I just called a friend who lives in the Villages. She awoke around 3:15 and saw the warning on the TV. She could hear the wind blowing about but nothing really bad. Due to the warnings she huddled down in a closet.
IIRC, she said most of the damage was on the east side, near highway 441 and 27. Her DH went out this am to check on their friend's home, who lives about 1 1/2 miles from her (the people are in the N right now) and there were 4 homes nearly destroyed right next to their friend's home, which was OK. It appeared to him, it was a path, and it missed their freind's home. That area is called Sable Homes. He did see quite a few homes where the roofs were blown off. Also he said, most of the severe damage was 5 miles from them.
She said most of the damage was in the part of the Villages, where the mobile homes are located, but there are also some very nice home there too. Damage also was at the Mallory Hills Golf Course.
This is just awful and I hear there are reports of possibly more tornados.
I have family living not too far from there, a bit east and south.
This weather we have been having here, where I live in the north is horrible, we are in a deep freeze. Nothing compared to what is going on in FL tho.
The pictures they are showing are devastating.
I can't even imagine the horror these families must have experienced, in the middle of the night with no warning, and all of a sudden a catastrophe is upon them.
I saw the markings of 'tornados' on the weather channel early in the AM, around 3 or so. My DH is away, so I don't get to sleep until around 4 AM. But geeez these people were sound asleep. I wonder do they have 'sirens' or anything to wake the people up, so they can take cover? Or was there no time? I have to ask my friend that question. She was lucky as she awoke for some reason or another, but she is a nighter like me.
Anyone know?
