This email comes from a viewer/web surfer from Wise Co., VA, the site of a devastating tornado last week. We don't see damage like this very often. As you'll see from the email, many of the homes were Victorian, built in the 1800's; certainly not up to today's building standards.
Our thoughts and prayers are with those folks. Read the email below and visit the link to see an amazing slideshow of damage photos.
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For all those with ties to Wise Co VA, you may have heard that Big Stone Gap
was hit with a F1 tornado this past Tuesday March 4, 2008 at 4:55pm. Most of
the damage was in the Poplar Hill area.
Eddie Kilbourne, a local photographer and has over 309 pics on his photo
site. It is recommend to click on slideshow, (far right top of the page),
and just let it run. The pictures are phenomenal!
CLICK LINK FOR SLIDESHOW:
http://kilbournephoto.smugmug.com/gallery/4461486_7fH8D#262371746
When Big Stone Gap boomed in the 1890's - early 1900's, the iron ore, coal
and land barons built their Victorian style homes here; obviously not to
modern day code. Many of the trees that fell were grand monarchs over 100
years old - oaks & hickories fell like twigs.
One can only imagine the damage an F5 would do,
FROM: WVa genealogist – Debra Rookard
1 comment:
This is Eddie K. Thanks for listing our web site and we do ask that everyone pray for our town and people.
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