Tornado Strips Family Of Home
292 views · Published 31 January 2013 · 1:53 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics
by Kyra Rogers A tornado in Adairsville, Georgia, pushes many out of their homes. However, they do have a place to spend the night, thanks to a church in the area. Ashley Butler says she was in shock as she and her three children arrived at Adairsville Church of God. The storm separated her from her husband, who left the family to help others hit hard from the storm. He told me to hold on, and there it goes, the next thing I know the door swings in and the roof lifted off. Butler and her husband were at home when the tornado struck. He told her to get on the bed, he laid on top of her, and pulled the mattress over both of them. It seemed like forever but my husband said it was about 45 seconds. After the storm, she picked her children up from school and waited on word from her husband. He rejoined the family around 7 pm. We've got a church full of pews, so it's a place to sleep, a warm building to sleep in and there's no devastation here. Joyce Coomer spent the day turning the church into a temporary home. Several people from the church cooked all day and turned pews into bed , so that families like the Butlers will have a place to stay.
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