These past two months have been a blur! On April 9th, 2009 an F3 tornado ripped through my home town.  It devastated many homes and several businesses.  Our house was totaled and we were insured thank goodness!  A tree fell on the main structure, knocking the house off its foundation.  My boys and I were at home at the time.  My parents had just dropped my oldest boy off from a visit at their house.  They stayed with me through the whole storm.  That sound I will never forget...a low churning, growling, roar coming for us.  I cannot compare it to a train, that is too tame.  The house was shaking, the wind was sucking air under the doors, glass was shattering.  My husband was at work (paramedic) and it took him an hour or so to get to us when it would usually only take 4-5 minutes..  We were all in shock for awhile.  The next morning we were all sick to our stomaches looking at the devastation.  Three people lost their lives and 35-45 people were injured to some extent.  Looking around at the damaged homes it's amazing that more people were not hurt or even killed.  Unbelievable!  It has been 2 months since the tornado hit and my family and I had enough money left over from our insurance to buy a new house.  We just moved in this week.  We had been staying at my in-laws.  Our family was very blessed no one was hurt and we salvaged most of our personal belongings. Some pictures got ruined, but not many.

Feb 07, 3:00 pm (60 minutes)

Remind Me

Our 27 Kids   TV-PG, CC The Murphy's are a super sized family. In addition to raising four kids of their own, John and Jeanette have adopted a staggering 23 children, all of whom have special needs. Their passion for adopting began in the 70's.

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