Hello, everyone.
Our daughter, Tina, graduated from Van High School in 1987.  The destruction in the area is really bad.  We have property on FM RD 1253 in the Providence community and had some tree limbs down, but no real damage.  A neighbor nearby had tree limbs down around the house and his tv tower broke off and slid down the roof to the ground.  The roof was spared, but the barn and shed lost its roof.  Everywhere we looked we saw 100 year old oaks just laid over on the ground.  There is a tree farm down the road that had the pine trees broken like match sticks.  As we made our way to the house  we found crews from at least 7 different electric coops trimming trees and restoring electric lines.  One of the workers said there were as many as ninety trucks working in Van, and many more spread out across the Van Zandt-Smith county path of the storm.  There is no access to Van from I-20 or Hwy 80.  They are not allowing onlookers in the area.  You have to register with the Sheriff's office or the Red Cross to be admitted if you have property or family in the vicinity.  There is a curfew at sundown.  according to one lady whose home was destroyed, she still had a pistol and ammo if someone wanted to take what she had left.
So keep these precious folks in your prayers.  The responders and the people who have lost so much.
  Love to you all. Donna Gwin Libhart

Geeez, Charlotte. i did not know that. I believe in getting one every year and I am very faithful about getting them. My mother had breast cancer twice and both times she found the lumps herself.