Friday, 05.02.08 Greers Ferry, AR
EF 3 Tornado hits!
This is the home of Don Leith and his wife at Emerald Isle near Greers Ferry. The Leiths stayed the night for the first time Thursday. Mr. Leith said they sought shelter in an unfinished safe room in the home. He said there wasn't a door on the room, but it still saved their lives. (Sun-Times photo/Louis Short)
Cleburne County residents couldn't dodge the damaging storms Friday after being put under a tornado warning around 8:15 a.m. Strong storms moved through north central Arkansas, knocking out power, tearing down trees and power lines/poles, and destroying homes. As of 2 p.m. Friday, seven deaths in the state were being blamed on the storms, but no injuries were reported in Cleburne County.
Residents in the Greers Ferry area of Cleburne County were hit hardest. Damage starts at Pryor Mountain along Hwy 16 at the rock quarry to Frontier Canyon, north of Hwy 92.
This is the home of Don Leith and his wife at Emerald Isle near Greers Ferry. The Leiths stayed the night for the first time Thursday. Mr. Leith said they sought shelter in an unfinished safe room in the home. He said there wasn't a door on the room, but it still saved their lives. (Sun-Times photo/Louis Short)
This is my sister, Vicki's and her husband, Don's newly build house in Emerald Isle, Greers Ferry, AR. Several years ago Vicki and her husband, Don, sold their home in Canyon Lake, CA, furniture etc, stored personal effects that they wanted to save and took off in their 35ft Monoco motor home traveling across the United States. About a year ago, they decided to settle down in Greers Ferry, AR which is close to Vicki's daughter Kimberleigh and granddaughter Ashleigh. Vicki, was in here in California to meet and supervise the moving company, packing up their storage area and transferring all their personal effects to the moving van that would transport everything they had saved to their new residence in AR. The moving van arrived in Greers Ferry, early last week. The last week in April, Vicki and Don were finally able to start moving into their new house.
- The only thing left to their 4 car garage is the cement slab.
- One of their two cars is destroyed. Evidently a garage door fell on it, flattened the tires
- All the personal effects transported from California are gone.
The Governor of Arkansas was their today assessing the damage, Vicki shook the governors hand!
I am planning to leave on Thursday, to Arkansas to support my mom and sister Vicki. Don't know that I can be of much help with a tragedy like this, but I can certainly be there and give them love and support. Please remember all those people who have been devastated by these and all natural disasters. My God bless them all.
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