Tornadoes

[Jorgy]

I live in Stoughton, WI and our neighborhood was hit by several
tornados late Thursday afternoon. We are fine and actually have little
damage. Our neigbors were not so lucky as many have lost everything.
One neighbor was killed. Please pray for his wife Peg and children Al
and Joyce. All our other neihbors and friends are accounted for. This
afternoon we were finally let back into our homes and got electricity
back tonite! We are living in a war zone that is unbelieveable... The
kindness of our fellow Stoughtonites is amazing. They are supplying us
with water and food and places to stay. Sorry if this is a little
incoherant as I have had about 3 hours of sleep since 7 AM Thursday.
Please keep all of us in your prayers.
God bless, Sue

[finnmom]

Sue

I´am so glad to hear you and your family are fine. What an afful experience you had, are you in the tornado alley or was this unexpected?

All you and your townmember´s are in my thought´s.

[Linda]

Sue...my thoughts are with you and your family as with your neighbors.

I saw this on National TV. It was devastating!! We have come close to tornados but nothing like you described. Just the thought of it is terrifying. Take Care my friend

[amcfanny]

Sounds like a horrifying shocking experience. Thank God for all the wonderful people that lend a hand in a crisis like this.

[Kaiti]

:-XAnd prayers for Peg, Al, and Joyce.......I hope they are going ok.

Another prayer for you, your family and the rest of the town

Take care

[tridlette]

for the family and friends of your neighborhood.

We know that you are a strong lady and a strong family, you will be better eventually, but for now it is a difficult thing to get over. My DH lost his very best life long buddy (besides me) in a tornado in 1979. For the longest time, he had nightmares and teary moments. But we have taken our place in his friends family... they have sort of adopted our boys as their grandkids.

That is what "community" is all about. Together, your entire town will work this through. God has been watching out for you for many years, and he led each of you to a safe place in the storms this week, he will lead you through the after math as well.

You are all in our thoughts, and our prayers. Let us know when you can, how you all are doing!

We love you, and we care!

[mothercat]

Take care..please make sure your area has some form of counseling for everyone. When our town was hit even the kids who were not in the line of the direct hit were emotionally upset here. The longer the clean up the more it affected them. Everyone kind of assumes when these storms are over that everything is okay but clean up can take as long asup to two years . My kids were more affected by the clean up than the actual storm. (It was seeing what could of been them that got to them.) Good luck and take care...I know how you are feeling..get some rest too. We are praying for you and your neighbors.

[Amsmom]

oh Sue, i am sooo sorry to hear of your horrifying experience. it reminds me of hurricane andrew that devastated much of miami in 1992. it truly was like a war zone for quite some time. i am terribly sorry to hear about your neighbor. this is so tragic. mothercat is right about the counseling, many folks were in great emotional distress after andrew. please come here often for lots of hugs

[SKay]

So sad and scary! I'm glad you and your family are ok! I'll be praying!

[camismom]

Sue, I am at such a loss for waht to say. I send you and your community hugs and comfort and prayer. How awful it must be to have experienced this and be experiencing it still. I have never lived through a tornado but have often thought of how quickly they come and go...but what they leave behind stays with you forever. I will definitely keep all of you in my prayers.

I thin Trid summed it up best....God lead your family to a safe place during the storm and if you let him he will lead you through the aftermath as well.

Take care.

[milesofsmiles]

What a horrible tragedy Sue. I totally forgot you were over there. You have my prayers as well as to the families that have lost and are recovering. Take care

Miles

[sportsmom]

I am glad to hear that your family is safe. I will be sending prayers to you, your neighbors and fellow townspeople. . Please take care.

[vickilyn32]

I am so glad to hear you and your family are safe. We deal with tornado threats all the time here, but by the grace of god have not had one hit our town in 50 years. They seem to go all around us.

Also +++++++++PRAYERS++++++++++ for the family who lost their husband and father, and more+++++++++++++PRAYERS++++++++++++++ for the rest of your community while they are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives.

[Jorgy]

www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=51412&ntpid=1

Well we are still here! I have climbed under stably unstable structures, I have hauled brush, belongings, picked through debries, walked fields, fed volunteers, carted water until my back and legs ache. Everyone is working even the kids! There is a wonderful grace and coming together in all this destruction and loss. Everyone is so upbeat, even Peg who lost more than everything when she lost her dh, Harold. The communication is BAD though. If you leave here you never know when you may get back and you never know if you will be evacuated again. That is the frustrating part but the bussloads and carloads of volunteers is wonderful! Now we are "open" again to the public so the reporters and sightseers can get in and of course we have looters... Some people are just not human.
Yest at a meeting for homeowners, I lost my cool and made the news! I put the URL above. They left out all the juicy details on how another victum of this called me a bad mom. Actually his words were, "What kind of mother are you to leave your young kids at home alone?" I have no idea where this guy was from, have never seen him before and I was really hurt that anyone would make such a hurtful remark to another victom. I am not a bad mom and I left my kids in the care of their 13 year old brother. Idiot, prime example of making an ass out of himself but it still bothers me.... I think I had the hat and broom but will from now on shut my mouth so you guys can have it back. Thanks for the use! I thank you all for your thoughts and prayer and I can see God here with us every moment!
The kids are having a wonderful time helping with the clean up and eating at the park food station. Many of their friends are coming in to help so that makes the work more fun for them. They sleep good at night once we actually get them settled! They are all hyper and excited 24/7 so Jake has lots of company just like him these days! ;D
Just thought I would update you all, Sue

[sportsmom]

WOW Sue. It sounds like so much more needs to be done. I am sending many extra prayers for your community. Good Luck and God Bless