It removed all the pavement on the "road to nowhere" in Jena past Rocky Creek to the end of it
I still have flashbacks about that storm. Had to cut trees out of road for hours just to get out.We had several big tornados that went thru the woods looked like a mile wide lawnmower went thru and all trees were snaped at same level. when I got out and was driving around to see what went on we were finding dead cows from were the tornados slung them. what a mess. the praire flooded out into some houses that were completely under water. friend of mine that lived down by cow pen island tried to get to his house. his truck had a 12" lift and set on 18x44 tires and he couldnt even get close when he flooded it out
Knock on wood, we have been extremely fortunate over the 42 years this house has been standing to not have any storm damage
Other than brush and a couple small trees that have barely missed the house, we've been unscathed. Worst damage I remember was about 10 years ago. We had a "microburst" one summer evening. I was living in my old house, my sister was living in this house (only a mile apart). My buddy around the corner got damage too. I honestly thought the house was coming apart. Ironically, all three of us were working together at the time and had to call in sick the next day to do storm clean up. Our boss thought we were FOS, because he lived like 8 miles away and never got any rain. Very localized storm
He even drove by our houses to see if we were out drinking or gone fishing. The three of us worked together daylight to dark hauling brush and running a chainsaw. The tops of the trees had limbs twisted around like pretzel sticks
It's surreal to see the power of mother nature's destructiveness. There's still some pines near the coast around Escambia County that are standing but twisted like a pretzel from Hurricane Ivan. I think alot of folks in the Big Bend before the no-name storm had a false sense of security compared to the other coastal residents. I remember them installing those high wind/bad weather sirens after that lol
I was stationed at Hurlburt Field in Ft Walton Beach when this storm hit, and frankly all I remember was seeing how bad all the folks back home in Central Florida were getting smacked. I believe this was the storm that flooded Anna Maria Island pretty severely.
