Tornadoes

       We travelled to the town of Flagstaff this weekend and surveyed the Tornado damage. They had five Tornado's hit around Flagstaff, Arizona  in one day. Some were 1 hour apart. We drove 10 miles west of Flagstaff and to the small town of Belmont, which was hit the worst. Two hundred homes were damaged. Twenty eight were destroyed completely. This was new housing community. One home had rowboat stuck in the roof.These  residents took shelter at the Circle 6 Motel which was close by the homes.
       They were given shelter for free from the Motel. Many back yard wooden fences were torn down.The siding was ripped off many homes, the garage doors and windows were broken. Their car and truck windows were smashed. The Mountain behind the Town had path of destruction, where the tall pine trees were torn down. As we saw the devastation, we realized we were blessed to only the minimal damage we had at our home. Our Mayor visited this area and she said help would come from the Federal Government. Several Damage and Construction trucks were busy helping repair the damage already.

       Then we saw the Train which was derailed. Twenty eight train cars were thrown off the tracks. Most were double piggyback cars which we saw laying on the side of the Railroad tracks. They had started building a road to get to them , so they could get them up righted on to the railroad tracks again. There were huge cranes there to help pull up the trains cars.