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« on: May 23, 2011, 07:08:46 AM »
I don't even know what to say here. I live in Carthage, 10 miles away from St. John's hospital that was destroyed in the tornado. The pictures make me physically sick. I'm sitting here crying while watching this on the national news. We had hoped to wake up this morning finding it was a bad dream. It's not.
25 to 30% of the town has at least moderate damage. There are very few medical offices left. The saving grace is that those business were NOT open since it was Sunday. It destroyed a Walmart, Academy Sports, 2 Walgreens, a Pizza Hut, and many, many, many more businesses aren't even there anymore. The Rescue workers can only identify where they are buy GPS because there are no street signs left. They are asking people to mark their houses someway so that they can identify where they are.
We are fine. We have many friends and family that no longer have homes left. We are scared because they say this could happen the next 3 days. A severe storm is headed this way...again and it is only 7:05 am. As soon as it moves through, I am on my way to the volunteer command center to volunteer any way I can. As soon as we can get there, we will be helping our family sort through their debris.
Please be praying for these people. If I'm scared, I can't imagine what they are feeling right now. As I get more official news, I will try to update you all.
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