We were spared and blessed

We were spared and blessed this time and narrowly avoided being hit by the big F5 tornado that hit Tuscaloosa, Hueytown, Bessemer, Pratt City, Birmingham and countless small towns in between. Wind speeds were around 138 mph. This monster was said to be 1.5 miles wide and stayed on the ground well over three hours. So far 259 confirmed dead in North/Central Alabama. Our city Fairfield, is right in the midst of all these cities. The tornado missed us by less than 5 miles or we would have taken a direct hit on my house. Our area was just without power for four days, so I say we were spared and blessed by Jesus.

Our pastor who lives three miles away in Pratt City totally lost his house and everything. My wife's brother lives in Pleasant Grove and suffered significant damage to his house. Debris from Tuscaloosa (42 miles away) was in our yard. Cars from Tuscaloosa were deposited in some places in Pratt City.

The wife and I were honkered down under a sofa in the family room with football helmets and hard hats on our heads. I have never been so terrified in my life, even when we lived in Kansas where tornadoes were more common. This was a perfect storm and caused major damage in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee before going further north. Keep us all in your prayers as this area of the nation recovers.


Hopefully in a few weeks I can go back to fishing.

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Prayers for those in need
Thank full prayers for those spared

my pearls are with you Mike in and to all my other friends throughout the South. May God bless you and protect you.

Yep we were also blessed at my house in MS.....had a small tornado cross the road in front of my house.....lots of damage to my neighbors.....all I had was two power poles blown down and a few pieces of tin on the shed. But.....there is supposed to be some more bad weather coming in Sunday night so Take care Ship as when they leave here they always go to Alabama.

I'm also glad to see that you have made are also G you guys definitely were blessed. I hope that you guys do not get any more of those bad storms.

It's good to hear y'all are safe. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected.

Just wanted to let all my friends here know I am safe and sound. I was very lucky. A morning tornado hit my campus where I would normaly be at when it hit, but luckily I was not there. Then one hit the hospital area where I had been about an hour after I left Cullman. I am very blessed. My family had 3 freezers full of food, two generators and grills to cook on. We fared really well and got our power back today. I am very thankful for what I have and hope all my friends here are safe and sound as well.

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Originally Posted by crappieseeker

Just wanted to let all my friends here know I am safe and sound. I was very lucky. A morning tornado hit my campus where I would normaly be at when it hit, but luckily I was not there. Then one hit the hospital area where I had been about an hour after I left Cullman. I am very blessed. My family had 3 freezers full of food, two generators and grills to cook on. We fared really well and got our power back today. I am very thankful for what I have and hope all my friends here are safe and sound as well.

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I am also glad to hear that you were okay. I don't think any of my friends back your way went without having a tornado come close. What a terrible, terrible year that we are having. But thank God that you are safe and sound.

we had mail from Hennegar AL land in our yard thanks to the storms, and we live about 45 miles south of Knoxville.

It is amazing what mother nature can do. I have heard similar stories of that happening. There is a facebook page where people can post things for other people to claim like pictures or whatever. Someones baby picture from Mississippi ended up in someones yard in AL and it was one of the only pictures the family had and it will now be returned to them thanks to facebook. A friend of mine said nothing was happening much at all around her house and a roof from a house landed in her yard, she has no idea where it came from. I own some land not too far from Henager and I have not been out to check my property yt and may not get too for a while. I wonder how far Henager is from where you live.

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we had mail from Hennegar AL land in our yard thanks to the storms, and we live about 45 miles south of Knoxville.

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We stayed in the storm sheltor for a long time, it seemed every time they gave an all clear, no sooner than we blew out the candles and stepped out of the sheltor they were giving another warning, it happened over and over and over. Sometimes I have just rode out the storms inside, this time I am glad we took cover now after seeing all the destruction.

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I am also glad to hear that you were okay. I don't think any of my friends back your way went without having a tornado come close. What a terrible, terrible year that we are having. But thank God that you are safe and sound.

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It's great to hear y'all are alright crappieseeker.

thanks Stump

Body recovery phase is over. Now comes months of cleanup and volunteering to help out where I can. Bear with me if you do not see me on the forums as much for I will be quite busy volunteering and helping counsel and comfort others. There will be years and years rebuilding all the devastated areas.

glad to hear you guys are ok!god bless you!