[nagdu] A Sunday to never be forgotten

[Margo and Arrow]

Oh, Steve, holding you and Misha and all those involved in this severe 
weather in my thoughts and prayers.

I am so glad yu and Misha are safe.  You all are very lucky indeed.

Margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:30 AM
Subject: [nagdu] A Sunday to never be forgotten


> By now, I am sure that many of you have heard the reports of the severe
> weather that struck across the mid-section of the nation this afternoon
> including both my hometown and where I live now.  I was actually doing
> dishes, had the back screen door open with the screen up, and heard my
> weather radio go off announcing a tornado warning for across the 
> Mississippi
> River in La Crescent Minnesota.  Less than 5 minutes later, I heard the 
> wind
> pick up suddenly, my deck furniture start to move and the eeriest sound of 
> a
> freight train I have ever heard.  I called for my guide, Misha as I headed
> for my basement stairwell and it hit so fast, and like something I have
> never experienced before.  What seemed like hours, only lasted about a
> minute in a half at the most, and then it was over.  It rained heavily for
> awhile, but then everyone poured out of their homes.  I called for Misha 
> who
> would not come at first, leading me to believe that my house was no longer
> standing.  Finally, she came to me and was in great shape.  We were both
> shaken badly and the path of devastation here in our neighborhood is
> absolutely unbelievable.  Almost every tree was down on my street and our
> street sustained the heaviest damage here in the City.  My roof was
> partially sheered off, and we had significant damage elsewhere as well, 
> but
> my home was actually spared.  Others were not so fortunate as their homes
> are total losses, and very little was spared in the path.  It was 
> absolutely
> unbelievable, and I am just thankful that both Misha and I are safe here 
> at
> home tonight.  I love severe weather, and this does not change that a bit,
> but my respect has just been bumped to the highest notch.  Now, I hope our
> peers in Minneapolis, Joplin, Sparta, and other cities that were in the 
> path
> of this destruction are okay.  My thoughts and prayers are with them as 
> with
> my neighbors who no longer have homes.
>
> Steve and Misha
> 20 years ago, an organ donor saved my life, Jan. 29, 1991-Jan. 29, 2011
>
>
>
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