Jo's Cafe

Monday Morning and all is well in the Cafe.  We had some nasty storms rock through here last night and do some major damage to Phenix City, AL & Columbus, GA.   By all reports though, we have no injuries – just property damage and power outages.

From WTVM.com:

Bama Lanes in Phenix City may have been damaged by what some eyewitnesses reports indicate was a tornado.  We are still awaiting confirmation of whether or not an actual tornado touched down.

Power is out for much of midtown Columbus. Georgia Power reports that 3200 customers in Columbus are without power.  Alabama Power say 4000 students are without power in the southern 2/3 of the state. At it’s peak, 3000 Phenix City residents were without power— now that is down to 1800. In Seale, 260 residents are without power.

We are about five miles into AL from the state line.  It got loud for a while (and I lost an hour of sleep until our warnings were over), but nothing like the last major storm two weeks ago and no damage. The septic tank is going to have to be pumped again, but that is what you have to deal with living in the country.

WTVM created a Google Map of the area showing where damage has been reported.

I’m sure its going to be a busy day around the office.  But thank God there was no loss of life. 

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