|
02-06-2008, 07:17 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Tennessee
5,898 posts, read 5,853,971 times
Reputation: 990
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LauraC
A college was flattened.
|
More like heavily damaged. That was Union in Jackson. |
|
02-06-2008, 07:19 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Tennessee
5,898 posts, read 5,853,971 times
Reputation: 990
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by vacation bound
does anyone know how Sparta fended. I have a place there. Wondering if it is still there.
|
I think the worst of the damage was west of Nashville, and north of I-40. I don't think I've heard of any major damage in Sparta (I could be wrong, of course). |
|
02-06-2008, 07:24 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Largo, Fl, Sparta, TN
225 posts, read 228,809 times
Reputation: 102
|
|
|
Thanks for the reply- I will keep an eye on the news.
|
|
02-06-2008, 07:25 AM
|
|
ELOHINO DOHIYI GESESTI
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Florida Space Coast
3,564 posts, read 2,713,930 times
Reputation: 1904
|
|
|
Prayers too every one..........
|
|
02-06-2008, 07:26 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Beautiful Tennessee
271 posts, read 224,851 times
Reputation: 51
|
|
alleycat, I'm glad to see you are ok and still on here! I'd be lost with out ya. Hope everyone else is ok too!! Are tornado's frequent down there? May sound stupid but in all the talks and planning of moving I never thought of them. I put on the weather channel last night and now I'm kind of scared to move there  |
|
02-06-2008, 08:06 AM
|
|
Junior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
2 posts, read 1,264 times
Reputation: 10
|
|
Tornado in Tennsssee
Hi all in Tennsssee and surrounding states.
This is coming from the Western Isles in Scotland where we occasionally experience sea-spouts and land tornadoes - but not as powerful as yours.
I have friends in Kingsport and wonder what areas were affected ? Would appreciate a reply or a link.
If anyone is interested, Gaelic is the main language on these islands.
Sean
Last edited by Seanfromlewis; 02-06-2008 at 08:07 AM..
Reason: Take [SIZE] out
|
|
02-06-2008, 08:17 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: New Jersey (with a little slice of Kingston, TN)
3,344 posts, read 1,984,927 times
Reputation: 731
|
|
|
I'm very sorry to hear about the tornadoes and their casualties. As others have said, my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and those who have lost loved ones and property.
|
|
02-06-2008, 08:24 AM
|
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Beautiful East TN!!
6,761 posts, read 5,297,890 times
Reputation: 1944
|
|
|
Hello Seanfromlewis,
Kingsport and the Tri-Cities areas just have rain. Major storms like this seem to break up a bit when they come from the west before they make it to the Tri-Cities.
I was flipping channels this morning trying to find out where the tornado's and storms did damage. It seems like Alabama up to Memphis TN got the worst of it. The pictures they are showing are just awful! I hope the rest of our gang from over that way check in soon.
|
|
02-06-2008, 08:46 AM
|
|
Chance favors the prepared mind.
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
6,303 posts, read 6,572,402 times
Reputation: 2398
|
|
|
What a night! My heart aches for the good people in Middle and West Tennessee who suffered so much. They're saying on the news that 24 people in Tennessee died last night from the tornadoes. And the pictures of Hickory Ridge Mall in Memphis are stunning.
And all this was happening while 20,000 of us were deliriously watching Tennessee beat Florida in men's basketball. It was a great game.
But what a night of contrasts! We were ecstatic and hoarse from the dazzling performance in Thompson-Boling Arena, but when we got home and turned on the news that ecstasy turned to stunned silence as we saw what tragedy that happened to our fellow Tennesseans. My prayers go out to everyone involved.
|
|
02-06-2008, 09:04 AM
|
|
Eternal Optimistic Realist
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Dallas area
1,391 posts, read 1,410,196 times
Reputation: 1399
|
|
We're hearing of 50 or more fatalities in your area on the news here from the tornadoes... so many lives and properties lost.... so, so sad!
Just to let you know you're all in our thoughts and prayers here in Texas today... blessings to all  |
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
|
|
Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with 700,000 other registered members. User profiles and some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your free account you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 15,000 posts/day about local topics and you will see fewer ads. 
Linear Mode
