Tornado

Long Term Recovery of Macon County
The purpose of the Long Term Recovery of Macon County committee is to coordinate the delivery of long term recovery assistance to the victims of a major disaster. This involves multiple agencies, including governmental entities, not-for-profit agencies, community, civic and service groups, religious, and educational organizations, etc.

LTRMC now has an office located at 668 Highway 52 Bypass West (the old State Farm office). The mailing address is P. O. Box 715, Lafayette, TN 37083. To contact the organization or one of its officers, call 615-666-9714. For more information, please visit: www.ltrmc.org

National Weather Service Photos
The National Weather Service, Nashville Office, has an incredible collection of 95 photographs. This is from their survey of Macon County tornado damage. Please click on this link.

Watch Out for Scam Artists

Mayor Shelvy Linville had advised people to watch out for scam artists. There are people that are trying to take advantage of this situation. Here are some tips:

Never do business with a repair crew that knocks on your door (unless you can verify their contractors license).
Ask for identification (such as drivers license). Do not accept business cards or name badges as identification. Copy down all the information from the driver's license.
Ask for proof of contractors license.
Make sure the contractor carries general liability insurance, workers' compensation and is bonded.
You can verify contractors' licenses here:
http://licsrch.state.tn.us/
Call the State of Tennessee's Contractors Board at 1-800-544-7693 (option 4) to see if the contractor has any complains filed against him or her.
Call the Better Business Bureau to see if complains have been filed.
Get a written estimate. Read the fine print.
Get references and check them.
Pay by check. A reasonable down payment is 30% of the total cost of the project.
Never pay for the entire project in advance.

National Weather Service
Results of Tornado Surveys
February 8, 2008

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
445 pm CST Fri Feb 8 2008

...results of tornado surveys...
...updated to include intensity rating for Sumner Trousdale and
Macon counties...

After surveying damage from the February 5th storms that struck Middle Tennessee, it has been determined that four individual tornadoes occurred along a path extending from Clifton in Wayne County to northeast of Lafayette in Macon County.

The first tornado touched down over northeast Hardin county, moved near Clifton, and lifted near Flatwoods in northern Wayne County. A second tornado touched down in extreme southeast Perry County, a few miles northeast of the end of the previous tornado track. This tornado remained on the ground as the storm moved across northwest Lewis County and into Hickman County. The tornado struck the Brushy community, then turned toward the left just east of Centerville before dissipating.

The first two tornadoes have been rated as either EF-o or EF-1.

A third tornado touched down near the end of the previous tornado track east of Centerville, and passed through Fairview, in northwest Williamson County, before lifting near the Davidson County line. This tornado has been rated as either EF-1 or EF-2.

The supercell thunderstorm continued to move northeastward, across Nashville, before spawning a fourth tornado, which dropped down on the south side of Gallatin, near the Cumberland River. This tornado moved through Castalian Springs, extreme northern Trousdale County, across Macon County, striking the northwest side of Lafayette, before moving into Kentucky, where it finally lifted northeast of Tompkinsville. The path length of this tornado was approximately 51 miles. Much of the damage along this path was rated EF-2 although some areas received EF-3 damage. This long track tornado had winds in the 110 to 140 mph range and caused damage three quarters of a mile wide.