Posted on 03/30/2002 8:53:42 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
Nation: Twister hits central Texas
The Associated Press
THORNTON, Texas (March 30, 2002 10:42 p.m. EST) - A tornado struck a small central Texas community Saturday, damaging houses and injuring at least four people, authorities said.
The storm cut a wide swath east of Thornton, said Aubrey Briggs, mayor pro tem of the city of roughly 500 people about 36 miles southeast of Waco.
"It missed the city. It was pretty widespread and pretty destructive," Briggs said. "My sister-in-law saw it. She said it was just a red cloud. It must have been sucking dirt out of the ground."
The National Weather Service said several tornadoes blew through the state Saturday.
A command post was set up at a school in Thornton, where several people were treated for cuts and bruises and some were sent by ambulance to area hospitals, Briggs said. Four people were taken to Limestone Medical Center in nearby Groesbeck.
Storm damage was also reported near the central Texas town of Hico, about 68 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Authorities said some power lines were down.
Strong winds damaged part of a hospital and knocked out power to several homes and businesses in the eastern Texas town of Atlanta.
Tom Crow, administrator at Atlanta Memorial Hospital, said a glass corridor connecting the hospital to administrative offices was destroyed by high winds.
"It just took the top off. It happened really, really fast," Crow said. "I drove around in town and I saw a couple of big trees, I mean big trees you can't get your arm around. They were knocked down."
Meanwhile, flash flood watches and warnings continue for dozens of counties in north and east Texas.
The sprawling storm system centered over north Texas, dumping heavy rain and spawning numerous thunderstorms. Forecasters said it should move out of the state by Sunday.
Bush instructs U.S. to vote against Israel's right to defend itself and "arrest" those responsible:
3:30 AM Central: U.N. Security Council Votes 14-0: "Israel Must Withdraw" --
"...The measure asks both sides to cooperate fully with the Bush administration's Middle East envoy, retired Marine Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, with the aim of resuming negotiations on a political settlement. ..."Pretty risky business provoking the Most High G-d!
Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Crawford, TX: 31.50 lat, -97.38 long
Thornton, TX: 31.38 lat, -96.50 long
Precedents here: Don McAlvany's Storm Warning Special Report
Also after the US Supreme Court Refused to Hear Ten Commandments Case on Pentecost (which was also Shavuot, the anniversary of the day the Jews received the Ten Commandments) there was a big flood named Allison. Allison means "Truth." See # 20.
I wish someone would do a serious study on this phenomenon. I know one guy wrote a book but never got to read it. If it turned out to be true, what would that say to the humanists out there? (if they ever got their fingers out of their ears and stopped chanting sexual revolution, freedom from religion, and other mantras)
GeronL: Please pull out your Texas map and tell us just how many miles Thornton is from Crawford and the Bush Ranch.
1-Thornton and 2 is Crawford
United Nations Security Council: Membership 2002
President: Ole Peter Kolby of Norway
Permanent 5: China; France; Russian Federation; U.K.; U.S.
Other 10: Bulgaria; Cameroon; Columbia; Guinea; Ireland; Mauricius; Mexico; Norway; Singapore; Syria
Syria abstained.
Thanks. We guessed it was about that from the lat/long. Is that considered "close" in Texas?
>"My sister-in-law saw it. She said it was just a red cloud. It must have been sucking dirt out of the ground."
Fascinating that it is red and near Waco...perhaps it is the blood crying from the ground at Waco.
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