Tornado damage, Cat Creek and Quarterman Road, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2012

There was a twister in Lowndes County today. The only property damage we saw was to this house on Cat Creek Road, which now has a pine tree draped across it. The house roof appears undamaged.

There are no reports of anyone being hurt. Everyone is accounted for.

Then the tornado came through the woods to Quarterman Road:

The twister broke that tree and flung it down the road.

The tornado tore down a lot of trees on the south part of Quarterman Road. Here's a video pan:

Tornado damage, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2012.
Pictures on Cat Creek Road and Quarterman Road by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

This canopy tree limb at the SW corner of the road broke completely off:

Tornado damage, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2012.
Pictures on Cat Creek Road and Quarterman Road by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Let's hope the county doesn't decide to cut the whole tree down now. It's still a fine old oak tree. By old, I mean old-timers a couple of decades ago recalled it as one of two (the other is on the other side of the road from it) that had been there back when that side of Quarterman Road continued south to the river, and along it to Cat Creek Road, which hasn't been the case for probably 70 years or more.

Here's a slideshow.

The good news: rain! We got rain! We like rain!

-jsq

Comments

[Nancy Parr]

This is awsome...thanks for sharing!

[Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange]

VDT reports more severe damage farther east, on Beatty Mill Creek Road and through Walker's Crossing to Lakeland:
http://valdostadailytimes.com/local/x1888226646/Tornado-touches-down-Lakeland-hospital-damaged

"A preliminary assessment by Lowndes County Fire-Rescue shows 15 homes severely damaged and uninhabitable, another 10 with moderate damage and five with minor damage, she said.

"The tornado caused light damage to Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland and the nearby Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center, according to a press release from South Georgia Medical Center, which owns and operates the Lakeland hospital."

[Jennifer]

Glad you're safe, John. How are those canopy roads?

[Me]

Apparently you did not venture out very far at all. In the Walker's Crossing area there are homes heavily damaged. That tree on the house photo is NOTHING!

[Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange]

Indeed, we went home, and then it got dark. See first comment above about further damage farther out.
-jsq