Tornado Damage in Macon, GA

Lake Tobesofkee area
Mother's Day 2008

The song is from the VBS curriculum "Ramblin' Road Trip" from Lifeway Christian Resources a few years ago. It touched me then, and I couldn't think of a more fitting song when I was making the video.

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Travel & Events

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• tornado
• Macon
• GA

[hermionehp14]

The Fish and Pig got it bad!

[joejup]

I know. It was bad, huh? Before, my parents couldn't see it from their house. Now, with all the trees gone, they totally can.

[simivalley1908]

Can't believe it finally did happen to us. It seems like Georgia and Tennessee are getting more and more tornadoes each year...I was awake at 5:30 am when the sirens went off. I turned on the new and sure enough two tornadoes were destroying West and South Macon. F-2 or F-3 I believe ? Anyways, I was so shocked to wake up to that much damage to our town, as well as thousands of others in Macon.

[joejup]

I know. Unreal, huh?

[kteachone]

hey, fellow maconite here. hope you and your family is doing ok.

[joejup]

Thanks for your kind words. Good things are happening at Lake Tob!

[weilmed]

The pic at 3:16 is of my family home. Thank God nobody was home that night/morning, or we'd all be in heaven now!

[ishkarleighbish]

Was In The Middle Of All This When It Hit

[ceecee6247]

i was sleep and a tree fell on the bak of my house i live off of belvue

[atvrider312]

iwoke up 2 thunder at 5 30 am checked the weather on the computer then took cover we were spared in jeffersonville ga 30 miles from macon

[Cynthiano2009]

I personally was awake, watching WMAZ at the time, and heard Ben Jones issue the warning even b/f the sirens sounded. I quickly gathered up my children, and we all got in the tub of an interior bathroom and prayed as the winds gusted overhead. I think our house was the only one on our block that didn't receive ANY damage at all. Thank God for his mercy! My husband, who was out of town at the time, couldn't believe it when I told him what had happened. We all have so much to be thankful for!

[Cynthiano2009]

We Maconites are so lucky--no, BLESSED! For this Mother's Day Tornado last year to do so much unbelieveable distruction (this vid doesn't show the half of it; remember the Westgate/Bloomfield community and Macon State College area?) and not one serious injury or fatality at 5:30 in the AM when most people were asleep? That in itself was pretty miraculous, considering that there had to be cars on I-75 and I-16 with workers headed to Robins AFB, GEICO, and other places.

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[musicisexpression23]

dito

[MaconMusicFan]

I work for Walthall oilc company in Macon. I had to camp out at one of the company stores on oculmulgee blvd in east macon with a shotgun in case of looters. That night was almost as intense as the night before! But I was relieved because instead of looting the place, a couple of people from a neighborhood down the road came and kept me company because they didnt want that store looted no more then I did. It's somethin else to think that that storm harmed so few people, other then property.

[mactown478kdubb]

ya i live on the lake and all i did this summer was work to fix are house and last month we finally finished restoring our house... this has been a life changing experience for everyone especially my friends who were camping arrowhead and couldn't get out of their camper

[lizlou1998]

ive seen it with my own eyes its even worse in real life