Another Tornado slams Manitoba
Pastor Dale Morgan
Updated Mon. Aug. 21 2006 11:56 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
CANADA - Manitoba farmer Jim Peters may have lost his farmhouse during a
weekend tornado but saving his pregnant wife has made the loss
insignificant.
"I went underneath the tractor and saw the wind," said Peters. "It
picked up the house and took it all away."
Peters was busy bailing hay when the tornado tossed his roof 60 metres
near the town of La Broquerie, about 60 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg.
But the 37-year-old was only focused on one thing -- saving his wife,
Elsie, and their unborn child. Peters managed to sprint through heavy
winds and harsh rain back to his house.
"Oh God, I don't want to die," Elsie said, recalling how she felt.
"Please don't let me die here. Maybe God helped me to survive?"
"I said 'Jim, I'm here, help me. And then he did,'" she said.
Jim Peters managed to locate his wife who had secured herself in the
bathroom.
She was "between the deep freeze and the toilet," he said.
Elsie, 26, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and
her baby seems to be fine.
The tornado is the 12th to slam Manitoba this year. Two weeks ago a
twister touched down in cottage country -- killing one woman and
destroying trailers.
"We see them every year. The only difference is they normally go through
a field or an area where no one is so you won't see it," said
Environment Canada's Suzanne D'amours.
As for his house, Peters says he's going to rebuild it.
"I built this place from nothing eleven years ago. It's my blood, sweat
and tears -- I'll do it again."
With the baby due in less than five months, Peters said he's in a hurry
to get started.
"I told Elsie we should go on Survivor," said Peters. "That's a true
survivor getting through this. That's a true survivor."
With a report from CTV Winnipeg's Stacey Ashley
Pastor Dale Morgan
Aug. 22 2006 11:56 PM ET