Holy crap, what a week. On 27 April Alabama was devastated by tornadoes nearly state-wide. I was in the garage working on my MZ when a tornado touched down right across the street, ripped up a few Bartlett pear trees, came across the road and yanked a huge maple tree right on the corner of my driveway and dropped it across my neighbor's driveway. Then it went back across and ripped out every tree for about a quarter of a mile down the road until it died. Luckily none of the trees fell on anyone's house. Power went out immediately and was restored just tonight. I've always had a generator handy and it sure earned it's keep this last week. Not only did it provide lights and keep our food from rotting, most importantly it kept the beer cold.
Had to make several 100 mile round trips just to keep gas in it.
My daughter who is going to school at U-Alabama in Tuscaloosa was not so lucky. A tree fell on the off-campus house where she was living and another crushed her Mustang. She was in class taking her final exams when it happened thank God. We went down to Tuscaloosa to bring her home yesterday, and the devastation is unbelievable. Over 300 confirmed dead and many more still missing. Been thru many natural disasters in my time (Typhoon Paka in Guam, the Mt. Pinatubo volcanic eruption in the Philippines among others), and these tornadoes rank right up there. Dodged the old bullet again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7YYcebNkU
