Tornado Hits Caterpillar In Mississippi

pastorables · Postby **pastorables** » February 5th, 2008, 6:12 pm

A mile wide tornado hit Caterpillar Corporation in Oxford, MS earlier tonight and the storms are still coming.

EagerBeaver · Postby **EagerBeaver** » February 5th, 2008, 6:17 pm

We had bad thunderstorms here earlier, but that was it. About 60 miles south of us in Arkansas they got hit hard. Gassville is destroyed, Clinton survived major damage.

Last I saw, the storms were moving through Memphis and a mall there was damaged badly.

Full Quiver · Postby **Full Quiver** » February 5th, 2008, 8:00 pm

University in Jackson, TN was hit hard. About 1000 students evacuated. The news said 3 dorms a total loss.

Same storm blew over us and hit Dr. Ron's area hard. No report of damage yet.

soulsearcher · Postby **soulsearcher** » February 5th, 2008, 8:19 pm

Gee, and I was worried about this little guy.

TW · Postby TW » February 5th, 2008, 9:41 pm

soulsearcher wrote:Gee, and I was worried about this little guy.

Nah! You need to worry about this little guy.

TW

MrDanger · Postby **MrDanger** » February 6th, 2008, 4:38 am

What is it about us Sumner County people? Two years ago it hit Gallatin. Last night it blew over us in Hendersonville on its way up to near where I teach. 24 confirmed dead so far in TN. Scary stuff all the way till 3 a.m. this morning. One street in Macon County (right beside us) had every house was wiped off the foundation with 8 dead and quite a few missing. :cry:

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » February 6th, 2008, 9:44 am

MrDanger wrote:One street in Macon County (right beside us) had every house was wiped off the foundation with 8 dead and quite a few missing.

Jeff, I just noticed one of the tornado stories by-line had Lafayette listed as place of origin but they had no information about Lafayette or Macon.

Do you know more about this? Or know of any links?

I have several friends and acquaintences in Macon-Lafayette And Sumner.

THis Story in the Tennesseean Says Macon was hardest hit and the tornado blew a natural gas pumpin station in Green Grove (There wouldnt BE much of a Green Grove without the Creasys, Storys and Carrs)

EagerBeaver · Postby **EagerBeaver** » February 6th, 2008, 9:57 am

From what I've read this morning the storms gained strength in Missouri and Arkansas, a couple tornadoes did test runs in a couple of Arkansas towns, and Tennessee got absolutely whacked.

I am in prayer for everyone affected by this.

AndyG · Postby **AndyG** » February 6th, 2008, 10:46 am

From a Memphian (Memphibian, Memphis Dweller, whatever)

We got HAMMERED by the storms last night. No one thing was as bad as the college in Jackson, but we have 3 confirmed dead, a couple still unaccounted for, and over 100 injuries directly related to the storms that blew through.

We actually had two lines of storms. The first was the worst and caused most of the damage you've heard about in the news. there were 70mph gusts and at least 3 confirmed tornados in Shelby County, and possibly 2 others which the National Weather Service has yet to classify as tornadic or straightline wind damage.

The second line didn't have any Tornados, but had gusting winds in the 60mph range which pushed over trees and buildings weakened by the first line.

I saw one of the tornados on the north side of Memphis from my office building and saw another form downtown on a weather cam setup ontop of one of the tall buildings. It even knocked 2 of the 4 local stations off the air for a bit. On the way in this morning, there was debris everywhere. We had debris from the mall in our parking lot at work. The strange thing is that mall is 30 minutes south of the office. :shock:

This morning there were still thousands without power and with the high winds still blowing, the power company was moving slowly in restoring some of the power.

There is a lot of damage in areas and a lot of people hurt, but it could have been a LOT worse.

MrDanger · Postby **MrDanger** » February 6th, 2008, 12:35 pm

www.newschannel5.com

www.wsmv.com

Those are some links with a few pictures and detials.

The gas plant didn't kill anyone but was shooting flames as high as 200 feet at some time. They couldn't help tornado victims till they got that under control and the lines capped off to keep from sending the explosion further.

I haven't been up there since they asked us to stay away today. I talked to our vice principal's wife. According to her, Castillian Springs doesn't exist any more. A small tornado is thought to have touched down in Westmoreland (once again, according to her, it may have been straight line winds) and did some damage.

As of 4 pm they we still looking for some people.

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » February 6th, 2008, 12:41 pm

MrDanger wrote:www.newschannel5.com

www.wsmv.com

Those are some links with a few pictures and detials.

The gas plant didn't kill anyone but was shooting flames as high as 200 feet at some time. They couldn't help tornado victims till they got that under control and the lines capped off to keep from sending the explosion further.

I haven't been up there since they asked us to stay away today. I talked to our vice principal's wife. According to her, Castillian Springs doesn't exist any more. A small tornado is thought to have touched down in Westmoreland (once again, according to her, it may have been straight line winds) and did some damage.

As of 4 pm they we still looking for some people.

Thanks Jeff. Channel Five Has some web video.

Most of the Deaths were on Akersville Rd, jut north out of the Lafayette City Limits.

You know, I don't know how many times I've driven past that natural gas station.

Jude 2