Tennessee Tornado

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At about 1 am Monday morning, a tornado carved through Tennessee.  Roughly speaking, it started in Carroll county, and worked east to Morgan county.  At the time this post goes live, there are a confirmed 19 dead and 50+ missing.  Most of the dead and missing are near Cookeville, TN - Putnam County. 

Much of East Nashville, Hermitage, Mt. Juliet, and Lebanom were struck hard.  The Middle school my son attended and my daughter currently attends was destroyed. So was the Elementary school they attended. 

My home has been without power  for 30 hours or more.  It's the second longest I've been without power (went a week without in the Blizzard of '93).

More importantly, many people in the community have lost a lot.  A dear friend from church has lost everything, and was seriously injured, as was his daughter.  I am thankful that no children were in the schools when the storm hit - it might have been very, very bad. 

But now we wait.  Wait for the surgeons to fix my friend and his daughter.  Wait for the power company to restore electricity. Wait for the schools to decide what to do for the rest of the year.  And we will help those we can help. 


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