Wayne, NE

[Mary C Marino]

This is a relief to hear.  Good luck to you and your family and your 
fellow townspeople

Mary


On 05/10/2013 6:44 PM, Catherine Rudin wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
> I am fine and so is Ali and our house and the college.  Thanks for 
> thinking of us.
>
> The tornado passed about a mile from us, through the "industrial park" 
> (Yes, Wayne has an Industrial Park, those of you who've been here at a 
> couple of Siouan and Caddoan colleges will be amazed to hear.)  Our 
> little airport was damaged and a number of small manufacturing 
> businesses and warehouses and a convenience store were more or less 
> flattened. Our vet's office lost its roof, and there was considerable 
> damage to the countryside just east of Wayne: a few houses, trees, 
> crops.  Fortunately the industrial park was almost deserted at 5:30 on 
> a Friday afternoon; everyone had just clocked out and gone home, so 
> most of the damage was to empty buildings; no people around to be 
> hurt.  One friend of ours was pretty badly injured; caught in his car, 
> now hospitalized with multiple broken bones and other injuries, but 
> apparently going to be ok.
>
> Over in our part of town we had golf-ball hail and a few tree limbs 
> down, lost power for a while; no real damage considering the size of 
> the storm.
>
> Bob, do you have my current email?  (carudin1 at wsc.edu)
> It's very odd that your message bounced; I've been getting about the 
> normal flow of email all day; servers haven't been down or anything.
>
> Anyway, thanks for your concern and greetings to all--
> Catherine
>
> >>> "Rankin, Robert L." 10/05/13 5:18 PM >>>
> Folks,
>
> I just saw on CNN that Wayne, NE has had an F4 tornado.  I sent 
> Catherine Rudin a message inquiring about her and her family but the 
> University server there bounced the message.  I know we all hope that 
> they are all right.
>
> Bob

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