I'll never forget that night. We went to a concert at the Savannah Center and left in the middle of a terrific thunderstorm. At about 3:15 AM, my wife awoke and put on the TV just in time to hear Tony Manolfi say, "If you live in The Villages, take cover NOW!". We hunkered down in the closet and waited a while.
The next day I went outside and looked south toward Mallory Hill Country Club and it was just about gone. My mom in Sable Chase had a swimming pool ladder in her yard along with a lot of pink insulation floating around in the wind.
It was reported a man had closed on his house across from Coconut Cove that day, and it was destroyed. What a welcome to TV! Someone in that same area rebuilt his frame and vinyl house with concrete block, but they made him finish it with vinyl siding again over the block.
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