Intrepid Biz Buzz team member Dennis Seid is reporting the following storm damage in Tupelo:
• The new sign (pictured before the storm) at the Mall at Barnes Crossing is bent.
• A lot of electricity is out around the Barnes Crossing area. He’s spotted one car in a tree. Cops are directing traffic. Highway 45 is backed way up.
• One of the buildings at the Mississippi Complex of the Tupelo Furniture Market sustained some damage. Part of the roof of one of the buildings (he thinks Building D) blew off.
• No damage reported at the airport.
For more storm damage updates, check out DJ’s 9 to 5, which is posting pictures of damage.
sign at dicks is messed up, 18 wheeler overturned on gloster, roof ripped up at scruggs…….i slept thru it all.
Hope everyone is Ok up there. My wife and I are down in Hattiesburg right now.
Here are a few pictures of the damage at the furniture market:
http://djournal9to5.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/photos/
Only one injury reported – an MDOT employee fell while she was going to the basement. Last we heard, she was on her way to the hospital.]
It’s pouring at the Journal now.
http://titancast.titantv.com/players/default.aspx?siteid=49842
WCBI footage.
From Dennis:
An early morning tornado today that hit parts of Tupelo damaged several homes and businesses, including the Tupelo Furniture Market’s Mississippi Complex.
Businesses around the Mall at Barnes Crossing also were damaged.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is expected to declare a state of emergency for Lee County around noon today.
Mall general manager Jeff Snyder said a tornado struck close to Sonic and the Wesson & Mothershed Eye Center. Tupelo Police Department personnel had blocked traffic around the area. The mall was open, but access was limited.
A few awnings over some of the main entrances at the mall sustained minor damage, and several trees were down.
Read the complete story on 9 to 5.
There is some damage also around the Houston community in Itawamba Co. No one is injured, a couple of roofs messed up and a lot of trees blown over.
never knew there was a houston comm. in itawamba co…….interesting …….glad your OK
There will be more stories and photos in Friday’s Daily Journal…
and let’s thank God that no one was seriously injured today.
Just curious… Did anyone else feel an earthquake or a tremor at about 1pm today in Tupelo? I felt it, and I’ve heard a few others say they felt it as well.
Wait nevermind, it’s confirmed. It was a 3.1 earthquake, epicentered near Sherman. It struck at 12:52. I knew I felt something.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nmhwb0510b.php
Sorry to keep posting, but this is so crazy! An tornado and an earthquake within two days of each other. WOW! What’s next?
I felt it too Josh
Its pretty insane with tornado earthquakes
Next will be a b ig snow storm
haha
Did the tremors or the earthquake itself do any damage? I live close to Fulton, and I didn’t feel anything. I guess we were too far away from the epicenter to even feel tremors!!