Have any of you good folks ever experienced a tornado in THE VILLAGES?

[senior citizen]

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[Quixote]

There was a tornado that touched down in TV on Groundhog Day 2007. Mallory Country Club was destroyed, and upwards of (if I remember correctly) 1,700 homes damaged. Some only lost some roof shingles, while others were pretty much wiped out. You can find videos on YouTube. No one was hurt here, though I believe seven people were killed as the tornado moved out of TV into other areas of central FL near us....

[senior citizen]

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[graciegirl]

Senior here is a link to a previous thread complete with a link to pictures.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/tornado-feb-2007-question-40179/

[philnpat]

We were attending a wake of a dear friend in Schenectady, NY when the Wednesday evening storm hit. When we left the wake, we were amazed at what we saw. Trees were down, streets flooded and power was out. We weren't aware of the warning. It took us quite awhile to get back to our home in Saratoga County. All was ok at our home...
I guess you never know...

[Applepie]

I live in Tall Trees and though it hit south of LSL, I heard it go through about 3:20 am. It was unbelieveable the damages the tornado did. Typical of The Villages, Mark Morse pulled all construction crews off the new houses and sent them, along with blue roof tarps, to the damaged areas. The tornado was on Feb 2 by July 4 you would never know a tornado came through. Mallory CC was rebuilt. The surrounding areas were not so quick to repair and rebuild. FEMA trucks were parked at Laurel Manor rec center for weeks.

[jimbo2012]

More damage than I was told, mostly roofs, don't think it made any difference if the house was frame or block construction, the roofs R the same.

I wonder if the newer builds built to a higher wind load of 140mph would have survived any better?

Is it correct that the crews from TV expedited the repairs and re-builds or did it go on for many months with insurance claims taking forever......:mornincoffee:

I guess that was answered when I was typing

[senior citizen]

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[asianthree]

I have not thought about where to go in our home in the TV... We have always had a basement. And a shelter in it so this will be new for us in a few years. I have never been afraid of our storms..but we always had a place to go

[janmcn]

More damage than I was told, mostly roofs, don't think it made any difference if the house was frame or block construction, the roofs R the same.

I wonder if the newer builds built to a higher wind load of 140mph would have survived any better?

Is it correct that the crews from TV expedited the repairs and re-builds or did it go on for many months with insurance claims taking forever......:mornincoffee:

I guess that was answered when I was typing



Brand new cinder block homes were completely decimated, meaning no outside walls, no inside walls, no roof.

A few corrections to previous posts; the tornado killed 20 some people (nobody in TV died although there were some serious injuries), the tornado was a quarter mile wide and stayed on the ground for over 20 miles.

In my CYV neighborhood, a roofing company came along and put tarps on people's houses, for a fee of course, not Mark Morse.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

A friend of mine was caught in his car during that 2007 tornado and is very jittery whenever there's a thunderstorm.
Although I can't blame him, if I'm not mistaken, that tornado was the first one to hit the Villages area in 83 years.
No, we're not 100% safe but I like the odds.

[senior citizen]

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[Applepie]

jimbo, to answer your question. The villages construction crews were wonderful. They made sure all roofs had tarps by evening of the tornado and worked clearing and cleaning up the mess. If you had insurance with The Villages, all you had too do was call them. They had a complete list of every thing in your house. The people who had
the villages insurance had no trouble getting their homes rebu8lt.

[Quixote]

Brand new cinder block homes were completely decimated, meaning no outside walls, no inside walls, no roof.

A few corrections to previous posts; the tornado killed 20 some people (nobody in TV died although there were some serious injuries), the tornado was a quarter mile wide and stayed on the ground for over 20 miles.

In my CYV neighborhood, a roofing company came along and put tarps on people's houses, for a fee of course, not Mark Morse.

Thanks for the correction on those killed and injured; rely on my memory and you're in deep excrement.... However, it is an important point, much to the surprise of many, that cement block homes fared no better than frame homes!

[ilovetv]

I live in Tall Trees and though it hit south of LSL, I heard it go through about 3:20 am. It was unbelieveable the damages the tornado did. Typical of The Villages, Mark Morse pulled all construction crews off the new houses and sent them, along with blue roof tarps, to the damaged areas. The tornado was on Feb 2 by July 4 you would never know a tornado came through. Mallory CC was rebuilt. The surrounding areas were not so quick to repair and rebuild. FEMA trucks were parked at Laurel Manor rec center for weeks.

"Typical of The Villages" is right. Nobody in this nation builds and gets things done like TV. Nobody.

[Steve & Deanna]

Our very first trip to The Villages was in 2007 and we rented a villa in Bonnybrook. Being new...and lost, we happened to drive through Mallory the next day to which my wife said "Get me outta here, get me outta here, I'll never live here." The rest is history and as we spend our summers back n VT, that's all I hear is 'we are missing all the activity and the golf cart'. This year at one of our VT dinners, we did hear first hand from a couple that was affected by the tornado how construction workers, that were building new homes, were called off the jobs to help residents rebuild and get back in their homes. That next morning, we did see motor homes with various insurance logos parked at he Savannah Center and I assume that they were helping residents. It seems as if there was quite a rapid response to the needs of Villagers and praises to the Morse family for creating such a friendly environment here in TV.

[justjim]

Back in the late 60's in Illinois during a "field audit" I actually saw a tornado bearing down on us and it was a "frightening" experience. We were not hurt as the tornado raised up as it went over but five people were killed seven miles up the road. We were in the Village of Caroline when the tornado hit 2-2-07 about 3:15 am. We heard it as it demolished homes just 2 blocks away. Again lucky to escape a tornado. The Developer did an outstanding job, as others have noted, following the TV tornado of 2007. Thank God large and powerful tornados are very rare in Florida!

[MLBellis]

I was running in my neighborhood while the tornado hit on our street (sable Chase - Golden Grove Dr) and helping get people out of their homes. 6 houses were hit, two right to the slab.... No one came for days to check on our street. Landscapers were jumping the fence from Buna Vista & stealing from the homes… I ran to Moorse blvd to tell the police what was happening. Because of the way the street goes they could not see what was happening. The street is shaped like the letter “P” the authorities would only go so far down the straight away of the “P” but the twister hit around the back end of the circle part of our street.
A gas line was broken under a wall so we could not close it off. I called Sat., Sun. & mon to tell them… they also came so far down the street & turned away… Mon morning a tractor was coming down the street & started to turn around (LIKE ALL THE OTHERS DID ) I jumped in front of it & asked him “When is anyone coming to see the damage on our street? He did not believe me & went to where the damages was. The Gas co came after I told them that I was going to put a match to the gas leak that sounded like a big waterfall. They finally all came Mon afternoon. Very bad memories for me & my neighbors. My parents & I made coffee and sandwiches every day for the families. We took 4 of the families into our home right after it hit. There is so much more that had happen that TV did not know or reported. They focused more at Mallory… I took my golf cart there to try to get help… again they only drove down part of the street & turned around. Thank God that is all behind us now.

[Ooper]

Factoid... there is no state in the US that has escaped the ravages of a tornado, including Hawaii and Alaska.

[philnpat]

So , you were out in that storm the other evening???

Glad all was o.k. with your home.......and you made the trip back safely.

Wild weather lately...........all over.

We left the wake in Schenectady just after the storm.
Much of Schenectady and Rotterdam are still without power.
We got home from TV last Wednesday evening. The next day it was 42 degrees and raining. Today it's 94 degrees...sunny and humid.
Ahhh...the Great Northeast.

[Villages PL]

Just wondering if any of you good folks have ever experienced a tornado in The Villages, Florida?

After seeing the myriad of photos during our local t.v. news last evening of the EF-2 category tornadoes that touched down in Montgomery and Schenectady counties in New York the other day......I was wondering what level of such storms have ever, if ever, touched down in Lake County, Sumter County or Marion County, Florida?

Any homes ever damaged in The Villages????

The photos were very numerous of roofs torn off, crashed into by huge trees which came down, barns demolished, college dorm roof ripped off, flooding, etc. and so on...........including many homes damaged .......

Thank you all in advance.........

Yes, the one in 2007. I was sleeping in my bed when I awoke because of constant lightening flashes coming through my double windows. Yes, it was like permanent outdoor lighting and it lit up my bedroom. My bedroom is on the south side and the tornado was south of my home, cutting accross from west to east. But I didn't know it was a tornado until morning when I heard it on WVLG. If it ever happens again, I will know to take cover.

[Bogie Shooter]

Yes, the one in 2007. I was sleeping in my bed when I awoke because of constant lightening flashes coming through my double windows. Yes, it was like permanent outdoor lighting and it lit up my bedroom. My bedroom is on the south side and the tornado was south of my home, cutting accross from east to west. But I didn't know it was a tornado until morning when I heard it on WVLG. If it ever happens again, I will know to take cover.

Wasn't it west to east?

[Villages PL]

Wasn't it west to east?

Thanks, yes it was west to east; I went back and corrected my post.

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[ssmith]

My husbands retired boss just moved to Mallory in January 07 ( she was glad to get away from the tornadoes of the midwest....she said hahahaha).

The tornado hit their home in the wee hours of the night....they had no warning...her husband picked her up and threw her in the inner closet and got in just in time himself.

Their house was badly hit...and then it was rebuilt.

My point in sharing is that it is good to have a plan....but remember they had no warning at the time of the tornado and they were sound alseep when it hit.

[ilovetv]

My husbands retired boss just moved to Mallory in January 07 ( she was glad to get away from the tornadoes of the midwest....she said hahahaha).

The tornado hit their home in the wee hours of the night....they had no warning...her husband picked her up and threw her in the inner closet and got in just in time himself.

Their house was badly hit...and then it was rebuilt.

My point in sharing is that it is good to have a plan....but remember they had no warning at the time of the tornado and they were sound alseep when it hit.

This is why everyone should register their address and phone with the county Code Red Alert system, to receive automated phone calls when a storm like this is forming/coming your way. A tornado could still hit with little notice, but the warnings about conditions being right for forming a tornado are still very helpful.

Sumter County:
Sumter County Sheriff's Office ::: CODE RED (http://www.sumtercountysheriff.org/Divisions/emcodered.asp)

Marion County:
https://cne.coderedweb.com/Default.aspx?groupid=rnHTO0DAA0lCtQVIGOctEw%3D%3D

[davecz1]

Thanks, I just registered, apprciate you passing along that info.

[tucson]

"Ten Seconds Inside a Tornado" by Ed Fredericks (a resident of TV) a book that chronicles 70 stories (w/pictures) by Villagers of the 2007 Tornado. I think you can buy it at All Booked Up bookstore in TV. I got mine yrs ago from a doctor we know in TV. Very informative with TRUE stories from the victims of the tornado and the damages to their homes and autos.

[collection6]

We were hit severly by the 2007 tornado, upwards of $100,000 damage to our villa in Sabal Chase. No help from the villages although the Mormon Church did come in on the fourth day and tarp our roof and pickup debris in our yard. Red Cross was great. Fought with the insurance company for six months to get damage repaired. I had villa only a few months old and they tried to say I had existing water damage. $17,000 damage to my car and auto insurance company picked up car and had it repaired immediately. Talked to several other homeowners who had problems with their homeowners insurance co.

[wereback]

first I've heard the villages didn't help we lived on corner of Lockhart and the Villages workers were lined up with trucks, loaders and hundreds of men along stillwater first thing in the morning and roofers were working as fast as they could putting tarps on and reroofing.