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Everybody in DFW area OK??


greg g

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I am probably 20-25 miles from Don's cousin in far north Plano. Our tornado sirens went off 5 or 6 times, but all we got was some heavy rain and a brief period of small hail.

The Lancaster (south side of Dallas) and Forney (about 35 miles east of Dallas) were hit pretty hard. In addition to the trailers that were thrown at least 100 feet in the air, a woman in Forney was riding out the storm in her SUV waiting to pick up her daughter at the elementary school. The storm got bad enough that she decided to go into the building which was heavily damaged. When she came out her SUV was gone. She found it when the news helicopter showed a shot of it mangled in the middle of a field about 150yards from the school.

I just thank the Lord that nobody was killed.

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I called Kirk (h k estes) tonight to check on him since I couldn't recall

which town he lives in. He explained that the damage was south of

his locale.

Kirk and some other fellows from the HAMB came to Joplin

after our tornado to volunteer their help, including some assistance to

me. One thing they did was cook a LOT of burgers to feed other

volunteers.

In tornado related news...... today Joplin voters approved a bond issue

to provide the rest of the money needed on top of insurance proceeds

to rebuild and upgrade our public schools.

Our new house is still coming along.....the brick and stone on the front

has been completed; today they hooked up the water and sewer lines.

Tomorrow plumbing fixtures should be installed. Still needs some

flooring done. M-a-y-b-e we can get in at end of the month of April.

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Mary Ann is looking forward to sitting on her new back porch.......

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