Re: Just in case you heard...
It's amazing how random the destruction from those things can be.
On 4/17/06, Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Spoke with family there too - One sister is 6 blocks from the Walmart,
> other
> is 6 blocks from the downtown devistation! They didn't even get a branch
> down! They said it was really torn up downtown!
>
> Vera
>
>
> On 4/17/06, mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com <mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks. Melody was correct - quite the tornado that roared through
> Iowa
> > City last Thursday night. Mom is okay, but two blocks from her it's
> total
> > chaos. Of course she found two library books that were overdue and
> > decided
> > she'd better return them even though it was pouring out. Didn't have
> the
> > news on and ended up in the middle of a hailstorm on I-80. Just made it
> > home before the tornado touched down. Quite the damage. My co-workers'
> > daughter was in one of those apartments close to campus that had it's
> roof
> > and east wall blown off. Amazing no one there was killed.
> >
> > The University is giving the students options for finishing the
> semester.
> > Take the grade you've got now, finish the semester, or finish the
> semester
> > at a later date. Many kids lost textbooks, notes, computers, etc.
> >
> > Some pictures:
> > http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/2006/april/041406tornado.html
> >
> > (might be a bit slow to load)
> >
> > Mardi
> > Iowa z4b
> >
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