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[mgreene@xxxxxxxxx]

 I work in Jackson and the destruction here is unbelievable.                    
 
 11 dead including 3 children, almost 200 homes either heavily damaged or       
 
 totally destroyed, and another 200+ with minor damage.                         
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
 A large Black Oak tree about 60 feet tall was totally uprooted in front of the 
 
 building where I work.  This was the same tree that the Warbling Vireo stayed  
 
 in all of last summer and had returned to again this year.  I work over in the 
 
 Industrial Park area and if there was ever a reason not to plant a Bradford    
 
 Pear tree - just come look around here - almost every single one was snapped   
 
 off here in the Industrial Park. I'm talking probably 50 or more of them and   
 
 very few are salvageable.                                                      
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
 Again I'm just thankful that my family and I were unharmed. We did take refuge 
 
 in the hall under a mattress on Monday night as the tornado sirens sounded in  
 
 nearby Trenton. I'm ready for sunshine!                                        
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
 Hopefully the weather will be better by Saturday for the North American        
 
 Migration Counts.                                                              
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
 Good birding,                                                                  
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
 Mark Greene                                                                    
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
 Trenton, TN                                                                    
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
 









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