My mother is a nurse and ran Triage till 3am in the morning for the nursing homes. One she worked at the other they had to evauate because of the damage to the building. Her house sustained minor damage and we were fortunate she was not home and in bed like she normaly was. her window blew out and her dresser was on her bed when we finally made it over there.
Its been rough recovering just from the shock of everything. The devistation left behind this town will be lucky to economically survive it. all of our major manufacturing plants are gone with the exception of the airport which is about 2 miles from downtown. Those were just a block away from my house along with the college. Keep everyone in your prayers and thoughts please and for those that lost more than we did. They need it.
hope to talk to you all again soon
Unicia