My nephew now has no trees in his yard, but no damage to the house. My brother's shop and outbuildings are no more, but the house is OK. Tree fell on another nephew's house and did some damage.

In the meantime, I got another grandson.

(05-25-2011 07:49 AM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  My nephew now has no trees in his yard, but no damage to the house. My brother's shop and outbuildings are no more, but the house is OK. Tree fell on another nephew's house and did some damage.

In the meantime, I got another grandson.

Congrats! I've heard that changes in atmospheric conditions can bring on labor.

Sorry to hear all that but at least there was some good news.

I drove up Hwy 23 last night. The little community of Etna, just south of Ozark, is just basically gone. Looks like a bomb went off. Virtually all of the telephone poles broken off. Debris scattered everywhere. There had even been a dead horse lying in the highway, which they had removed before I got there.

I've been in Myrtle Beach this past week and have been out of touch until now. I did see an area that was just devastated by a tornado around Birmingham when we came down Highway 78. It was unbelieveable. An entire subdivision just completely leveled. I think it was the same tornado that hit Tuscaloosa. Horrible. Hate to hear we had such an event in Arkansas this past week. You just don't mess with Mother Nature.

A friend of mine is an insurance agent in Ozark. As you can imagine, he has been pretty busy this week.