dmbarry777's video: Tornados in Tennessee 2008

Compared with other States, Tennessee ranks number 23 for frequency of tornadoes; it averages 12 a year according to the Tennessee Disaster Center website. Example: February 5, 2008 starting around 5:30 pm in Memphis, tornados swept through the southeastern section of the city. Also hit in the storm was the Hickory Ridge Mall. In Jackson, Tn the Union University campus suffered a great deal of damage. Macon County, Tn however was hardest hit. Dozens of Tornados and storms slam Sumner and Macon County around 10pm, first sparking a massive fire in Macon. A fire at the Columbia Gulf gas transmission facility was raging about a half-mile east of the Macon-Sumner County line, off Highway 141. (some of the orignal news reports listed it as Hartsville but its 5 miles from hartsville in Macon County.) Police have shut down Highway 25/Hartsville Pike from Highway 231 through Castalian Springs in Sumner County. The Castalian Springs Post Office was leveled. Homes in rural areas of Gallatin Tn were also severly damaged. Thirty-One people were killed in Tennessee Song: Dearl Hardy - Keep Holding On Orignal posted by me on YouTube Feb 6, 2008 however that account was closed.