Freaky Cat and Dixie .. glad to hear you all are fine. Whew. I'll be praying for others who are not lucky. Also I'll be praying for Jolie77, Casperman and others as well too. Thanks for letting us know.
No problem and thank you for your concerns. smile!
glad to hear you're still fine, Freaky cat.
Thank you, Seq
Your welcome. She probably put all of us in her ignoring list. haha
Prolly so. oh well!
Damage as deaths up through Memphis! Two dorms collapsed at Union University.
Yeah and report of the airplane being lifted off the ground at the airport causing some damages but dont know if it was confirmed.
it was not from the same storm that hit my area. it was a different storm. We had a tornado outbreak today. Lot of tornadoes hit different counties and caused damages.
oh yeah several polling places in conway county had to close down due to tornadoes too.. due to damages in area and roads being blocked.
Damage, Multiple Injuries Reported in Wake of Storms|Channel 7 News
Damage, Multiple Injuries Reported in Wake of Storms posted 10:51 pm Tue February 05, 2008
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Seven People Killed in Arkansas Storms
Tornadoes that touched down in Arkansas have taken seven lives and disrupted voting in the state's presidential primary.
An Atkins couple and their 11-year-old daughter were killed when a powerful twister hit their home. Two more people died in Conway County and single deaths were reported in Clinton and Gassville.
Matt DeCample, a spokesman for Governor Mike Beebe, said up to 30 Arkansas National Guardsmen would be sent to Pope County on Wednesday to help with recovery efforts and security.
The Pope County sheriff's office said emergency crews were going door-to-door seeking other possible victims in Atkins. Power lines blocked traffic to the community along the Arkansas River in central Arkansas.
Renee Preslar, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, said the Atkins twister touched down near the center of town. Cell phone pictures sent to TV stations showed a dark, broad funnel approaching the community of 3,000.
Traffic was snarled on nearby Interstate 40, with reports of tractor-trailers on their sides.
Randy Ort, a spokesman for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, said workers opened one lane heading in each direction but traffic remained slow.
Amateur radio operators reported to weather forecasters in North Little Rock that a tornado had hit a hospital in Mountain View, forcing it to close its emergency room.
At Gassville, the Baxter County sheriff's office said debris--including parts of houses--blocked U.S. 62. The town was sealed off because of the possibility that gas leaks could result in an explosion.
Natasha Naragon, a spokeswoman with the secretary of state's office, said a polling site in Gassville was closed as the storm approached. Several polling locations in Conway County also shut down because of the storms.
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