Thursday, April 28, 2011

Lamar County Tornado Damage

The gentle breeze on a sunny Thursday afternoon could not hide the smell of propane that permeated the area where just a few hours earlier natures fury took two lives and left the 400 block of Grove Street in shock. The midnight tornado unleashed its most powerful blow directly on the doorsteps of Paul and Ellen Guntter, their mobile home was unrecognizable in a matter of seconds. A seven year old daughter miraculously walked out of the rubble.

The following pictures need little in the way of an explanation and all are from the same neighborhood where over thirty people lived to tell the horror of surviving what Sheriff Larry Waller called, “The most devastating tornado to ever strike Lamar County.”

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The above photo is all that remains of the Guntter’s mobile home.

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The following picture is of the foundation of a brick home that sat adjacent to the Guntter’s mobile home. The occupants survived the storm. The flag was put in the tree by the same wind that claimed two lives 50 feet away.

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We’ll have more later.

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