Yes, my bad, William.

Some links posted by a Raleigh resident who is on the Pagemakr list. 
Wen she emerged from her basement, she found her side of the road was 
unscathed but (in her words) the other side of the road was severey 
scathed!

http://www.wral.com/weather/video/9454747/#/vid9454747

She went on:

>This was one of hundreds tornados that were tracked saturday in NC.
>They go in southwest to northeast diagonals, about 5 of these long
>tracks parallel to each other. 23 lost so far.

http://www.wral.com/weather/page/9456085/

Amazing and horrifying.

Best regards

Geoffrey Heard
The Ad-Doctor-Online
http://www.ad-doctor-online.com


At 6:17 AM -0500 20/4/11, William F. Maddock wrote:
>Actually, it was tornadoes, not hurricanes. Tornadoes are much more
>localized and not restricted to coastal areas. North Carolina got
>absolutely hammered by them. Last night it was our turn in the St. Louis
>area in Missouri and Illinois. I don't know of any deaths or serious
>injuries, but it was scary for a while. There were tornadoes reported in
>all parts of the area.
>
>On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 01:01 +1000, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
>>  Hello all in the hurricane area
>>
>>  I hope all is well with you. I've just seen some very nasty pictures
>>  from Raliegh, NC, on a dpreview forum. I know you ought to be okay,
>>  Michael, provided you stayed at home, because the guy who took the
>>  pix said they retired to lick their wounds at his parents' place in
>>  Asheville.
>>
>>  All the best to you all who are in harm's way. I know what you have
>>  been through from my experience with a couple of cyclones in
>>  Queensland.
>>
>>  My best wishes to any who have suffered loss or harm.