Devastating Tornado Destroyed My Little Town Late Monday Night
 

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Monday evening we had a horrific tornado touch down just a 1/4 mile from my house at the end of my road and spread down a section of town, leaving total devastation for neighborhoods.. Thankfully my family is safe but I have friends that lost everything. 18 people have died and 77 are still missing right now.



Some of you follow me on Facebook so you've seen my updates the last several hours. I just got home and we have our power back but many will be weeks before they do. I have so much debris in my yard from all of the houses destroyed. I can't express how lucky I am and how much this put your life into perspective. You never know when something like this will happen so hug your family a little harder today and count your blessings.

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Please keep Middle Tennessee in your thoughts and prayers. If you are able to make a donation, please check with your Red Cross or go to https://www.cfmt.org/story/middle-te...ncy-response-f

glad you're safe, we have been wondering about you.... you guys going to build a shelter? (see in a few tornadoes touch down in north texas.... scary AF) 1/4 mile is way to close

Damn - I often dream about tornadoes - They are literally my idea of a nightmare...

Thanks for the concern. We were beyond lucky. We had no idea bad weather was even coming this way so it was a total surprise at 1:45am in the morning when the power went out and the tornado sirens were going off. Thankfully by chance my little ones were having a sleep over in our basements man cave. They were off the school the next day for the elections and begged to do a movie night downstairs. It was way to close to home and such a scary event. Thankfully we are safe but so many in our community are not as lucky :( They have set up make shift morgues at some of the churches and the schools are opened up to house people that lost everything and need help.

that's even worse, dead of night with no power :(

it's gonna take time for your head to come back together, so don't rush it.... might take a year maybe a bit more.... from my personal experience. it even takes time to figure out you are fucked up... it will be okay though... :thumbsup

Wow... How horrible for your town.

It's an absolute nightmare for many

I know you've been through a similar catastrophe not too long ago. I just can't stop thinking of all of the families affected. It's made me incredibly sad

It's such sad event :(

glad to know you and yours are safe :)

I hope your community can recover quickly, that is some crazy stuff to go through and then deal with...





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I thought about you when I heard Tennessee. As someone who spent most of my life in the Midwest, I can empathize with you. My hometown got hit by two different tornadoes, and it was a mess. Glad to hear that you are ok!

Shit what a horrific sight :(

Glad you are ok though. Stay strong !

Oh man, so terrible :-(

I was storm chasing in 2010 and visited Joplin, MO shortly after they got hit.

After helping out at the Salvation Army I ventured into the area that got hit and felt guilty for even being there.


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Good to hear you're okay.

I'm in Missouri right now.

Tornado's are a concern where I want to move to for retirement, but no earthquakes or wildfires, riots or heavy taxes

Glad to hear you are ok, I'm sending you an email, building a website after a couple years of not doing anything online!

It's amazing to see so many people coming together to help.

Thanks for the kind words :)

I've never seen anything like this. It's amazing what nature can do and how close it was to home.

Thanks Scott

I'm still in shock over it!

I understand the feeling guilty. I feel the same way right now. My kids had several friends that were involved and my heart bleeds for them.

Thanks so much

Thanks Brett. We were the lucky ones. I hope you're doing well.

This gives you an idea of how close it came to my home.

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Glad you’re okay and undamaged. I’ve been through a few hurricanes and know how much affect you and the area. That’s really scary to know that warnings weren’t given. When you think of tornado you think of Kansas and central mid-Western areas.

Jeezus...that's a hair-breadth away. Had the dice taken one more tumble...

Thanks, I've been through a couple hurricanes back on Topsail Island but nothing like this. It sure does put you life into perspective and make you realize what's really important in life!

It was too close for comfort! Houses just a 100 yards behind me have their roofs missing

you get a few days notice before a hurricane :winkwink:

that's terrible. Glad you and your family are safe.


Living in Indiana tornado's are always on my mind. I've never seen one as bad as that locally but I was in a factory that got hit by a tornado. I was in the breakroom 150 yards away and my ears pressurized and I knew something bad happened. Only one or two people were hurt and it was nothing severe thankfully.

Huge loss ...glad you r ok

While looking for survivors, the skeletal remains of a guy in a tent were found.

I am wondering if the remains of the guy they found in the tent, is from a homeless guy I used to see around town. He had long dreaded hair, wore a dress, and smelled bad. He used to hang in the library and I haven't seen him in a long time. Could have frozen to death.

Always assumed some homeless followed the railroad tracks over Willow Avenue and into the woods. And in the daytime came back into the city to hang out at the library.

Really saddens me to hear that Zuzanna, I empathize.

Your town looks nearly identical to the entire coast line 30 miles inland after Katrina.

I remember once watching a documentary on the Chernobyl families that had to be evacuated on the spot that day from their homes and never to return.

Decades later they were "allowed" to go back for a single day to see their old community and say goodbye.

There was a scene with a guy in his thirties who went to his old house and took it all in. I remember watching him kick his old favorite, (now deflated) ball while blankly staring at the walls inside the house.

When you lose everything you know in a a single afternoon, it permanently changes you in strange ways. Uproots some piece of your soul, especially if you don't return, rebuild, or rebond with the land.

It's like human alchemy.

I grew up on the coast my entire life, haven't been back since the hurricane because it took so long to rebuild and was too hard to watch.

Used to have strange dreams where myself, and thousands of others were just walking on the beach at night.. Like some sort of mass migration. Nobody talking or happy, just heads down and getting on with it.

I had no idea what direction we were going, but I did know that we were all heading in the same direction.

Like a plastic glove to a hot skillet, people's finger tips get stuck to the land.

I hope each and every last one of them moves forward and rebuilds, and am very sorry to hear about the devastation. Lucky as you are, shit won't be right for a long time.Can't out run that weird space between things :(

My sincere condolences, don't forgot to treat yourself well during these next months.

Glad you’re okay XXX

Glad you're ok, sorry to hear about your friends

Sorry to hear that :( wish you all speedy recovery

Thanks, that's crazy! I can't imagine how scary that would have been. Glad you were ok.

Thanks SekobA

I'm not sure but I know who you're talking about very well. I have bought him food several times when he was outside of the food lion on Jackson and have friends that know him really well. I just saw him over on the tracks Monday afternoon while I was walking the trail.

Thanks for the kind words and those stories. Thanks everyone, the reports are coming out today that there are just 3 missing people left. 90 people injured and 18 dead. It was an e-4 when it touched down less than a 100 yards from my house. So it didn't lift behind my house but touched down. If it was just that little bit more east it would have been so much different today for myself and family. My little ones had a lot of friends houses destroyed as it was their school district that it happened in. We're going out today to try and replace some of their friends items to help them through this. Thankfully the weather has been nice so the rescue and clean up has been a little easier. It's such a devastating time for our community.

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Thanks CurrentlySober

Thanks ilnjscb

Thanks so much Biggie. It's really brought our community together. They had so many volunteers yesterday they had to send people away.

Very sorry this happened to you, stay strong and remember - it's not your fault, it's a natural disaster. You have nothing to feel guilty about.

lol, I live in Joplin. I was about to post about it. Also close friends with the firefighters you posted - one's my neighbor. :thumbsup It was 2011, by the way.

Hope your town gets back on its feet, Zuzana!

what about all the dogs and cats?????

You know Zuzana I worry for you and love you

You're right about the year, not sure what I was looking at.

The firefighters were pretty cool guys and loved playing with Buddy; I was glad I stopped and chatted with them. Buddy was too.

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They played fetch with him using a water bottle.

Thanks Natalie, Mother Nature can be a bitch!

Thanks trevesty

Many are still missing or passed. It's sad to see all of the people looking for them with post on FB :(

Awww, thanks MatureKing

The National Weather service came out with the path of the EF-4 that came through my town last night. The red dot is my property :(

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buy a bunch of lotto tickets :thumbsup

Zuzana Designs

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Too close for comfort! Glad you're ok!

I'm in St. Peters, Missouri