Gordon M Lowe
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Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:16 am
German-Paristown and Highgate Springs
Jay M. wrote:My now wife lived on Eastern Parkway and was headed to her high school job at Oxmoor Mall (extra points if you remember the Gidding-Jenny store at Oxmoor). She said the sky turned a weird shade of green, so she got out of the car and tried to make it to the White Castle - now Boombozz/Oil Change place. The wind was too strong and she couldn't make it to the WC and jumped into a stranger's car in traffic on Eastern Parkway. When I asked her why, she said "I didn't want to die alone". By then trees and wires were down and the road was impassable. They drove up along the sidewalks and made it across Bardstown Road. The storm had passed on toward Cherokee Park, so she got out of the car and walked home. She told me she lost and never found her earrings and believes they were blown off while outside the car.
Gordon M Lowe wrote:I'm a little late to this thread, but in my case I was watching 41 and Presto told me to go get my parents and go to the basement.
Mike Hardin wrote:Gordon M Lowe wrote:I'm a little late to this thread, but in my case I was watching 41 and Presto told me to go get my parents and go to the basement.
I remember that! I was 6 and lived on Stilz avenue. My mom and I could see the tornado come from Cherokee over the Seminary and toward Crescent Hill. The aftermath was ungodly!
Robin Garr wrote:Mike Hardin wrote:Gordon M Lowe wrote:I'm a little late to this thread, but in my case I was watching 41 and Presto told me to go get my parents and go to the basement.
I remember that! I was 6 and lived on Stilz avenue. My mom and I could see the tornado come from Cherokee over the Seminary and toward Crescent Hill. The aftermath was ungodly!
You were probably watching it make a direct hit on the house I live in now. It took off the entire roof and attic, leaving the first floor open to the sky. I'm really glad I didn't live here then. <shudder>
We think the occupants banked the insurance money and did all the repairs themselves. The house, which turns 100 this year, has "character" that it might not have had before.
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