To Close to home

I want to start out by saying, 'WE ARE SO BLESSED', this past weekend we have a killer storm ripe through our little town of newburgh missing us by about 1/2 mile. We had no damages or losses other than a loss of words being unable to describe the destruction around us. Saturday night we had went to a outdoor concert and was on our way home about 1:00 am, the wind was tough, Mike had a hard time keeping the truck on the road. Within 30 minutes after we got home the electric went out and you could hear the roaring and things hitting the windows. Little did we know what was going on. We went on and went to bed in the middle of the storm. I keep thinking if we would have been just 30 minutes later we would have been right in the path of this killer tornado!!!! The lord know to send us home early that night.

About an hour later (3:00 am) our phone starting ringing " Are you all ok? a tornado just wiped out Newburgh" with no electric and half a sleep we did not understand what was going on. After we found a flash light and a radio, we started to understand what was going on. We tried calling Mike's mom (who live about 2 miles from us, on the other side of town) and could not reach her. So we got in the truck and drove over there. We had to drive throught the comer of Vann Road to get to her. The pictures explain what we encounter in the dark only worse. Electric pole and wire covering the roads, pitch black, could not see where you were going. Car's going everywhere, just trying to check on there loved ones. It wasn't until after daylight did we find the real distraction.
As the days come, we are able to see more distraction all around us, if the path of this tornado would have continued as it was going, the MCKWOODRING would not be here today to share this with you. We fell the lord was watching over us that day/night and directed every step of the way. I would like not to forget about the ones that passed away that morning, god knows what is in store for them and it was their time to carry that plan through. It is not for us to question why, only to help support those that don't understand. There are many more photos out there visit www.couierpress.com for storm coverage slide show. We love you all.
mckwooodring

The square concrete was where the building was!!! the white box truck was pushed 150 feet up hill into the building. what stopped it was the large ride just behind it.  

These were sleeping trailers that they traveled with, their works sleep in them. The were picked up and throw 70 feet and dropped upside down. 

Mike trying to soak up the damage. 

The wheels are still on the ground, the 200 plus winds flipped the cab right open like a can opener!!! 

Friends of ours own carnival rides, they office is located in the corp park. Here are some pictures of what it did to them.  

Another building close to home at the corp park. 

The Newburgh Corp park is just about 1/2 mile from us. Here a couple of pictures. 

Another picture of same cornor, what used to be two houses. 

This was a house at the cornor of Vann Road. About 1/2 mile from us. We went pass this trying to get to mom's house at 4:00 am.