Tornado
hits
David Picton
home on April 26, 2024
A tornado hit my son David's home on April 26, 2024. It started in Omaha at Elkhorn, NE., it went to the Cargill Plant at Blair, NE and in some places such as my sons house it was about a mile wide. Everyone is safe. David and Kathryn were at home when it hit. Kathryn was in the laundry room in the basement with her dog. She said when it hit the garage, some dust came in from the garage. David was upstairs looking out until he saw the top of the tree in the back yard blow off, then he went to the basement. Martha and Paul were at school. Cindy and I were driving back from Missouri Valley, IA.
There was also a lot of tree damage. Many trees had there tops blown off, some were uprooted, very few were left in tact. Some of the spruce even had there needles blown off. His house is in good shape but his garage does have some problems as you can see. His shingles on the house and garage look to be in good shape. His metal building lost half of its roof or 900 sq. ft. David has had someone put a temporary roof over part of the metal building (but so far not all of it).
My son has a Starlink disk from SpaceX that survived the tornado. The disk was untouched but the metal building next to it lost its roof. He recovered everything and rehooked up the Starlink disk. He had to wait until the next day until the power was restored. Then he checked out everything and all worked fine. I have heard there was another Starlink disk near Lincoln, NE that survived the same storm. It is said that these are the first known Starlink disks from SpaceX to have survived a tornado.
The following are some of the pictures of damage at his home and a few South of his place.
His garage door on his house. The garage on that side was moved about two inches off its foundation.
Notice that his air conditioner is laying on its side.
The above is his steel metal building. It is 1800 sq. ft. in size and lost a half of its roof. David's Starlink disk is located somewhere near the area of lower left of the picture.
The metal building garage door.
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Notice loose boards on roof.
Half the roof is gone.
Half the roof is gone.
Half the roof is gone.
Above is back yard and house.
Above is his front yard between house and two rows of spruce trees along road.
Two rows of spruce trees along road in front of David's house. Notice some are blown out by there roots. Some are broken in half. Very few standing.
This is the end of pictures from David's place. Below are pictures going South from David's place to the bottom of the hill.
This picture and the following pictures are going South from David's place to the bottom of the hill.
