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| Posted: Sat Apr 11th, 2009 10:26 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer 
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Folks, We apologize for the cancellation of news and trivia Friday. As some of you may have heard, TN suffered some hellacious weather. Damaged worst was Mufreesboro, home of Stone's River battlefield. A mother and her infant were killed and up to 40 injured. I'm trying to reach the park for a damage report, but I think their power is still down. A tornado did hit Huntingdon (home of CWi), destroying one mobile home. We lost about 20% of our roof shingles, although that was from straight-line winds rather than the tornado. Anyway, we hope to be back to normal by Monday. Thanks...
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 12:33 am |
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pamc153PA Member
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Glad to hear things are okay for you, minus some roof shingles. Those who were not so lucky are also in my prayers, as well. Pam
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 01:33 am |
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TimK Member
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This from a member of the Rocky Mountain CWRT... Fellow CWRTs, You have no doubt heard of the tornadoes that hit Middle Tennessee yesterday in the mid-afternoon. What we thought was a single twister turned out to be two of them, one going through the town and the other crossing I-24 right into the core of the Stones River National Battlefield. I just got off the phone with Park Ranger Jim Lewis who is a good friend of mine and he told me that the twister hit Tour Stop Three, moved through the Round Forest and then hit Tour Stop One and the Hazen Monument and cemetery. He said the trees now look like they would have during the battle - thousands of them shattered and blown down. Other than massive tree damage, the Hazen Monument (the second oldest CW monument in the country, erected during the war, and the oldest still on its original site) and the cemetery stones came through just fine. No cannons of the park were damaged but a caisson was moved and needs to be replaced. Thankfully, none of the park staff was hurt. Subdivisions around the park have been smashed quite badly. I am told that one tornado was an F2 and it grew to F3 by the time it hit the park itself. A number of reports and pictures came in on the news showing a very large funnel cloud. Stones River Park will be closed for quite some time as the staff assesses the tree damage and what ones need clearing away. I will keep this list apprised as the Spring and Summer go onward as to the park's condition. There will be a call for volunteers to help with cleanup at some point. I think it would be terrific if each of the CWRTs that gets this email would pass the hat at your next meeting to take up a donation for the park to help with its cleanup. The Clarksville CWRT certainly will be doing so. If you are interested in doing so please let me know and I will secure the address to send such donations for you. Another Middle Tennessee Civil War area also affected by tornadoes was the Tullahoma Campaign. Twisters were reported between Wartrace and Bell Buckle as well as near Tullahoma itself along with near Estill Springs (formerly Allisonia where the railroad and road bridges crossed the Elk River at the time as they still do). I have not heard of damage down there as yet. I led a tour of that area just a couple weeks ago for the CWRT in Columbus, OH and it is one of the most beautiful parts of Tennessee. A lot of people lost homes and businesses yesterday - and a few lost their lives. Please keep them and their families in your prayers. Please also pass this around to all of your CWRT members so they know of the damage and recovery efforts. Greg Biggs Clarksville TN CWRT
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 01:41 am |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
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Great info Tim, thanks for that! EDIT: For current list of park facility closings, see here. Edit #2: For photos, see here.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 03:45 am |
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susansweet3 Member 
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Glad you are okay. Sounds like it was pretty bad there. Susan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 09:11 pm |
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pamc153PA Member
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Thanks, Tim, for that report, although it doesn't sound good at all. That, combined with the photos on the link from Joe, tells me the Park Service has its hands full at a time when hand-outs to the NPS are slim, unfortunately. Pam
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 01:06 am |
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susansweet3 Member
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Right at the entrance to the Park is a relic store run by a guy named Larry Haglin (sp?) Anyone know how he and his store weathered the storm? My good friend in South Carolina shops there every chance he gets. Susan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 01:20 am |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
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Sounds like you mean this one: http://www.midtenrelics.com/ No mention of damage on his website, but there's contact info there.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 02:08 am |
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susansweet3 Member
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Thanks so much Joe, that is the man. I forwarded the information on to my friend. Glad to hear he is okay. Now I am trying to talk the officers of our roundtable into donating funds to the park for clean up. Susan
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