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Tornado Hits Hugo
Sunday evening around 5pm an F3 class Tornado hit the town of Hugo. The twister touched down about a mile up the road from our house and left devistation in its wake. Several families are without homes, a 2 year old little boy lost his life and there are millions of dollars of property damage. A large majority of the town was evacuated from their homes due to gas leaks from the destroyed homes. Over half the town lost their power and for hours there were over a hundred people that were considered as missing. The elementary school was turned into a makeshift shelter where reports say medical attention was given to over 200 people that were injured in the storm. The storm itself lasted about 5 minutes, and as scary as it was, we got off lightly compared to others so close to us. The summer will be filled with sounds of repairs.
The average size of hail that hit our area was about the size of a golf ball. It sounded like a machine gun was shooting them out at our house they were coming down so fast.
3 sides of our house have hail damage. You can see some of the holes in this picture. We will need all new siding, soffits, facia and roof. We also had hail damage to our trailer that was sitting in the driveway.
I was amazed that even though there are holes in the siding right around it, my favorite ceramic planter doesnt have a scratch on it. My flowers in all my gardens and planters were shredded.
A hole in our kitchen window screen - look how big that is! We know how lucky we are to have our lives and good health after this storm hit so close to us. Thank you to all of you that called and sent text messages to check in on us...it is heartwarming to know that so many people care. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine the little town of Hugo would be the center of attention on the news!
Sunday evening around 5pm an F3 class Tornado hit the town of Hugo. The twister touched down about a mile up the road from our house and left devistation in its wake. Several families are without homes, a 2 year old little boy lost his life and there are millions of dollars of property damage. A large majority of the town was evacuated from their homes due to gas leaks from the destroyed homes. Over half the town lost their power and for hours there were over a hundred people that were considered as missing. The elementary school was turned into a makeshift shelter where reports say medical attention was given to over 200 people that were injured in the storm. The storm itself lasted about 5 minutes, and as scary as it was, we got off lightly compared to others so close to us. The summer will be filled with sounds of repairs.
The average size of hail that hit our area was about the size of a golf ball. It sounded like a machine gun was shooting them out at our house they were coming down so fast.
3 sides of our house have hail damage. You can see some of the holes in this picture. We will need all new siding, soffits, facia and roof. We also had hail damage to our trailer that was sitting in the driveway.
I was amazed that even though there are holes in the siding right around it, my favorite ceramic planter doesnt have a scratch on it. My flowers in all my gardens and planters were shredded.
A hole in our kitchen window screen - look how big that is! We know how lucky we are to have our lives and good health after this storm hit so close to us. Thank you to all of you that called and sent text messages to check in on us...it is heartwarming to know that so many people care. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine the little town of Hugo would be the center of attention on the news!
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