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Tornado~Magee April 3, '09: lynn and i (& the Dogs) were unaffected by the Tornado as it only clipped the NW corner of Magee, but had a long path of over 15 miles, so about 60 houses were destroyed. It is amazing that there were no deaths, as it came in the middle of night, and some houses, even very well built ones, had nothing left but the slabs. There were stories of persons ending up 100 feet from their houses and even in trees. There were only 2 serious injured persons that had to be hospitalized >>> AMAZING!

peace Lovin' you

Namaste

Happy (and Productive) walking and Journey!

Love and Light, wm and lynn McLean
the Blueberry Peace Farm, Magee, Mississippi, USA, EARTH
http://geocities.com/blueberrypeacefarm/MovingSpring2009

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Citizens for Legitimate Government

Magee Tornado - No Fatalities

by Clara Aucoin

Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:43 PM CDT

Staff writer

At approximately 1:40 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, an F3 tornado struck Magee. Despite more than 10 miles of utter devastation, citizens escaped with few serious injuries and no loss of life.

According to Sheriff Kenneth Lewis, the tornado cell that eventually struck Magee developed quickly and suddenly near Mt. Zion Road in southeastern Simpson County.

The storm tracked a straight line that did the majority of its damage in a quarter-mile wide swath that traversed approximately 10 miles across Simpson County, just outside the Magee City limits. From approximately what used to be Corinth Church, which was flattened, to Cooper Road, snapped trees and flattened homes marred the landscape.

All volunteer fire departments, law enforcement, and emergency services were called out for immediate service. The volunteer fire departments worked to clear roads, remove trees, and conduct a rescue search by dividing the county into grids, then searching each home inside the grid. Doors were marked with the same system used during Hurricane Katrina indicating they had been cleared.

Simpson County and Magee were assisted by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Department of Environmental Quality, and Department of Health. The Salvation Army and the Red Cross were serving meals and offering assistance in Magee.

The Magee Volunteer Fire Department handed out tarps and unloaded water trucks for folks needing fresh water. After that, tarps were delivered to people who called in with a need but could not pick them up.

Law enforcement received assistance from the law enforcement division of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Mississippi State Patrol, as well as volunteer officers from surrounding cities and counties and throughout the state.

The most serious issues facing Magee and Simpson County were the loss of water and power. At 11 a.m. the day of the storm, 4,000 people were without power and essentially without water. But the problems were quickly resolved.

Entergy and its work crews worked from daylight to dark. Power was restored to parts of Magee by 9 p.m. on the day of the storm and to most of the city the next day. By the weekend power had been restored to the county customers.

Although the Magee water plant took a direct hit, generators brought in by MEMA began working on that problem. By 2 p.m. Magee had four generators running wells, sewer and water plants. Water was available by Thursday afternoon. The boiled water notice was lifted on Sunday.

Although services were back to normal for Magee residents by the weekend, city staff continued to operate the pumps and stations manually because the machines were damaged in the storm.

Damage assessments for houses were estimated at more than 100 homes with damage or total destruction; there were seven businesses damaged or destroyed; and one church was damaged and one destroyed.

Simpson County Emergency Management estimated the value of the destruction at more than $3 million.

The Simpson County supervisors declared a state of emergency for Simpson County and Magee, as did Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour.

MEMA began damage assessments. The visuals were completed on Friday, but actual assessments were not completed as of press time. More information on the possibility of small business loans or emergency loans will be provided as it is received.

Anyone interested in volunteering their services is asked to call 1-888-353-1793. The volunteer efforts are being coordinated through that contact number.

For more information, contact the Simpson County Department of Emergency Preparedness at 601-847-3434.

Tuesday April 7, 2009 - 03:52pm (CDT) Permanent Link | 0 Comments
Moving~"BPF#2" N. Cali Jan 25, '09: Love and Light, wm and lynn McLean
the Blueberry Peace Farm, (#1) Magee, Mississippi, USA, EARTH
http://geocities.com/blueberrypeacefarm/MovingSpring2009

PLEASE !!! see the above web page ("Moving~Spring~2009")

For More Information . . . ! ! !

We are moving after putting 4 years of Love and Work into the 18 acres here in

Mississippi. We have done much "Land Stewardship", including clearing Property

(While maintaining a Large Protion, especially along the Creek as "Wildlife Refuge")

designed and planted a Vegetable Beds Area, planted about 100 Blueberry Bushes, a Fruit Orchard behind the Home on the Hill, and about a 1 acre Pecan Orchard

down the 1000 feet driveway leading out to 5th Ave in the lower land.

(6 Large "soft shell" varieties bought from a Nursery that were University developed)

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We plan on (Jah/Allah/God/Dess/Great Spirit willing) to move to Northern California, to be closer to Family and set up :::::::::::::::

THE BLUEBERRY PEACE FARM, RETREAT CENTER, AND WILDLIFE REFUGE #2

when we Move and sell the Property here in Mississippi

in the Spring ~ March/April/May

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Please go to :::::::::

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-2pFwr_01crQtY3JxeTxyijTaSodJ?p=3

which is the First Entry of this "flog"="Farm Web Log"

and then click "previous" to see ALL that we have done since moving here;

We have tried to add one or two enties a month since starting

this blog ("flog")

Sunday January 25, 2009 - 02:03am (CST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments
Chicken Plucking Jan 21, '09: You can only have one or 2 roosters with laying hens or they fight each other and tear each other up and even kill the weaker ones > > > so "Rooster Stew" . . . as we had too many roosters and are waiting for a New Batch of Hens for eggs. (We respect Vegitarians, even though we eat meat and so do Our Farm Dogs)

Wednesday January 21, 2009 - 02:25pm (CST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments
Floors Started ~ Dec 28, 2008: Floors started on top of Concrete Piers for 3 Bedrooms addition, > > > 2 lower floor bedrooms and one smaller on second floor.

(Winter Project~to make improvements to put the Property "on the Market" next March to move to be closer to Family on the West Coast)

. . . PROGRESS ! ! !

Sunday December 28, 2008 - 09:32pm (CST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments
Magee Snow Dec 11, '08: For the second time in 2 years we have had a substantial Snow here in Magee!

On average, it only snows about once every 5 years.

(Luey and Prudence in Picture, 2 of Our 4 Dogs > > > or are We their People???)

Saturday December 20, 2008 - 07:34pm (CST) Permanent Link | 1 Comment