Sad news indeed Sue. I hope all comes out well in the end and there are not too many serious injuries. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 4:14 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] more bad news > More bad news to report today, I'm starting to feel like I'm in a bad dream. > A tornado touched down in Pittsburgh, inside of an amusement park (about the > size of Six Flags). The park has been the site for the tri-county areas' > school picnics for well over 50 years. Today was our school district's day > (I guess over 2000 families), along with two other large school districts. > So far there has been one confirmed dead (eight year old little girl) 12 > children are in surgery at our Children's Hospital, and atleast 60 others > injured. The place looks like a war zone, amusement rides collapsed, roofs > ripped off of pavilions, cars over turned, etc. Praise the Lord, we didn't > go today, probably only the fourth time in my life that I've missed the > school picnic. Last nite the weather report was calling for thunder storms, > this morning's weather report said the same so Tom told me it was my > decision to make. I chose to stay home even though I felt so guilty about > having the boys miss it. > The tornado continued on its path and came within a mile of my house. It's > the first time in my life that I had to grab the kids, the pets and run for > the basement. > We're still waiting word on the victims, no names have been released yet and > it's been over five hours. > Sue* > Sue McAlister --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 31/05/2002