Typically, here in Va, at least the area that I live in, we don't see a tornado, and certainly not one of any kind of significance. That is until today.
Photo courtesy of NOAA.com
Our hospital, Obici Memorial, was hit pretty significantly. One of the outbuildings took what they are calling a direct hit from the tornado. What the Heck? Cars in the parking lot were flipped, there's one photo of a red mustang with a branch embedded into the hood of the car.
These two photo's are courtesy of WTKR Channel 3 news via Crystal Squires.
There are a lot of photo's of the damage, some showing the path of destruction. Now I've seen tornadoes before, but for some reason, this floors me.
We do get tornadoes here, however, hardly ever one as significant as this one. The worst damage I've seen caused by a tornado here is a storage barn being taken out or a barn roof peeled off. I don't know how big the tornado was. Now there's reports of other tornadoes that hit the area. They are saying that 13 homes are completely destroyed in Suffolk. Another small community called Driver they are saying is destroyed.
A lot of local people have been affected by this. I wonder if there's anything that can be done to help those that were hit so hard.
I had no damage at all. My horses, however are acting like fools. Fighting and being extremely aggressive which is totally out of character for them. Makes me wonder if the storms are over or if they are still on edge.
Something like this makes me appreciate what little I do have and be thankful that I didn't loose everything as some of my neighbors did.
Please say a prayer for those that were affected.
