Pat, you have a very positive attitude about all the stuff that
happened to you! Sometimes, but not all of the time, I wish I had
that same positive attitude.
Love,
Reeva Parry.
Legend has it that on Friday 6/28/2013 11:29 AM, Pat Ferguson said:
>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
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