F4 tornado, we are still reeling here, need prayers

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i just wanted to ask if some of you would continue to keep the tornado victims in your prayers. We had several tornadoes touch down here Saturday night, some EF-2's and one EF-4 which killed 5 people. This happened just miles from my house and my family was effected as well however we did not lose our house or have injuries. But dozens of people lost EVERYTHING. homes were leveled, the entire high school destroyed. the stories from survivors here is surreal, and awful. Our area is still picking up the pieces, and now there are more storms moving in today and will continue off and on through the weekend. More things will get rain soaked and hamper the clean up. also lots of children are now terrified of storms because of this. Several had their roofs ripped off right over their heads , sucked up into the tornado and thrown great distances. So this new round of storms is likely to cause severe emotional trauma for some. Please keep these people in your prayers, much help is still needed in our communities.

troubleinohio · Answer

vicki bless your heart, that was so sweet and generous to do.

today there is sad news to report- another victim who was badly injured from the tornado died last night- his wife and 4 yr old son also died in the tornado. The sole survivor from their family is a 7 yr old girl. It is so heartbreaking!! This poor little girl lost her whole family and home. she was injured as well but she finally got released from the hospital the other day with broken bones. I feel so terrible for her. Thankfully she does have family still here and they will be raising her now and I hear she has a wonderful support system, a good wholesome, church-going family so I feel a little better for her in that respect, at least she has that...

vicki595 · Answer

Oh..I saw the photos. And I saw what happened to the highschool right before graduation. That was on Fox news. Horrible. And that poor family who lost their Dad.
Can you imagine graduating Valedictorian and your Daddy isn't there?  Life is so cruel!!
There's a web site to send donations...Dave just told me. So,we're sending money...
Take care~  
( You sound good in the midst of it all )

xo

troubleinohio · Answer

sorry that didnt turn into a hyperlink, just copy and paste it into your browser. There are more galleries you can click on from that page to see additional photos. Its absolutely surreal the damage there is. it looks like a nuclear bomb went off

troubleinohio · Answer

thx Vicki. Right now they are saying they dont even need anymore clothing donated, they have enough! Now they just need monetary donations and day by day food made to feed all the volunteers and residents who are still cleaning up. Also they still need cleaning supplies, bug spray (mosquitos are eating everyone up while outside working), sunscreen, etc.  btw here is a photo gallery from one of the local tv station's websites with incredible pictures of the damage:

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/gallery?section=weather&id=7481110&photo=3

vicki595 · Answer

Wow!  Glad you're safe!!   It's so frightening!     As usual,the people are coming together to help eachother.  We've all learned that it literally takes an act of congress to get any government support as in The National Guard or The Corps of Army Engineers!!  They'll be around soon,I hope.

Stay in touch Trouble!   

xo

troubleinohio · Answer

update- things went ok last night, those storms weakened rapidly and  we only got heavy rain and thunder from them! Evereyone is still on edge now when severe weather approaches!  btw some good news- another school district just donated a bunch of school buses to replace the ones that were destroyed in the tornado! They were preparing to auction those buses off but donated them instead! Its heartwarming to see people helping people like this!

beatingthis · Answer

I told ya before when you had that huge bees nest, Time to move.
Be safe trouble OK?

Terry

troubleinohio · Answer

omg our local weather man just broke thru the news, there is a tornado warning in the counties to our SW! a spotter says there is a tornado on the ground...wow, here we go again =(   Its not close to me , but the storms are moving this way  and be here in an hour or less

beatingthis · Answer

Ahhh Trouble I am so sorry. My thoughts and prayers.
Really happy you and yours are safe.

XXOO

Terry

troubleinohio · Answer

thx you guys- as for agencies- there's been talk of the national guard being called in but as far as I know that hasnt happened yet. Its just people helping people at this point. Its amazing how the people have pulled together. ANyone that is able to help, has helped and are continuing to. People have donated their services (debris pick up and removal, tree cutting services- thousands of trees down across tri-county area-some blocking homes off entirely from access, some hotels are offering free rooms to those now homeless as are some kindhearted landlords that currently have empty rental houses. Tons of volunteers are donating clothing, food, cleaning supplies, etc. (I donated lots of things to this as I cannot physically help with the clean up). The high school was allowed to use a nearby college to finally hold their graduation ceremony- they were due to graduate just hours before the big F4 hit their school. Thank god it did not hit when hundreds of people were in there- the death toll would have been much higher. The class valedictorian actually had her own father killed in this tornado- she was unable to even speak at her graduation, the poor thing. Its been very tough for this community. Amongst the killed were also a mother and her 4 year old son , and a young 20 year old mother was also sucked up into the tornado while trying to run to the police station to take cover (the police station was also destroyed in the twister). The school wll have to be rebuilt and take years, and most of their school buses were destroyed as well-smashed and thrown. Horses were picked up from their pastures and tossed in swimming pools down the road...its just crazy the stuff that happened here!! I feel so bad for those who lost loved ones and their homes. I never dreamed this would happen here. I used to love storms and even used to chase them...not anymore...not anymore.