This is a message posted on classmates by Johnny's sister Dolores regarding the Pensacola area where Johnny lives. Those are the places that they get you from the air.That happened to Bill in Vegas awhile back.Helicopter.....
Lucy and Johnny did not leave Pensacola.Now they cannot get out.The hurricane and two tornado's went thru their area in their neighborhood.They had a 150 year old oak tree that split in six sections.Luckily for them , or the whole front of the house would have gone if not for the tree.They are in total disaster right now.Barn roof is gone,luckily they didn't have any horses this summer.Half of the roof is gone from the house.Fences,trees etc. gone.They did board up the house.Phone has been on and off, so I've been able to talk with them.But not this afternoon.They are on 24 hr. curfew, no one can leave their home, but they are all packed and ready to leave for Dallas asap.They will not have electricity for 6 weeks and no water for 3 weeks.All six bridges are closed and three of them need repairs.You've probably seen on TV how bad it really is.They wanted to get out to see the damage of the neighborhood and city and I told them not to do that yet.They don't need to see it.They don't have electricity so cannot see on TV what is going on....only a small portable radio to hear what is going on.They are too frantic and upset now to see any of that.Johnny has transformer to keep frig cold, but that's taking gas from the cars....If it were only a hurricane things would not have been so bad,although it was a really bad one!!The tornado's are what did most of the damage.It leveled the whole beach area.So again they were lucky.So pray for them.I will let you know more....
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