I picked this up from the Hancock County list. I had thought we would get a similar message but since we haven't I am forwarding this to the list : As some of you may already known, WCKFRA has done several books about Hancock Co. history and genealogy, so this is of interest to us too. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Trice <trice@vci.net> To: <KYGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 12:05 AM Subject: [KYGEN-L] Daviess Co tornado > I received the following from Chester Ward in Owensboro. I told him that I > would post this here... maybe Susan and those of you who are neighbors of > Daviess Co might put something on your pages... I've already put up a page > and everyone is free to link to it if you care to. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/daviesstornado.html > > nt > > > X-From_: chesterward@mindspring.com Wed Jan 5 22:48:33 2000 > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) > Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 22:48:21 -0600 > Subject: Tornado 2000 > From: "Chester Ward" <chesterward@mindspring.com> > To: Nancy Trice <trice@vci.net> > > Hi Nancy, > I was working with another WCKFRA member on organizing our equipment for > you when the tornado struck. We will be late getting organized, but hope to > be able to invite you back soon. > I have composed a message to distribute to genealogical newsgroups > concerning our ill fate of this week. Could you suggest where I can post > the message through GENWEB? > > TORNADO 2000 > > Monday, Jan. 3, at about 4:00 P.M., Owensboro, Ky., was struck by a > catagory F3 tornado. Ample warning was recieved by radio and siren, so the > alert citizenry avoided fatalities. However, nearly a quarter of the city > was left without power, about 100 homes were totally destroyed, about 150 > were severely damaged, and many more suffered moderate damage. > > For a better account visit http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/ > > The library of West-Central Family Research Assoc. (WCKFRA), 722 Harvard > Dr., was destroyed, and much of the association's property was damaged. > Myself and several other volunteers were busy all day Tuesday digging our > library out from under a wall and ceiling that had collapsed. Fortunately, > two of the back rooms in the building still have a ceiling, and we were able > to move everything uncovered into those rooms. The building we were housed > in will have to be razed and rebuilt. > Tommorrow, we will tour a house that might be rented in place of our old > facilities. > Needless to say, this is going to cost WCKFRA. Anyone who can afford to > contribute a few dollars to aid in the replacement of furniture and books > can do so by sending a check to: > > WCKFRA > Tornado 2000 Relief Fund > P. O. Box 1932 > Owensboro, KY 42302 > > > Chester Ward, Jr. > 821 Glenn Ct. > Owensboro, KY 42303-0520 > 502-684-2769 > chesterward@mindspring.com > > > > ==== KYGEN Mailing List ==== > GenConnect Query System > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index.html > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/gator4 ">Click Here</a> - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hancock Co., KYGenWeb site is looking for volunteers to submit their information. If we don't already have a space for it, we can make one.