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Title: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Haddon on April 11, 2013, 03:10:15 pm
hey I live in greenwood we are getting report of a tornado doing damage just south of Macon
Anyone heard from Buds in the last hour
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Kathyp on April 11, 2013, 03:24:36 pm
i think bud is north of Macon, but i could be wrong.  google map his address and see.
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Haddon on April 11, 2013, 03:28:42 pm
buzz gave me gps of buds front yard and that looks to be south of Macon, MS I texted Schawee and didnt get any reply but thats normal during buds
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Kathyp on April 11, 2013, 03:30:14 pm
cell service sucks there.  i had no problem with text, but verizon is pretty good.  don't know what bruce has.
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Haddon on April 11, 2013, 03:32:49 pm
I think I remember a post about att from bruce

kathyp are you still heading to macon
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Kathyp on April 11, 2013, 03:34:12 pm
i am, by way of Atlanta.  it's a red eye so i won't get in until tomorrow AM.  looks like that's a good thing.  i hate it when the plane bucks  :evil:
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Haddon on April 11, 2013, 03:38:42 pm
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/21945274/storms (http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/21945274/storms)

I hope one of the guys finds this post and lets us know soon
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Kathyp on April 11, 2013, 03:47:53 pm
sent a text to scott too.
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Haddon on April 11, 2013, 03:52:47 pm
I have a video of the one that was in macon

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201028104529772 (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201028104529772)

guys facebook says he lives in macon and there is a tornado in his back yard
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Kathyp on April 11, 2013, 04:21:01 pm
no reply from scott either.  could be that the cell service is interrupted.  i find that a lot when i go on disasters.  those towers don't hold up to well....
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Moots on April 11, 2013, 04:58:06 pm
EVERYONE IS FINE!  :)

Got with Bailey who's in route...He called and spoke with Bud, tornado missed them!  X:X

Guess I should check now and make sure the hotel is still there!  :laugh:
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Kathyp on April 11, 2013, 05:04:44 pm
good job.   :-D
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Moots on April 11, 2013, 05:39:59 pm

Guess I should check now and make sure the hotel is still there!  :laugh:

OK....
Made that last comment a bit tongue and cheek...But decided to call just to be sure.  :)

Have made repeated attempts with no answer.  I've also tried confirming through my reservations with Travelocity, however, they have the same number and can't reach them either.  Hoping, and thinking that it's most likely a phone line issue, but I'll try and get confirmation.

Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: ScottH on April 11, 2013, 06:04:26 pm
A lady at work talked to her sister in Macon a few minutes ago. The power and land line phone were still out at her house located on the south side of Macon.
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Intheswamp on April 11, 2013, 06:33:44 pm
I'm glad to hear everybody (that we know of) is ok and hope no one else was harmed. 

Standby for the calls to Bud...."I've got a tree blown down...and it's full of bees...can you come get it?".  See, Moot, you might get a tree cut-out, too! :)

Ya'll be careful and have fun this weekend...maybe one day I'll make it over to the gathering.  Does Bud have a vanilla shake machine at his house?

Ed
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Intheswamp on April 11, 2013, 06:57:25 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/11/us/storms/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/11/us/storms/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Geoff on April 11, 2013, 07:30:13 pm
     8.25 AM Australia time. Landline to Bud working OK. Spoke to Scott and Bud, all is well at Bud 5. Only thing wrong is that I am not there !!!!
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: AllenF on April 11, 2013, 10:56:39 pm
They are having too much fun to talk on the phone. 
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: capt44 on April 11, 2013, 11:04:08 pm
It got rough here in Central Arkansas last night.
These spring time storms can be something else for sure.
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Kathyp on April 11, 2013, 11:22:07 pm
sorry you can't be here this year Geoff.

i'm off.  fingers crossed that this has passed by the time i get to Atlanta!  see you guys on the other side  :-D
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: buzzbee on April 12, 2013, 12:09:57 am
Power was out At buds Everyone fine  Bud 5 is on TornAdo was nearby but all okAy at Buds Power back on at hotel in town
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Joe D on April 12, 2013, 12:18:18 am
It's good to hear that they are all doing ok. 

Got Mother-in-Law out of hospital this afternoon.  We got back home a little after 7pm, picked up limbs.  Getting ready to head toward Macon in the morning.



Joe
Title: Re: tornado in Macon MS
Post by: Moots on April 12, 2013, 01:07:15 am
Still a few things to get done but we plan on getting on the road about noon 30 tomorrow.  That should give us plenty of time to make the Friday night dinner with everyone at the Trailboss.  Can't wait to get there and meet everyone, I think my nephew is as excited as me....If that's possible!  :-D