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> >DON or DARLA sent this, whoever is on the computer at this time
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> >From: ccrowder{at}vnet.net (Devonshire)
> >Newsgroups: alt.disasters.misc
> >Subject: Tornado! Madison/Mayodan/Stoneville
> >Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 14:29:00 GMT
> >
> > Worst thing I've ever seen here. It was like one of those things
> >that you see on TV, but never think that if would happen where
> >you live. The tornados touched down in Madison, ripping their
> >way through Mayodan...straight to the mayo river. From there
> >it traveled to Stoneville. Absolute destruction in it's path. I
> >live approximately 5 miles from where the destruction took
> >place and I am very much thankful. Looks like a war zone!
> >You can see the exact path that the tornado followed, taking out
> >houses, cars and even ripping walls consisting of 12" cinderblocks
> >with a layer of bricks on the outside, completely off a manufacturing
> >plant. More power than one could ever imagine without seeing the
> >results first hand. A 4" x 4" post shot through the roof of a house
> >like a missle. You can't go through town, all the streets are
> >blocked off. Cars picked up and slammed into houses, buildings,
> >telephone poles like they were paper. Mobile homes have
> >disappeared... and I mean dissappeard! No traces of the
> >mobile home ever being in existance. It is the worst thing I
> >have ever seen, and it's something that I hope to NEVER
> >see again.
> >
> >
> >..... Thoughts of what I have seen in Mayodan, North Carolina...
> >Yesterday!
> >
> > Chris Crowder
> >
> >