More Tornado Pics

 This building was not in great shape to begin with but its one of the first mill homes in Caraleigh.

 There were a few huge poplars in this yard that they cleared out one already but you can still see the other one in the back. This was a beautiful yard! Now it is just piles of tree limbs.

 Look at the size of that trunk that fell on top of this house. It has no glass in any windows. Fence is gone, Cedar is from a block away that ended up in the street.

This was a auto body shop across the Expressway from my neighborhood. It is less than four blocks from my home. Roof gone while the owner was untouched inside.

Tornado Recovery

 

This used to be our fence line. There were large trees through it.  The house below is about the only two story house in the neighborhood. It had lot of damage. The tree that fell on it was cleared quickly. The chimney fell into the roof as well. There were three very large Oak trees in their yard that are now in their neighbors yard. It is crazy!

Today, I thought about rebirth on many levels. The most major rebirth on my mind is my neighborhood. I cry everyday when I drive to and from the house. It is heartbreaking the effect that a 2 minute long tornado had. It is a slow process and I know it will never be the same. It has been hard on all of us and my neighbors since it came and destroyed so many lives, houses, business and trees. These are a few shots from my neighborhood I took today. mind you this is almost 10 days after the tornadoes came.

There used to be 4 more huge oak trees here. The church is to the right with lots of broken windows.

These are what is left of the business that are three blocks from my house. These buildings no longer have roofs.