{"id":1048,"date":"2012-03-03T20:16:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T01:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/tornado-damage-cat-creek-and-quarterman-road-lowndes-county-georgia-3-march-2012.html"},"modified":"2012-03-03T20:16:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T01:16:45","slug":"tornado-damage-cat-creek-and-quarterman-road-lowndes-county-georgia-3-march-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/tornado-damage-cat-creek-and-quarterman-road-lowndes-county-georgia-3-march-2012.html","title":{"rendered":"Tornado damage, Cat Creek and Quarterman Road, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6950532859\/in\/set-72157629505782749\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7177\/6950532859_4b412880e3_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThere was a twister in Lowndes County today.\nThe only property damage we saw was to this house on Cat Creek Road,\nwhich now has a pine tree draped across it.\nThe house roof appears undamaged.\n<p>\nThere are no reports of anyone being hurt.\nEveryone is accounted for.\n<p>\nThen the tornado came through the woods to Quarterman Road:\n\n<!--more-->\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6804367608\/in\/set-72157629505667927\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7198\/6804367608_e6294a9936_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6804422630\/in\/set-72157629505782749\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:top;border:none;\" v  src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7069\/6950499471_df2a669dfd_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nThe twister broke that tree and flung it down the road.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/W5BMauYgA3E\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/W5BMauYgA3E\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe tornado tore down a lot of trees on the south part of Quarterman Road.\nHere&#8217;s a\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/W5BMauYgA3E\">\nvideo<\/a> pan:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W5BMauYgA3E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\n<center>\nTornado damage, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2012.\n<br>\nPictures on Cat Creek Road and Quarterman Road\nby Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/center>\n<\/small>\n<p>\nThis canopy tree limb at the SW corner of the road broke completely off:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6804422630\/in\/set-72157629505782749\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7208\/6804422630_1e7082e432.jpg\"><\/a>\n<br>\n<small>\n<center>\nTornado damage, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 March 2012.\n<br>\nPictures on Cat Creek Road and Quarterman Road\nby Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/center>\n<\/small>\n<p>\nLet&#8217;s hope the county doesn&#8217;t decide to cut the whole tree down now.\nIt&#8217;s still a fine old oak tree.\nBy old, I mean old-timers a couple of decades ago recalled it as one\nof two (the other is on the other side of the road from it)\nthat had been there back when that side of Quarterman Road continued\nsouth to the river, and along it to Cat Creek Road,\nwhich hasn&#8217;t been the case for probably 70 years or more.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157629505782749\/show\/\">\na slideshow.<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"300\"> <param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F98706376%40N00%2Fsets%2F72157629505782749%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F98706376%40N00%2Fsets%2F72157629505782749%2F&#038;set_id=72157629505782749&#038;jump_to=\"><\/param> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=109615\"><\/param> <param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object>\n<p>\nThe good news: rain! We got rain! We like rain!\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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