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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....

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[graciegirl]

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

Tornado of Feb 2007 Question

[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......

I guess that was answered when I was typing

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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]

Originally Posted by 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......

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.

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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.