Richard Barbee climbs out the window of his ruined home in Kenly. He and his family were salvaging items from the structure Monday after a tornado ripped through early Saturday.
Tornado victims sift through their lives (click here)
Published: Nov 18, 2008 12:30 AM
Modified: Nov 18, 2008 04:58 AM
Published: Nov 18, 2008 12:30 AM
Modified: Nov 18, 2008 04:58 AM
Martha Quillin, Staff Writer ELM CITY - The tornado that killed a boy near this Wilson County town and a woman in Kenly early Saturday morning also displaced more than 100 people and 16 of the Pittman family's dogs.
"I can't have children, so the dogs are like my babies," Crystal Pittman said as she sat outside the two-story rented house she shared with her mother-in-law, Mary, and all those pooches. The dogs -- 10 adults and six new puppies -- are temporarily at the Wilson County Animal Shelter.
"We don't know where we're going to live, much less where the dogs are going to live," Mary Pittman said. "We have to find a place that will let us take all the dogs."...
"I can't have children, so the dogs are like my babies," Crystal Pittman said as she sat outside the two-story rented house she shared with her mother-in-law, Mary, and all those pooches. The dogs -- 10 adults and six new puppies -- are temporarily at the Wilson County Animal Shelter.
"We don't know where we're going to live, much less where the dogs are going to live," Mary Pittman said. "We have to find a place that will let us take all the dogs."...
JOHNSTON COUNTY (WTVD) -- Residents are picking up the pieces after tornadoes cut a path of destruction through several area counties.
A total of five communities, Clement, Meadows, Kenly, Elm City and Pine Level are cleaning up from the weekend storms.
The twisters touched down around 3 a.m. Saturday morning killing 2 people in Wilson and Johnston Counties.
The victims include 61-year-old Maryland Gomez of Kenly and 11-year-old Joshua Wiggins of Elm City....
A total of five communities, Clement, Meadows, Kenly, Elm City and Pine Level are cleaning up from the weekend storms.
The twisters touched down around 3 a.m. Saturday morning killing 2 people in Wilson and Johnston Counties.
The victims include 61-year-old Maryland Gomez of Kenly and 11-year-old Joshua Wiggins of Elm City....
By Martha Quillin (Raleigh) News & Observer
Posted: Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
'COREY LOWENSTEIN – (RALEIGH) NEWS & OBSERVER',
Richard Barbee, 39, of Kenly, holds the bumper of his overturned truck in the yard of his home. "The hand of the Lord was over us," he said. The double-wide trailer he and his family had lived in for 10 years was destroyed overnight by a tornado. He and his family were not injured. COREY LOWENSTEIN – (RALEIGH) NEWS & OBSERVER
Volunteers help clean up a home destroyed by a tornado in Kenly, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 after severe weather moved through the area, killing at least two people and destroying a number of homes.
Hunter Stephenson, 14, carries his dog Parker from his destroyed home in Kenly, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 after severe weather and tornadoes moved through the area.
KENLY Authorities think a single tornado hop-scotching through northern Johnston and southwestern Wilson counties was responsible for the middle-of-the night destruction of 16 homes and deaths of two people, Gov. Mike Easley said today.
The tornado was clocked at 140 mph in Wilson County and 135 mph just outside Kenly in Johnston County, Easley said after a helicopter tour in which he viewed piles of rubble where homes once stood. He said he viewed the damage from the air, rather than the ground, to avoid interfering with emergency workers....
Posted: Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
'COREY LOWENSTEIN – (RALEIGH) NEWS & OBSERVER',
Richard Barbee, 39, of Kenly, holds the bumper of his overturned truck in the yard of his home. "The hand of the Lord was over us," he said. The double-wide trailer he and his family had lived in for 10 years was destroyed overnight by a tornado. He and his family were not injured. COREY LOWENSTEIN – (RALEIGH) NEWS & OBSERVER
Volunteers help clean up a home destroyed by a tornado in Kenly, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 after severe weather moved through the area, killing at least two people and destroying a number of homes.
Hunter Stephenson, 14, carries his dog Parker from his destroyed home in Kenly, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 after severe weather and tornadoes moved through the area.
KENLY Authorities think a single tornado hop-scotching through northern Johnston and southwestern Wilson counties was responsible for the middle-of-the night destruction of 16 homes and deaths of two people, Gov. Mike Easley said today.
The tornado was clocked at 140 mph in Wilson County and 135 mph just outside Kenly in Johnston County, Easley said after a helicopter tour in which he viewed piles of rubble where homes once stood. He said he viewed the damage from the air, rather than the ground, to avoid interfering with emergency workers....
