INDIANA STORMS
Tornado knocks out power in S. Gibson
Posted: Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 - 10:44:01 am EST
Staff Writer
FORT BRANCH-A tornado that tore through north-east of Poseyville on Tuesday evening knocked power out all over Gibson County and caused extensive damage to homes, power lines, billboards and Gibson Southern High School in Fort Branch.
Without power, temperatures in the home of Deloris and Glenda Bauer had dropped to 48 degrees by Wednesday morning. Trying to warm up, they sought shelter at the Fort Branch Fire Station 1, where the American Red Cross of Gibson County established a temporary emergency shelter.
“We heard about this place on our little battery-powered radio this morning,” Deloris said. “We are so glad to be able to come up here, I worry about all the old people who might not have had a way to get here and I hope they were able to stay warm.”
Deloris and her daughter managed to keep warm enough through the night under piles of blankets, but when they got up to temperatures below 50 degrees and dropping inside they decided it was time to get out.
“I woke up about 5 a.m. and went to the bathroom,” Deloris said. “I sat down and that porcelain was cold.”
Glenda laughed at her mother, adding that it must have been quite a wake-up call.
Somewhere between 18 and 20 people utilized the Red Cross shelter in Fort Branch Tuesday night to try to keep themselves and their families warm, said Gibson County Disaster Action Team volunteer Mike Azzarello.
“We got here around 5:30 or 6 p.m. (Tuesday) night after the EMA confirmed we needed to get a shelter,” Azzarello said. “There might have been a tornado in Posey County and we probably experienced strong backlash winds her in Fort Branch.”
Officials from the National Weather Service were on-site in Fort Branch, Poseyville and other areas which sustained damage in Tuesday's storm.
Posted: Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 - 10:44:01 am EST
FORT BRANCH-A tornado that tore through north-east of Poseyville on Tuesday evening knocked power out all over Gibson County and caused extensive damage to homes, power lines, billboards and Gibson Southern High School in Fort Branch.
Without power, temperatures in the home of Deloris and Glenda Bauer had dropped to 48 degrees by Wednesday morning. Trying to warm up, they sought shelter at the Fort Branch Fire Station 1, where the American Red Cross of Gibson County established a temporary emergency shelter.
“We heard about this place on our little battery-powered radio this morning,” Deloris said. “We are so glad to be able to come up here, I worry about all the old people who might not have had a way to get here and I hope they were able to stay warm.”
Deloris and her daughter managed to keep warm enough through the night under piles of blankets, but when they got up to temperatures below 50 degrees and dropping inside they decided it was time to get out.
“I woke up about 5 a.m. and went to the bathroom,” Deloris said. “I sat down and that porcelain was cold.”
Glenda laughed at her mother, adding that it must have been quite a wake-up call.
“We got here around 5:30 or 6 p.m. (Tuesday) night after the EMA confirmed we needed to get a shelter,” Azzarello said. “There might have been a tornado in Posey County and we probably experienced strong backlash winds her in Fort Branch.”
Officials from the National Weather Service were on-site in Fort Branch, Poseyville and other areas which sustained damage in Tuesday's storm.
