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Postby bandit » Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:23 pm

Gary Spears! Are you ok?
Nano!!

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Postby Novel-T » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:33 pm

Yes Gary,please reply

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Postby pro70z28 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:27 pm

Yup.We are O.K. We were at Jenni & J.D.'s when it went through, (we went to the basement, they are o.k. too). No damage to their house or ours. The tornado went about a mile south of us, took out a couple of the high tension towers south of town. Heavily damaged Cardinal Trucking & the bus company just north of them. It then hit the subdivision 2 miles east of us pretty hard. Then headed to Diamond & did some heavy damage there. They are keeping people way away from the damaged areas. There was a new (about a year old) KFC/Taco Bell on 113 between Diamond & I-55, the Church out there & a few others out that direction destroyed. The road blocks start on Spring Road 1/2 block south of us. No picture of that one. They say there is damage in Wilmington also, next town east of us. I'll get more pictures in the next few days when things calm down a little. Sounds like 3-4 injuries, but no deaths in Diamond/Coal City.

2 miles south of us
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1 mile south on our street
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3 miles east. Golf course. Hey the water tower I lettered is still there. :mrgreen:
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From our driveway
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Sign I did for the golf course last year will need a little work, I don't warranty for tornados. :roll:
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Postby draglist » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:28 pm

Glad to hear you and yours are OK, Gary. Sorry for the loss of life and property to others. bp
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Re: Pro

Postby bandit » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:34 pm

Thanks Gary! I was worried!
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Postby Novel-T » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:41 pm

We're happy you are all safe and no personal damage.Thanks for letting us know.

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Postby pro70z28 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:45 pm

Thanks for asking everybody. There's flashing lights & sirens going by from time to time, that's about all we can see. Tomorrow will tell how much damage there is.
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Re: Pro

Postby Wheelzman » Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:07 am

This is the best email I have received all year. Overjoyed to hear that you and yours are all okay.
This just made my day. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Postby pro70z28 » Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:30 pm

Thanks Wheelz'. I appreciate you guys checking up on us.

There's a lot more damage than I have shots of. I used the long lens to stay out of the way.

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Postby draglist » Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:24 pm

Amazing force. bp
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