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Old 10-20-2007, 03:22 AM   #1
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Napanee tornado

I saw on the news that Napanee was hit by a tornado Thursday. It said that 3 RV manufaturers were hit--anyone know if Keystone was one of them. The news mentioned Gulf Stream and i don't know where that is in relationship to the Keystone plants. News said 200 to 250 buildings were damaged--that is a lot for that town.
 
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Old 10-20-2007, 03:55 AM   #2
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Goshen, where a number of Keystone plants are, is up the road from Nappanee, about 15 miles, give or take.

So far, doing a web search found:

http://wlfi.com/Global/story.asp?S=7237599

part of that article states:

"NAPPANEE, Ind. (AP) - A tornado damaged between 200 and 250 buildings, including three recreational vehicle plants, as it swept across the northern Indiana city of Nappanee.

Five people were taken to hospitals with what police said were minor injuries.

State police say up to 250 buildings were damaged, with 100 to 150 of those destroyed or severely damaged."

AND:

"The storm ripped the roof from a Gulf Stream Coach factory on the city's east side and flipped over dozens of recreational vehicles parked outside. The Fairmont Homes and Franklin Coach plants were also damaged."

Those storms worked their way north into Michigan, where at least 3 lives were lost and huge amounts of damage, especially in and around Williamston, which is near Lansing.

Also found some video here, although I am unable to get some of the links to produce actual video:

http://www.wsbt.com/#
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Old 10-20-2007, 09:25 AM   #3
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Carlsons were in the Goshen area when the tornadoes hit. Windy and scarey but they were ok.
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Old 10-21-2007, 01:01 PM   #4
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Folks,

From what I understand, about 1/3 of Nappanee is gone. This includes most of the east side of town.

Gulfstream Coach, Franklin Coach and Fairmont homes are mostly gone. It will most likely be months before any of these companies are back up in business. After the 2 tornados, rated F3's, left Nappanee they were headed for New Paris and the south end of Goshen. But, thank God that as they got north east of Nappanee and out into the country side, they fizzled to nothing very quickly!

Anyway, There was a tremendious amount of damage and a lot of homes completely destroyed.

It is amazing that there was no lose of life because, a couple of Nappanees fire apparatus were damaged in the process of warning residents.

Clean up and rebuilding will take a good while.
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Old 10-21-2007, 03:40 PM   #5
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Dale, thank you for the update and thank God for the no loss of life!
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Old 10-25-2007, 08:58 AM   #6
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Hey, Dale, is our favorite breakfast restaurant, Corner Cafe in Nappanee ok?
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