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| Mike Focke are you OK?.. Rick (Nashville, TN) - Monday, 18 April, 2011, at 11:45:33 am |
| Re: Mike Focke are you OK?.. Guenter in Ontario - Monday, 18 April, 2011, at 1:47:27 pm |
| Thanks for your concern mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Monday, 18 April, 2011, at 2:07:29 pm |
and to others who emailed me.
I was watching the rain which was intense for about 10 minutes and suddenly saw it shift and go horizontal. Then 2 minutes later clear blue sky and sun.
The largest tornado touched down about 8 miles north of our house. Our development had little but ripped leaves strewn all over and a loss of power for 24 hours. When you go up the main drag into town you see the capricious nature of the storms and how they skip around. Imagine the Lowe's home improvement store leveled but the garden shop attached off to the side untouched and plants in pots hanging from racks out front in the direction the storm came from just as they were before the storm. I was on site at the worst (or at least most publicized) damage about 20 minutes after it happened. The carnage in the parking lots probably totaled 200 cars. Heard from a guy I parked next to that he saw the tornado coming and backed up to get clear of it, escaping but running into someone behind them who was oblivious to it all. The guy that was backed into told the one who did the backing "you saved my life, I was just about to pull into that parking lot". Only one life lost in Sanford according to what we know now.
I was watching the rain which was intense for about 10 minutes and suddenly saw it shift and go horizontal. Then 2 minutes later clear blue sky and sun.
The largest tornado touched down about 8 miles north of our house. Our development had little but ripped leaves strewn all over and a loss of power for 24 hours. When you go up the main drag into town you see the capricious nature of the storms and how they skip around. Imagine the Lowe's home improvement store leveled but the garden shop attached off to the side untouched and plants in pots hanging from racks out front in the direction the storm came from just as they were before the storm. I was on site at the worst (or at least most publicized) damage about 20 minutes after it happened. The carnage in the parking lots probably totaled 200 cars. Heard from a guy I parked next to that he saw the tornado coming and backed up to get clear of it, escaping but running into someone behind them who was oblivious to it all. The guy that was backed into told the one who did the backing "you saved my life, I was just about to pull into that parking lot". Only one life lost in Sanford according to what we know now.
 *NM* Gary in SoFL - Monday, 18 April, 2011, at 4:19:16 pm |
Laz - Monday, 18 April, 2011, at 7:18:58 pm |
| Glad you're OK Mike. Tornadoes are terrifying. *NM* Red_Lightnin! - Tuesday, 19 April, 2011, at 11:29:13 am |
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| Re: Thanks for your concern Tony in Whittier - Wednesday, 20 April, 2011, at 2:42:39 pm |
I have a friend who lives in Cary. I checked in on her and her family when I heard about the storms.
She described similar weather conditions as you. She was downtown a few hours at a local canine walk before the tornado hit. She came back later and saw that large oak trees had been uprooted and many of setups (tents, booths) were thrown blocks away. Fortunately, the event was over and no one from that was hurt.
Good luck.
She described similar weather conditions as you. She was downtown a few hours at a local canine walk before the tornado hit. She came back later and saw that large oak trees had been uprooted and many of setups (tents, booths) were thrown blocks away. Fortunately, the event was over and no one from that was hurt.
Good luck.
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