************************HAPPY BIRTHDAY********************* Hope you enjoyed your day!!

Thank you all! We are in NC for Merlefest. It's been windy and rainy a bit but had a great day. Hoping the Lord sees fit to let us have a peaceful safe night. May He keep you all safe also.

Thank you so much for asking about us. I thought to make a post about it but then never did. The tornado missed us by about a mile. The last I heard, they said they thought it was an F3. The odd thing is THAT storm didn't even seem all that bad to us. There was one that came through later that night that was HORRIBLE, though the tornado siren went off, no tornadoes touched down that time. Anyway, I haven't been out and about to see all of the homes that were damaged. They have a lot of the roads closed off anyway. The only thing that I went to see was the police station and the boys' school, both of them are ruined. I tried to take pictures but they had yellow tape up and you weren't allowed to cross it, so most of my picture attempts weren't real good. There is a meeting tonight to talk about how people can help. They have some churches opened for people who lost their homes. They have been collecting food and clothing at various different places. Where we live on the opposite side of town, you would never guess that a massive tornado ripped through the other side of town. When you see the devastation though, it is completely heartbreaking. Right now the death toll is at 7. I'm not sure if they are still searching for people or if everyone has been accounted for. Here is a link to a video that some one made. Again, thank you so much for thinking of me and my family. You are so sweet! Here is a link that might be useful: Video of Damage

Thanks everyone! I ended up sending the email out individually. Everytime I tried to send to the group, I'd get an error in the addresses. Cheryl, you have mail again, anyway! I went to email first. Janie, thanks for posting the zip code. I forgot to look it up. And I didn't even notice the Canadian provinces or the # of states in the exchange! Joann, yes, the group your name appears in is the one you need to send to. You may send to any or all of the others after you have your group sent. I enjoy doing this every year. I just hope I didn't miss anyone. I had everything backed up to a flash drive, then managed to misplace it, so I went back thru all my emails, which I purposely saved! Thanks for signing up. Tami