Here is note I received last night from a friend of mine that lives in the
area that was hit by Friday night's tornado in North Central Texas. Her
name is Susan, her husband is Frank and her friend is Tina. A pretty good
first hand report.
Ronnie
----- Original Message -----
To: Ronnie Prcin <rprcin{at}vvm.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Hope Ya'll Are OK
> Well, this is the first time I have check my mail in 2 days and I was
just
> sitting here thinking as I am getting on-line - "I have got to email
Ronnie
> and tell him about our weather action we had."
> I had to work late, but about 5:00, maybe a little after 5:00 - I just
> happen to be talking to a friend of mine that lives out here and she said
> Susan - I am sitting on my front porch and I swear there is a funnel
cloud
> over the post office. I said let me call Frank - "Frank - Tina said
there
> is a funnel cloud - go outside and look, he goes - I don't think so the
> weather if fine here, the sun is shinning... I say GO LOOK - He goes
outside
> and say yea your right, but he has to hang up so the other boy that is at
> our house can call his grandma and let her know - I said call me right
back.
> I get back on the phone to Tina and she says - I got to go - I am going
down
> the street to my sister in laws (Tina lives in a trailer house).
> So Frank does not call back (which seems like forever) I finally try to
call
> him back - the answer machine keeps picking up and I am wondering what is
> going on - Why didn't they take the phone in the bathroom - which is
where
> they should be. Finally after an eternity (15 mins) - He answers the
phone -
> Yes the tornado did hit but everybody is OK. They first went to the
> bathroom, but then he thought about be buried under all those rocks if it
> hits the house - So he decides to take them to the end over there where
the
> creek is and and hide under the bluff in a little cave. It just so
happen
> the tornado went right down the creek, but other than being a little, no
I
> mean a lot shook up - they were OK - the house is still standing
(everything
> OK) - the trampoline was torn up and just about all our trees were torn
> down. So we spent most of today cutting and burning trees.
> I feel my family was very very blessed to come out safe and unharmed.
> I talk to the kids about it and they said it was loud and it does sound
like
> a train.
> I guess the weird part is that is came out of no where, without warning.
> Frank said that they had been out playing - weather was great - no wind,
it
> was sunshine - everything great - they had just come in to lock up
because
> they were leaving to go eat. Lindsay had been watching TV and she said
all
> they said was a thunderstorm warning.
>
> So, I was going to ask you what you knew about this tornado - where did
it
> form, how and why. I also heard there was more than 1. TIna got video
of
> it.
> Walling Bend was hit the hardest - that is where the man was killed - he
> went to our church and the lady that is in critical condition. I am sure
> they did not know what hit them. There is houses over there just
> completely gone.
>
> Well, I have talk enough. I better let you go.
> Lindsay and Cody will have something to write about in there daily
journal
> Monday at school.
> See Ya
> Susan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronnie Prcin <rprcin{at}vvm.com>
> To: Frank & Susan Gummelt <fgummelt{at}htcomp.net>
> Date: Saturday, May 13, 2000 1:46 AM
> Subject: Hope Ya'll Are OK
>
>
> >Hi Susan,
> >
> >Just checking to see if you guys are OK up there. Saw on the news that
they
> >mentioned Uncle Gus' Lodge had damage. Seems like when I was up there
last
> >year, that was right across the cove from you. Let us know if there is
> >anything we can do.
> >
> >
> >Ronnie
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>
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