3 NC kids survive tornado pulling them from home
Published March 05, 2012
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A
North Carolina family says three children were ripped from their beds
by a tornado, throwing one about 100 feet away along a fence lining a
highway. All have been released from hospitals and are back with
relatives.
Latonya Stevens
says her 7-year-old son Jamal was sucked from his room as a tornado tore
apart the family home's second floor where he slept. It was one of
nearly 200 homes damaged by the storm in the Charlotte area.
A neighbor found Jamal about 100 feet away, tossed to the far side of a fence along Interstate 485.
His
3-year-old sister Amber and 4-year-old Ayanna were released from a
hospital on Sunday. Amber was found in her home's yard under some
debris. Ayanna landed in a neighbor's yard.
I took this picture of the tornado cloud that Sparky and I chased previously like idiots storm chaser wannabes across dirt farm roads outside Ogallalah, Nebraska, last year. The cloud formation was about 2 miles away and I asked Sparky to play his drum and call in the Thunder Beings which he did and lo and behold! I kid you not, seven funnels came down from that cloud but none reached the ground and they evaporated fairly quickly. The sky overhead was just amazing, circular cloud formation with rolling thunder and lightening in them and with winds coming into the center from all four directions at once. Then the cloud formation headed slowly toward Ogallalah, Neb, and the motel where we were staying with storm warnings going off on our TVs every 2 minutes warning residents to seek shelters and interior rooms which we did. It made me think on the way back home to California why don't these people all have concrete storm shelters? I thought of the concrete water tanks that only needed lids and doorway to make into a tornado proof shelter. Somebody could clean up in such businesses manufacturing ready-made storm shelters. I checked later and saw there are quite a few concrete storm shelter mfg. but there wasn't that many places with them I found out from our friend Bridgit's brother who lives outside of Kearney. Tornado ran right by their place the year before. I hope the shelters catch on more and save more lives.
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