go to our friends down at USM after that terrible tornado. Hope all of you are safe and look forward to seeing you back on here soon!

+1, and godspeed on your recovery.

Just saw pics of USM on the news here in Raleigh. I hope you all are safe!

+1

The tornado was just rated an EF-4 tornado with max winds estimated to be around 170 mph.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2013_02_10_11_tor

Miraculously, there were no fatalities that I am aware of.

My best to all of those at Southern Miss.

(02-11-2013 06:23 PM)Fish Wrote:  The tornado was just rated an EF-4 tornado with max winds estimated to be around 170 mph.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2013_02_10_11_tor

Miraculously, there were no fatalities that I am aware of.

That was my guess after looking at the video yesterday evening. They were lucky there were so few injuries, considering the swath of destruction left behind...

Thank you guys very classy post. We need all the help we can get, it's much much easier to type this knowing that no one is dead, if you have seen the videos and pictures then you know it's nothing short of a miracle we didn't lose one soul.

It was miraculous that no one died. The tornado went through a heavily populated area, then skidded along some of the most traveled roads. We have a couple of our employees who live in Oak Grove, but neither had damage to their homes that I know of -- neither could make it out to work today and are without power. I was supposed to be in Oak Grove tonight on business, but obviously it was called off. Lots of damage, but it could have been much worse.