May 09 2009
Carbondale Inland Hurricane
Oh my GOD! I have never seen anything like this in my 48 years of walking this earth. Beautiful Southern Illinois gone straight to hell. This was a weather unknown and the weather guys are labeling it an “Inland Hurricane”. I watched for over 1/2 an hour as the winds tore down and around 13 corridor directly east of Carbondale. The roof lifted off the building we took shelter in as the women huddled under their desks sobbing, crying and praying. This is the second roof we have lost this year at the HiWay 13 Shopping Center where our business is located. This is really beginning to suck. Anyway no friends or family were hurt, thank goodness. The unknown of our children at nearby schools was tough and we heard rumors that a local school had lost roofs also….when picking up Zachary later that afternoon we found out the rumor was true and the new high tech Carterville School had indeed lost the gym roof……
The sound of chain saws was a normal waking experience for several weeks afterwards. Months later there is still blue tarps covering numerous roofs in the area. We lost our dock priveleges at the houseboat docks on Crab Orchard Lake due to damage to the docks by the high winds.
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