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David Smith recalls 27 Apr , 1971 tornado destroying his home Listening to David W. Smith's memories, I remembered exactly where I was on April 27, 1971 -- holding our tiny two-month-old child in my arms to protect him from howling winds, crashing thunder and lightening. I never want to be that close to a tornado again. Today, he described having their home destroyed right above his family's heads. By Linda Waggener David W. Smith has reason to be extra concerned when weather reports include possible tornadoes -- he lived through one. He and I were outside at the Adair County Recycling Center where he works this afternoon in sunshine, seventy-five degrees -- and more than normal winds. He lifted his face to the sky, assessed the weather, and said, "the report is we'll likely get storms tonight. I don't want to go through that again." He recalled being a Senior at Adair County High School when, after supper on the evening of April 27, 1971, his Mom Joyce said they'd better all get into the basement. He said, "We hadn't much more than got down there until it roared above us and wiped out most all of the house except a couple of rooms. He could picture in his memory when the wind was so fierce one of floor joists fell out near them as the basement ceiling/upstairs floor lifted toward the pull of the tornado, but the floor held and they were unharmed. "Daddy went up the basement steps and opened the door that should have gone into the house," David said, "but, by the lightening, he was able to see that the house was mostly gone." He remembered his blue '68 Chevelle -- the tornado flipped it upside down. His Dad received word later that some of his cancelled checks were found after the storm in Science Hill, Ky. David's Mom has since passed away. He and his Dad Marion Derby Smith still farm there in Harmon Hollow on Pelham Branch but neither of them live there anymore. He felt fortunate to have been unharmed because the tornado killed two that night when it moved over 551. The Adair Annex shelter is open tonight just in case anyone wants a safer place to ride out the predicted storm. This story was posted on 2018-04-03 16:49:55
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