Hi John and Everyone,
No, there wasn't any damage to the roof that we know of. The boat was
badly damaged, but it's not insured, only for Liability.
Thanks.
Pat Ferguson
At 12:05 PM 6/28/2013, you wrote:
>Pat, wow, with a vacation like that, it doesn't make much difference
>whether you are home or away. Was there much damage to your roof?
>
>earlier, Pat Ferguson, wrote:
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>God is Good! Please read below.
>>
>>We had a great vacation, as we left on the 16th of June, and on the
>>21st of June, on Friday afternoon we were on our way home. We ran
>>into nasty weather, and we were between 2 tornados. The straight
>>winds that we were in were around 100MPH The Pontoon boat flipped
>>into the ditch upside down. The hail was horrible, and we were
>>scared, accept Vernon. I don't know if Dean was scared or not, but
>>Kathy, Allyson, Betty and I were. Not sure about Dan. I kind of
>>think he was scared, too, since he was on top of Kathy and Allyson,
>>protecting them from anything that might have hit them. They were
>>in Dean's truck. Dean and Betty were in their Motor Home, with
>>Mitsy and Annie, and I know they were scared, and Vernon and I were
>>in our Motor Home. We were about 11 miles from De Smet. The
>>tornados were in rain. I would love to have had my digital
>>recorders with me, but I forgot them.
>>
>>Two guys came by the sceen, and picked up the Pontoon Boat and put
>>it on it's Pontoons, right side up.
>>
>>I had called 911 3 times, but they couldn't hear me very well. The
>>last time I called them, I made sure they heard me and new what
>>cell phone number I was calling from. Vernon also called them, to
>>make sure they new we were not leaving the sceen of an accident.
>>
>>After things calmed down a bit, Vernon had me go to De Smet with
>>Dan and Kathy and Allyson, and Dean was the lead in his Motor Home.
>>He dropped the Motor Home in our yard with his boat, and unloaded
>>his truck, and they went back to get stuff out of our Pontoon boat,
>>so no one would steal the contents of the boat. I stayed with Betty.
>>
>>Dean came back with one load, and he stopped and talked with the
>>Sherriff, and we had lost power for a long time, then he went back
>>to get another load.
>>
>>The last time he came back, everyone was with him, and Vernon was
>>driving our Motor Home and pulling the boat trailor.
>>
>>We tried to find a place that was open to get something to eat, I
>>was going to buy, since they were helping us, but Kathy said no. We
>>found the CowBoy Store had some Pizza's left, so Kathy bought all
>>of them, 2 small ones and one large one. We ate and talked, and
>>then Vernon and I came home.
>>
>>Saturday Morning, Dan, Dean, Kathy and Allyson went with Vernon to
>>get the damaged Pontoon boat and brot it back here.
>>
>>Saturday night we had another bad storm, but it was not a tornado,
>>just high winds of over60MPH. A tree fell and hit the roof of our house.
>>
>>Oh, and did I tell you that the Sunday before we went on vacation,
>>my dish-washer broke. Sears can't come to fix it until July 6th.
>>
>>Life is wonderful! Jesus is my Savior.
>>
>>Thanks much.
>>Love and Blessings,
>>
>>Pat Ferguson
>
>John
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