Tornado Causes Damage in Fla. Town
Pastor Dale Morgan
Tornado Causes Damage in Fla. Town*
Saturday October 28, 2006 8:46 PM
APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) - This seaside town was without power Saturday
after a tornado tore through the area, damaging several buildings and
leaving two people with minor injuries, authorities said.
Some residents could have power restored on Saturday, said Butch Baker,
Franklin County's emergency management director.
``The best case scenario would be midnight, and that may not be all over
the entire town,'' Baker said.
Baker said eyewitnesses confirmed that it was a tornado that struck the
town of some 2,500 people, about 65 miles southwest of Tallahassee.
``It was like a black wall,'' Helen Reese, an admission clerk at George
E. Weems Memorial Hospital, told The News Herald of Panama City on
Friday. ``It was coming right at us. It was a horrible noise.''
The twister hit a power substation and damaged several homes, a hospital
and the roofs of an elementary school and a fast food restaurant, Baker
said.
During the power outage, Baker said residents could get services in
nearby towns. ``We have the availability of food and water and
restaurants within a 10 minute drive,'' he said.