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Nappanee, Indiana Tornado Damage Photos & Updates from the News

October 22, 2007 in Current events, Deadly Storm, Disaster, Environment, News, Severe Weather, Tornado, Tornado Pictures, Uncategorized, Weather | 14 comments

Tornado Warning Siren

On vacation
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Marathon Gas Station and Convenience Store Sign
1″ thick steel on bottom of Marathon sign bent from the tornado.
Marathon Service Station
Marathon Service Station 2
Closeup of all that is left of the Marathon Station’s convenience store.
House and bulldozer
Rubble
Taco Bell
Taco Bell 2

Lawn and Garden store with Wizard of Oz truck over former Nappanee citizen. (Actually, it’s a man changing his tire.)

Rubble

Utility workers haven’t had a day off since the tornado.

Human Resource Services

The petunias in front of the Lawn and Garden Store in the “Lawn Boy Flower Box” not only survived the storm but sprang back up.

Fairmont Homes

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From Tuesday, October 23, 2007 headlines:

Kevin Yoder is one of many who lost his home. He also lost his business, barn, and many of his animals in the tornado. Monday morning, about 75 people showed up to start the rebuilding process.

Church’s insurance company says the building is not salvageable, and will have to be torn down

Nappanee seeks Federal Aid after 199 homes and 53 businesses either damaged or destroyed

From Wednesday, October 24, 2007 headlines:

Amish-Mennonite Community pulls together to help storm victims rebuild.

Volunteers turned away in Nappanee.

Nappanee residents get help finding employment.

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Indiana Tornado Damage Pictures

October 20, 2007 in Amish, Current events, Disaster, Environment, News, Pictures, Severe Weather, Tornado | 20 comments

Last night at 10:30 p.m. our Weather/All Hazard’s Alert radio told us to take shelter. It got dark. It got windy. Abby ran through the dog door and out into the back yard to bark at the storm. Buster hid under a chair. Our cats, Simba and Biggs paced nervously, staying close to DH and I. Kitty was out in the woods somewhere.

We turned our television to our local satellite weather channel. The announcer said a tornado had touched down and was 16 minutes away. Our Police Scanner reported a couple calling in on a cell phone phone saying they were trapped under the rubble of their house.

DH watched out the back door and saw nothing in the dark.

It was a long night.

This morning we found fiberglass insulation from homes in Nappanee in our front yard. According to the news some of Nappanee’s debris was found in Constantine, Michigan…40 away.

Here are some pictures of Nappanee. I may have more this weekend.

A barn down the road lost its roof.

Electric poles down…DH and I did not lose our electricity.

200 Homes and buildings were damaged. It is estimated that 100-150 are damaged beyond repair.

The south side of Nappanee. Winds reached 165 m.p.h.

More damage from the powerful F-3 tornado.

The Dairy Queen.

A closer view of rubble and metal wrapped around an electrical wire.

A farm east of Nappanee.

Here is where I get vegetables in the summer. The Weaver’s lost some of their roof, several trees, and all of their vegetable stand. Notice the right porch post.