Pix of Tornado Destruction - Raleigh, NC

[SmokeyJoe]

Hey Folks...

Thanks for all the well-wishes and prayers for our area of North Carolina. Been rough cleaning up from the damage in the area.

A good friend of mine - a photographer - took these pictures of downtown Raleigh.

http://intersect.com/stories/29y324rKbDpM

They used some of his photos on WRAL.com - a local TV station.

My daughter's neighborhood was spared, but the one behind her house just a few hundred yards was devastated. Please keep the many families affected in your prayers.

[N2 GOLD]

WOW!!! :O Is all I can say after seeing the pic's...

[Aero95]

All I can say is wow. Glad you and your daughter are ok.

[kelmac07]

WOW!!!! Prayers for the families that this storm affected.

[hotreds]

Glad you are ok- tornadoes are so hit and miss! We were lucky in Mooresville- just some rain. Looks like everything got very intense heading east.

[TBone]

Damn, hope all gets back to normal soon...prayers for those who suffered the most

[Ranger_B]

Glad your ok. We had tornadoes in between 5-8 miles away in all directions and got real lucky. My fiancées patient who is on a vent full time was fortunate enough to be sick and went to the ER that morning. Probably saved the family's lives their house is gone. Crazy storm.

[joeobx]

Hope all our southern bothers and sisters are all right. I just got home from working for 3 days in Bertie county. Saw a lot of families' that didn't have a whole lot to begin with loose everything.

[SmokeyJoe]

Thanks everybody... it means a lot.

[hscmit]

glad you and yours are alright
pretty intense stuff

[Starscream]

Glad you are ok- tornadoes are so hit and miss! We were lucky in Mooresville- just some rain. Looks like everything got very intense heading east.

Same here, Hugh. I'm about an hour and a half south of Raleigh and we missed it all. Fayetteville got tore up though. Thoughts and prayers countinued to be sent for all those affected by the tornadoes, hail, and wind.

Glad y'all are ok, Joe.:tu

[Virginia_Ghost]

Volt's the one closest to the path in Gloucester...That Tornado took out his Internet hub for the area when it destroyed the middle school near him.

[Skywalker]

Wow!

That is really terrible!:(

Prayers sent!

[IBQTEE1]

Wow!! Glad that you are OK though. Prayers sent.