Arkansas tornados

heehaw · Mar 3, 2008

we really came out of the whole thing very well: no complaints at all with the amount of damage or the treatment since. we have been insured with Nationwide for about 20 years, and they, the agent, has always been great to deal with and they came thru with flying colors on this. between Clinton and Mtn View, i think that tornado crossed hwy 9 about 4 times, plus you can look off in several places an see where it was going thru the woods.
heehaw

Ken · Apr 2, 2008

heehaw Just found your comments of the tornado damage glad you missed the the main part. Live in Clinton s/w area and our house minor damage lost tractor building trees down across 80 acres and seems all on top of the fence. Roof to tractor shed found 1/4 mile away. The Kubota is warped. tools everywhere. Have the metal to a mobile home strung in the remaining trees. insulation matress kitchen stove parts. The bark and limbs removed from cedar trees with body of trees in field clean.All homes (5)west of this place for a mile were wiped clean to foundation. And it gets worse or stronger as it crosses Culpepper then into Clinton like a vacuum cleaner taking all.
How so few lost there is a wonder.
You must live close to Atkins area.
as said glad you made it. ken

heehaw · Apr 3, 2008

i live about 10 miles west of Atkins: but on Feb 5th, at 10:00am, we signed the papers on a house just east of Mtn View: at 6:00pm or so, a big oak tree was placed on top of the back part of the house: luckily the insurance started at midnight the night before: you can follow the tornado from Atkins to Mtn View, it crosses the hwy many times in that @100 miles, and pretty much wipes out everything at those crossings: it is amazing that more people didn't lose their lives: i know several that rode it out in vehicles: and a couple of the vehicles where tossed around like toys, but they survived?
heehaw

dirt ditch · Apr 3, 2008

Boy! Tornadoes are a lot of fun ain't they.

Sounds like your family made it through OK, hope so anyway. Be a year ago tomorrow most of my family members lost everything in the Greensburg tornado. I had spent the 2 weekends before shingling our house. We were lucky, only had minor damage and insurance paid for a (new) new roof.

Used to hate paying insurance dues. Not any more. Insurance is a necessity of life. Everything in your life can literally vanish in an instant.

I have seen it happen.