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We've also had 20 deaths in Tennessee

ok everyone thats what friends are for,lets check and see if they are alright.Alot are suffering,lets do buddy system send out email lets check on our cs brothers and sisters.

I mailed imsquirly1 and hearts desire and told then to get there butts in here to let us know if they are safe. Hope to hear from them soon. Pray we will!!!

Just heard from Imasuirley1 and she is fine ---just working 2 jobs right now!

After covering elections in TN all day, I was heading home when caught in the storms in Stewart County, TN -- our car died on a back road in the middle of nowhere -- the only lighting was from lightning which would flare up the skies. We hoped the winds wouldn't topple trees on us, and that the water running down the hills towards the gulley beside would flood us out. We did not polan on our car simply dying. No electrical anything. It just gave out.

But before I left home that evening I had tucked my weather radio and a flashlight in my purse...and I was well aware of what to do should various scenarios unfold. But this was not my car; unlike any vehicle I have ever owned, this one was not equipped for emergencies.

Anyone who lives in this storm-prone region needs to pay attention to safety:

Have emergency plans in place. Find out what to do in various events: rising water, high wind, tornadoes, power outages....

Have your "safe place" or "shelter" pre-determined and well stocked (water, first aid supplies, non-perishable food and a manual can opener, a supply of your meds, a hurry bag with and educated myselfchange of clothes, dry shoes, and copies of important document in water-tight bags -- the Red Cross has extensive lists of this stuff). In a car, have first aid, flares, flashlights, jumper cables, basic tools, etc.

Even if you are at home when storms strike, stayed dressed and wear closed shoes (ie sneakers or boots). You don't want to wade through debris barefoot or in sandals.

I knew that six inches of running water can move a car -- I carefully monitored the water running downhill toward us.

I new that if a tornado spawned we must abandon the car and jump in the ditch, covering our heads...

It is amazing how many people simply don't know what to do.

My friends chide me about my "disaster mode" but I have trained myself as best I can, given that weather such as this is just plain dangerous and unpredictable.

My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones, or lost such huge pieces of their lives.

Even though I quickly devised Plan A, Plan B, Plan C etc, I was lucky last night. And my friends is going to get his car properly equipped before we undertake another such trip.

Again we are faced with yet another disaster as it came calling at exactly 2 am,catching alot asleep.Deaths are reported ,and your prayers are needed,not to mention if you are close by to Evansville,Indiana or Henderson county in Kentucky.State of emergencies have been declared,after a tornado bearing the lenght of 20 miles long devastated these parts not to mention left death in its wake.

I grew up in Oklahoma - right square in the middle of tornado alley - so I feel for you and those who lost homes/property/lives this morning. It's barely February, yet we get a freak storm, made even worse by coming thru in the early morning hours. My parents' subdivision has been hit by two in the last 11 years. The first time their house was spared, the second time they were not so lucky. They had minor damage - the house was still livable - but several others in the neighborhood lost it all. I know of five houses that were so damaged they had to be taken down to the foundations and re-built from the ground up. I was living in Texas at the time and was supposed to have gone up for a visit that weekend, too. It's something you have to deal with living where the jet stream and gulf streams meet.

I am sorry for the loss of lives and property. I wish there was something I could do to ease the pain.

A friend of "R's" called her at 1:00 am to tell her of the storm coming and luckily all she got around her place was rain and high winds.

Again we are faced with yet another disaster as it came calling at exactly 2 am,catching alot asleep.Deaths are reported ,and your prayers are needed,not to mention if you are close by to Evansville,Indiana or Henderson county in Kentucky.State of emergencies have been declared,after a tornado bearing the lenght of 20 miles long devastated these parts not to mention left death in its wake.

My childrens father lives near the damage caused this week. He is a lucky one though, only wind damage. But as a Kentuckian who has family hter, I am thankful for all the prayers and help we have recieved.

As I said before in April when flood hit I lost my world.My friends and brothers and sisters on cs were the greatest,and hope you feel the same.