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THE OWL, AUGUST 11, 1970
Karl
dings on; 1 Coleman. Avenue. This was apparently the eye ’ of the storm. Herman had a large rope and we had planned to wade to the nearly railroad tracks which were only a few inches above the tidal wave.
Just at that time we saw a flashlight apparently signaling from the window of the home of neighbors Lottie and Mayor Garfield Iadner. We straggled through the still rising water and waded into their kitchenj as had apparently everyone m the immediate vicinity. 6? people, including infants and small children, and four dogs weathered the remainder of the big blow in the Iadner home, which was fortunately built four feet above the ground. Only a few inches of dirty water seeped in.
Just as	the	last refu
waded in,	the	eye of
storm ended abruptly JO minutes after_ the calm began, and the winds and tornadoes burst forth again, coming from almost a due westerly position. While still terrifying, the wind velocity was not nearly as strong as had been when blowing from the east, and the water began falling almost as rapidly as if being sucked out ty a giant vacuum cleaner.
Several returned to gutted homes, bat	most	simply sat	un-
mcrving, as	if	in a state	of
shock.	I	was	the only	one,
except	a	two	week old	baby
and a	couple	of veiy small
children,	who	slept	that
The Nicholson Ave. and beaclifront house, Waveland where Col. ?ight: 'fhen t1 a^e as the ,rl Axtater died in Camille. (Lower- mnl-.o'l Th*	v	dawn broke, I realized that
Photos by Viguene -
::r*~	m	«uxe. (Lower photo) The Joseph E.	'-----------------
Viguene, Jr., residence at Nicholson Ave. and the teachLont. co^LteV wa^sS ted?
yard as early as 6:30 p.m.
Herman and Catchie sat glued to television until the electricity went off at 9530 p.m. I had been sitting on tlia carpet watching the rain blown m horizontal torrents until limbs began falling and I decided to go inside where the churning roars of tornadoes were clearly audible. Herman went into the living room and asked me to briDg a sponge as water was seeping	beneath the front
r] ru~i"r>	f.innr 4-Vi^	4-
eerier by flames which arose from a block of hu-mino- bm"l-
the entire roof having been
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