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On Thursday, April 9, 2015 my mom's home in Fairdale, Illinois was hit by an EF-4 tornado. In the house at the time where my mother, Donna Marston, my niece, Jenna Taylor and her two children, Bryson and Zoey.
Figure 1: Donna and great-granddaughter, Zoey. Both surviors of the tornado.
As my niece and herkids bunkeredin the bathroom tub, my mother meraculously was able to keep the bathroom door closed as up to 200 mph winds ripped through the home. Thankfully they walked away with no injuries. Unfortunately, they also walked away from was distruction and devistation. Shattered glass was everywhere, in everything. Wood 2x4's made there way into the house, some shredded, some still as a whole.
Figure 2: Jenna and her son, Bryson. Survivors of the tornado.
Figure 3: Bryson and Zoey, brother and sister.
As we continue to swift through the rubble it is hard to find much that is salvagable. Clothes, food, personal items - most is gone. Some keepsakes were found but others that were of my mom's father's were not - such as a USA flag.
It's hard for me to write as all of us, family and friends, prepare to head to the disaster area again this morning to look for whatever we can. To help wherever we can and to support whomever needs the support.
Unless you have gone through something like this, or know someone who has, then you don't understand the lose that these families have endured. Fairdale is a small town, these families cannot move on like the rest of the world when disaster hits. Clean up is still underway, power lines are still down, many homes are lost, trees are in places that are not plantable. It is unreal!!! Believe me when I say that the photos you see cannot show the true distruction that has hit this town.
My mother rented this home with my brother, Tom Marston, and sadly cannot cover the cost of their loses. Items like vehicles, clothes, furniture, toys, baby food, and kitchen items that have been shredded, broken or cracked by the fierce winds, glass or flying debris. Items in the yard, garage, shed - all of that has been broken, distroyed or simply gone!
Every last donation – even the ones that feel so small – truly mean the world and will help my family move forward.
Figure 4: Tom stands in disbelief as he surveys the damage.
I will continue to update more as soon as I can but for now I continue to head back and forth to Fairdale to recover what still might be found.
For more photos, visit: http://karenchambers.weebly.com
Thank you and God Bless!
Figure 1: Donna and great-granddaughter, Zoey. Both surviors of the tornado.As my niece and herkids bunkeredin the bathroom tub, my mother meraculously was able to keep the bathroom door closed as up to 200 mph winds ripped through the home. Thankfully they walked away with no injuries. Unfortunately, they also walked away from was distruction and devistation. Shattered glass was everywhere, in everything. Wood 2x4's made there way into the house, some shredded, some still as a whole.
Figure 2: Jenna and her son, Bryson. Survivors of the tornado.Figure 3: Bryson and Zoey, brother and sister.As we continue to swift through the rubble it is hard to find much that is salvagable. Clothes, food, personal items - most is gone. Some keepsakes were found but others that were of my mom's father's were not - such as a USA flag.
It's hard for me to write as all of us, family and friends, prepare to head to the disaster area again this morning to look for whatever we can. To help wherever we can and to support whomever needs the support.
Unless you have gone through something like this, or know someone who has, then you don't understand the lose that these families have endured. Fairdale is a small town, these families cannot move on like the rest of the world when disaster hits. Clean up is still underway, power lines are still down, many homes are lost, trees are in places that are not plantable. It is unreal!!! Believe me when I say that the photos you see cannot show the true distruction that has hit this town.
My mother rented this home with my brother, Tom Marston, and sadly cannot cover the cost of their loses. Items like vehicles, clothes, furniture, toys, baby food, and kitchen items that have been shredded, broken or cracked by the fierce winds, glass or flying debris. Items in the yard, garage, shed - all of that has been broken, distroyed or simply gone!
Every last donation – even the ones that feel so small – truly mean the world and will help my family move forward.
Figure 4: Tom stands in disbelief as he surveys the damage.I will continue to update more as soon as I can but for now I continue to head back and forth to Fairdale to recover what still might be found.
For more photos, visit: http://karenchambers.weebly.com
Thank you and God Bless!
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Karen Chambers
Organizer
Belvidere, IL