{"id":11144,"date":"2012-04-14T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T20:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=11144"},"modified":"2012-12-06T12:59:27","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:59:27","slug":"theres-no-place-like-home-one-year-after-the-raleigh-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/2012\/04\/14\/theres-no-place-like-home-one-year-after-the-raleigh-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s No Place Like Home: One Year After the Raleigh Tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>One Year Later. Photos by Hide Terada.<\/em><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-cq5eyAs50\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One could say Andi Emrick and her husband are lucky. They were on Ocracoke Island when a tornado tore through Raleigh last April, tossing two old oak trees on top of their home.<\/p>\n<p>They were fortunate; the house wasn\u2019t. The $80,000 in damages took nearly eight months to fix.<\/p>\n<p>Although you could say things are back to normal \u2014 or better \u2014 some days, it doesn\u2019t feel like home, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t feel like home. It was definitely &#8230; maybe it\u2019s because the house is more empty than it was before,\u201d she said. \u201cAnything I didn\u2019t like about it before, I got to change so I\u2019m thankful for that.<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s definitely a different feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a story you\u2019ll hear from more than one person one year after the EF3 tornado blew through downtown. On Raleigh April 16, 2011 the storm forged a northeast path along South Saunders Street, past Shaw University and out toward the eastern Wake suburbs.<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Map of Tornado Damage, Based On Initial Surveys in 2011<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Zoom in to see damage to individual properties.<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<center>Gray: isolated damage<br \/>\nYellow: minor damage<br \/>\nRed: major damage<br \/>\nPurple: destroyed<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/fusiontables\/embedviz?viz=MAP&amp;q=select+col0%2C+col1%2C+col2%2C+col3+from+738272+&amp;h=false&amp;lat=35.81196666497004&amp;lng=-78.61507415771484&amp;z=11&amp;t=1&amp;l=col3\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"600px\" height=\"400px\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It only lasted a few minutes. When it was over, more than 63 Raleigh homes were destroyed. More than 184 homes had suffered major damage; another 851 had minor damage. Thousands of trees were damaged or down. One city business was wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>In Raleigh Kevin Coronado, 3, Osvaldo Coronado, 8, and 9-year-old Daniel Quistan Nino lost their lives when the tornado ripped through a mobile home park. A fourth child, 6-month-old Yaire Quistian Nino, died a few days later of injuries sustained during the storm. <\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 300px; padding: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; background-color: lightgrey;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><center><strong>The Damage<\/strong><\/center><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n63 single-family homes were destroyed.<br \/>\n184 homes suffered major damage occurred<br \/>\n851 homes suffered minor damage<br \/>\n1 business destroyed<br \/>\n11 suffered major damage<br \/>\n22 suffered minor damage<br \/>\nSource: City of Raleigh Department of Inspections surveys <\/span><\/div>\n<p>Now, a year later, most of the pieces are put back together. Sort of.<\/p>\n<p>Curt Willis, Raleigh\u2019s deputy director of inspections, said all commercial damage is cleaned up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone that we know of has gotten permits or is in plan to get permits to fix what was damaged during the tornado,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone\u2019s done a great job cleaning up and getting the permits and going back to work and repairing the damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earp\u2019s Seafood <\/strong><br \/>\nThe commercial business that was wiped out was Earp\u2019s Seafood. When it reopened Jan. 20, lines stretched out the door. People turned out in droves to support the small business that had become the symbol of the tornado\u2019s destruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like the President was coming through,\u201d said Nancy Earp Salmon, whose father, Herbert, and mother, Mary, built the seafood shop 44 years ago. \u201cThe parking lot was full. There was lines around the building. You just wanted to bust out crying that people really care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, things have been fantastic, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018the Lord took it away,\u2019 but He sure brought back twice as much,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11163\"  class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11163 \" title=\"tornado_anniversary0412_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_4.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Salmon\" width=\"560\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_4-336x234.jpg 336w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_4-771x537.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Salmon, manager of Earp\u2019s Seafood off South Saunders Street in Raleigh. The store had more than $300,000 in damage from the tornado last year. The store had been at that location for 42 years. Photo by Hide Terada.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The day of the tornado, she was worried more about her husband than the store itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter works for 911 and she called me and she says, \u2018Momma, tell Daddy there is a tornado headed within three to four minutes at Earp\u2019s and it\u2019s going to hit there,\u2019\u201d Salmon explained. \u201cAnd he had customers and everything. But I called him and he acted like he didn\u2019t believe me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salmon stayed safely at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband was in Vietnam and he said, \u2018This was worse than Vietnam.\u2019\u00a0 So it had to be pretty bad. Of course with age when we get older we\u2019re more fearful and that might have been the reason. But he told me \u2018I got a purple heart. I got shot in Vietnam &#8230; but it wasn\u2019t nothing like what I experienced here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd usually he doesn\u2019t make comments like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the following days, Salmon couldn\u2019t bring herself to view the wreckage of her parents\u2019 dream.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter came and they took pictures and brought back to show me,\u201d she said. \u201cTo be honest with you, emotionally, I don\u2019t think I even wanted to come. I really truly didn\u2019t. It was several days before I came. But I could not bring myself to come because to me it was like part of my parents had blown away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For her, the bigger nightmare came in the nine months that followed, dealing with insurance. From paperwork to building codes, the whole process was \u201ca pain in the butt,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anybody had told me it was this hard to deal with, I would not have believed them,\u201d she said. \u201cIt taught me a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although at first it seemed like they might have to tear the entire building down, three walls remain of the original Earp\u2019s Seafood. For her, that\u2019s enough to keep the heart and soul of the true Earp\u2019s \u2014 her home \u2014 intact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s part of my momma and daddy,\u201d Salmon said. \u201cIt does have a part of them still alive here. They\u2019ll always be Earp\u2019s Seafood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residents<br \/>\n<\/strong>While Earp\u2019s and other businesses have recovered, there\u2019s still some work to be done on single-family homes, according to Ashley Glover, housing inspections administrator. Three tornado affected properties will go before council May 1 for demolition approval, he said, and a few more have approval already but have yet to be razed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11185\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 323px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11185 \" title=\"tornado_anniversary0412_15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_15.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce the dog\" width=\"323\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_15.jpg 462w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_15-336x363.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dog, Bruce, 3, often looked out the living room window toward Glascock Street. Keith and Andi Emrick weren\u2019t home when the tornado dropped a huge tree on the house, crushing it and causing thousands of dollars in damages. Photo by Hide Terada.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still a challenge in some of the worst-hit areas, especially down around the Millbury Road area where it got hit,\u201d he said. \u201cThe majority of the properties have either been demolished or repaired. This is probably our last big group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Houses are given a demolition order if more than 50 percent of the value of the property is damaged. Glover estimates about 22 houses were demolished due to the tornado, not including those still awaiting the work.<\/p>\n<p>Although Emrick\u2019s house on Glascock Street wasn\u2019t demolished, you\u2019d have a tough time guessing so after its complete transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so surreal,\u201d she said, of hearing about the tornado. \u201cI\u2019m one of the people who likes weather, and part of me wishes I was here to experience it. Which is a terrible thing to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emrick said she and her husband still have some furnishings to replace and some landscaping work. She isn\u2019t sure what they\u2019ll do about that part yet, considering the trees that fell on her house.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019d had a bad feeling about the trees from the start when she moved in two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEver since we\u2019ve owned the home, I\u2019ve had continual dreams about the trees &#8230; about them falling on the house,\u201d she said. After the tornado, Emrick got a tattoo of two trees wound together on her leg to commemorate the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact on the City of Oaks<\/strong><br \/>\nTrees were certainly one of the most numerous victims of the storm. The City of Oaks lost more than 1,230 trees, said Sally Thigpen, Raleigh\u2019s urban forester. There are still some trees that need to be removed on state-maintained roads in the city, but for the most part, removal is done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve taken care of the hazardous limbs and streets rights of way and our public properties,\u201d she said. The entire process, Thigpen said, \u201cended up taking us about eights months with the cemeteries folded in.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 300px; padding: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; background-color: lightgrey;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><center><strong>Raleigh Trees Lost to Tornado<\/strong><\/center><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nParks and Greenways \u2013 620<br \/>\nStreet Rights of Way \u2013 370<br \/>\nHistoric Cemeteries \u2013 240<br \/>\n<strong>Total = 1,230<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother 2,855 trees had removals or pruning work. <\/span><\/div>\n<p>Those that remain still need some aesthetic pruning, something urban foresters aren\u2019t paid to manage.<\/p>\n<p>Thigpen said skilled arborists need to go clean them up, not only for appearance but to trim any limbs that remain open to infection and disease. Such limbs could eventually cause problems in the future, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her team of eight field arborists is responsible for all tree maintenance in the city: 1,100 miles of street right of way, 9,000 acres of parks, about 63 miles of greenways and all the city cemeteries and properties.<\/p>\n<p>They had a big job after the tornado trashed the trees. In some parts of Raleigh, downed limbs blocked streets and wrecked havoc with power lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was pretty intense. We were working 12 to 14 hours days for a good five, six weeks,\u201d Thigpen said. \u201cFortunately we were prepared for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city uses a contractor who is on standby to help with such emergencies. Crews worked for 72 hours on the \u201ccut and shove\u201d jobs to open the streets. Then they began prioritizing the rest of the mess, which was mostly limited to one area of the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, it happened so fast,\u201d she said. \u201cI think we kind of realized how isolated the path of that storm when it happened. It was really dramatic where the path was. But the rest of Raleigh just didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11161\"  class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11161 \" title=\"tornado_anniversary0412_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_3-336x223.jpg 336w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_3-771x512.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toppled trees lie near the riverbed along a greenway. Most of the damage along the trail has been cleared out, but some trees remain along Crabtree River. Photo by Hide Terada.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s slowly working on replanting those lost trees. Last year, Raleigh earned the Siemens Sustainable Community Award, a $20,000 grant for tree planting. The city also held a special tree planting event last fall, adding 200 trees along Chavis Park and Chavis Way, and area neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the three historic cemeteries are noticeably less shady. Mt. Hope, O\u2019Roarke and City Cemetery lost 240 trees, most of which have not been replaced. That loss is a huge hit, Thigpen said, because many of those trees were 80 or 100 years old.<\/p>\n<p>And planting new trees is tricky. She\u2019s consulting with the Historic Advisory Board to make sure the new plantings don\u2019t interfere with graves.<\/p>\n<p>Thigpen said the tornado provided a good learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one of my first big storms. I don\u2019t want to say storms are a good experience. It\u2019s not something I\u2019d want to repeat,\u201d she said. \u201cBut the city is doing a lot of work internally to make sure we\u2019re ready &#8230; to give our citizen the service they expect and the help they need in a disaster like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shaw University<\/strong><br \/>\nNot everyone was so prepared. In her dorm room at Shaw University, Andrea Williams didn\u2019t think much about the winds picking up outside.<\/p>\n<p>Williams was gathering supplies to work on a paper down the hall with friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just noticed the skies went from clear to cloudy in &#8230; it had to be less than 10 seconds literally,\u201d she said. \u201cAfter that it started raining really hard. I didn\u2019t think nothing of it. I call North Carolina\u2019s weather bipolar anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But suddenly, the weather changed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11181\"  class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11181 \" title=\"tornado_anniversary0412_13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_13.jpg\" alt=\"fleming kee\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_13.jpg 800w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_13-336x210.jpg 336w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_13-771x481.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaw University student Davante Green, 19, criminal justice major, looks out the second-floor window at Fleming-Kee Living-Learning Hall on a rainy day. The building was one of many structures damaged by the tornado last year. Photo by Hide Terada.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt went from raining really hard to wind. Everything just happened so fast,\u201d she said. \u201cThe wind just started blowing really hard. The window would not close at all. It was almost taking me with it. The lights started flickering in my room and went out. And at that moment that\u2019s when I realized it was serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams started knocking on doors in her dorm to alert people. And as she walked down the hall, \u201cthe window blew out and a tree came flying in, which was frightening for me because it felt like the tree was coming for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 298px; padding: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; background-color: lightgrey;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><center><strong>Shaw\u2019s Damage<\/strong><\/center><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nTwenty-seven buildings suffered damage.<br \/>\nSix buildings had roofs that were either fully or partially replaced:<br \/>\nEstey Hall<br \/>\nDimple Newsome Residence Hall<br \/>\nFleming-Kee Residence Hall<br \/>\nWillie E. Gary Student Center<br \/>\nTupper Hall<br \/>\nSpaulding Gymnasium <\/span><\/div>\n<p>People began screaming, and everyone headed to huddle in the bathroom, she said. Williams, a senior in mass communications from New York, was not used to tornado weather. Neither were many of her dormmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was chaos. It was just crazy,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a scene out of a movie. At that moment you saw your life before your eyes. It was that serious. It was people crying everywhere. It was really bad. I never experienced anything like that before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaw University closed after that, two weeks shy of the semester\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>Odessa Hines, director of public relations for Shaw University, said now, things are \u201cmostly\u201d back to normal. Twenty-seven buildings on campus sustained some sort of damage, the bulk of it evident in roofs and windows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pretty much done with all the repair work,\u201d she said. \u201cThe last piece of it is the Willie E. Gary Student Center. It was hit the hardest by the tornado.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Student Center\u2019s main floor opened in December, restoring cafeteria services to students, who had been dining in FEMA trailers. Hines said work on the student center\u2019s basement and top floors is nearly complete.<\/p>\n<p>Hines said the tornado affected more than just Shaw\u2019s buildings. After the storm, Shaw\u2019s fall 2011 enrollment dropped by about 200 students, out of an average 2,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tornado definitely impacted us quite a bit in terms of our enrollment,\u201d Hines said. \u201cOnce the tornado hit, so many students that were thinking about coming thought, \u2018there\u2019s no way they\u2019re going to be ready.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams said she can understand why. Her parents offered her the option of not returning to the scene of what was such a scary experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of people that were like, \u2018I\u2019m not coming back. We don\u2019t know the type of conditions we\u2019ll have to deal with,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But for her, Shaw had become a home away from home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Shaw. I\u2019ve already been here and I can\u2019t let this tornado take me off my path,\u201d she said. \u201cI might as well just finish. A lot of people are so surprised &#8230; I know that people thought it was close [to closing] after that ordeal. We\u2019re fine up here. We\u2019re family. Every family has its ups and downs &#8230; but we stick together. That\u2019s what produces Shaw\u2019s family. We\u2019re a bunch a fighters. We don\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hines hopes someday to return enrollment back to its average of 2,500. Meanwhile, Shaw will host an open house event April 16 to commemorate not only the tornado, but the hard work that went into putting Shaw back together.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 300px; padding: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; background-color: lightgrey;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><center><strong>Shaw University To Host Tornado Anniversary Event<\/strong><\/center><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: regular; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nShaw University will host an \u201cOpen House\u201d event on the steps of the Willie E. Gary Student Center to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Raleigh tornado. During the event, the university will officially re-open the Willie E. Gary Student Center, the building most damaged during the tornado.<br \/>\n<center>Shaw University Open House<br \/>\nMonday, April 16<br \/>\n11:00 a.m.<br \/>\nWillie E. Gary Student Center<br \/>\n118 E. South Street<br \/>\nShaw University Campus<\/center> <\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest testament is to the volunteer community. So many people pitched in to help the campus get ready in the fall,\u201d Hines said. \u201c[We need to] let everyone know we\u2019re back in business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And maybe that\u2019s the biggest highlight one year after the storm \u2014 pieces put back together, even if home now feels a little bit different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the most part we\u2019re back to normal,\u201d Williams said. \u201cNow it\u2019s almost like \u2026 I mean, you\u2019ll never forget the moments it happened. You\u2019ll never forget the way it made you feel.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Click on an image to view full size.<\/em><br \/>\n<img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_1thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_3thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_2thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_4thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_5thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_6thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_7thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_8thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_9thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_11thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_12thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_13thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"Sexy Sweater\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_14thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_10thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_15thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_16thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tornado_anniversary0412_17thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year after a tornado tore through Raleigh, things are mostly back to normal. 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