It’s sobering to walk through devastation, and in ways I never knew. And this is the cleaned up version. Shane and I took a long walk through the most damaged parts of the neighborhood yesterday. I’d driven through a couple of times previous but I wasn’t prepared for how completely different of an experience it [...]
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Hugo, MN Tornado Damage a Week Later – In Pictures
Posted in Tornado on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Update to Hugo Damage Map
Posted in Tornado on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the “technical” map of the damaged area. The areas in red are homes that no longer exist. The green ones are damaged but inhabitable. The blue shaded area is the path of the tornado.
You can view the entire map and tornado path here.
Picture Gallery of Hugo Tornado
Posted in Tornado on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are several pictures we took immediately after the storms. You’ll have to excuse the quality – most of them were taken from the car. I am going to try to get out and take some more in the next few days.
Map of Hugo, MN Damage
Posted in Tornado on May 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Many have asked where we live in relation to the devastated area. Here is a map.
Point A – Our Home
Point B – The damage starts getting dramatically worse here (0.7 miles from our house)
Point C – This is the middle of the worst area, most houses on this street are gone (1.7 miles from us)
The [...]
Hugo Tornados Today
Posted in Tornado on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanking God, we are all safe and have only minor hail damage to our home and car (my parents, they are visiting). Many, many homes around us are completely demolished and many more are severely damaged.
The first tornado came around 5:00. We’d been outside “storm cloud watching” for about 30 minutes. All of a sudden [...]
