[SEL] Southern Indiana Storm

[Glenn A Karch]

Hi to the lists,

Since several of you have asked about the southern Indiana tornado near
Evansville, Indiana, here is what I know.  My wife didn't turn on the
kitchen TV this morning so we missed the early news.  It came through about
17 miles south of us.  It hit Munfordville, KY and the Ellis Park horse race
track which is in KY but on the Indiana side of the river.  I destroyed the
pavillion and grandstand areas.  From there it crossed an area of the Ohio
river bottoms where I have a farm.  The farm is bare land so there was no
damage there.  Just a mile east of my farm is where the mobile home court
is.  It is a large trailer court with possibly a couple hundred trailers and
stretches for over a half a mile.  The tornado came through the south half
of the trailer area absolutly flattening it.  Then further east it started
knocking down power poles along a highway where my wife's cousin has a
restaurant and flower shop, but no news about that yet.  Further east yet,
it flattened the community of Degonia Springs where a family of four was
killed.

We are safe and sound with only a few rain sprinkles and a strong breeze.

Glenn

Glenn Karch
Haubstadt, IN, USA
Hercules Historian