The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 2004 Page: 3 of 22
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Friday, March 12, 2004
The Clifton Record
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LIKE A SARDINE CAN, the roof of Jerry Godby's building on Hwy. 6
was ripped open as well as an entire wall after a 20-30 minute storm
charged through Clifton last Thursday. March 3. Although three people
were inside the building at the time, no one was hurt. See story for de-
tails. Stkff P.hotu By Nathan Diebenow
LIGHTING STRIKE? —- A tree on Hackberry Street was apparantly struck by lightning
during a horrendous storm last Thursday, March 3, in Clifton. After split in half, part of the
tree landed on a powerline until it was removed. siatiphoio bv Nathan Diebem.w
• STORM ”... Continued From Page One
members decided the building wasn’t They couldn't enter the smaller build
safe and they had to escape. It wasn't ing next door because one of the metal
eaSy garage doors had fallen, a twisted
mangled mess, preventing the
access door from opening.
The brother and sister team
tried to remove the garage
doors but were pushed by the
wind into the wall, she said.
Luckily, the hit was nothing se-
rious; only their-shoulders were
bruised.
Debris flew around inside the
building. An employee's hat
from the fast food restaurant
across the street landed on a
chair, "like somebody had set it
there. It was very unusual.”
“My son had thought it was
my brother’s hat. and he said,
No, I didn't have a hat on,’”
Waters said.
The other garage door had
fallen on her son's car inside
the building, so they took a 2x4
to lift it up out of the way to re-
lease the car. They drove away
into the storm. One of Sonic’s
signs broke into pieces and
» •
UPROOTED — A tree on Pecan Street was uprooted due to hurricane-like winds that
tore through Clifton last Thursday. The occupants of the house were reported to have
been out of town at the time of the storm. statt Photo By Nathan Diebenow
CHECKING OUT A NEIGHBOR, (from left) Kay Dietiker and her nephew
Nathan Barker visit Jerry Godby whose building was turned into a sar-
dine can and then some last Thursday, March 3, in Clifton.
Staff Photo By Nathan Diebenow
A TREE ON HACKBERRY STREET sits on a
powerline after it was struck by lightning during a
quick-hitting thunderstorm last Thursday, March 3.
More trees were downed and splintered all over Clif-
ton due tO the weather event. Statf Photo By Naltwt D'ebenuv,
scattered in front of the building.
People driving on Hwy. 6 didn’t slow down be
cause of debris, she said. The resturant sign was
flying everywhere because people were driving
so fast.
The family ended up at the Godby residence
to seek shelter and explain what happened. The
ordeal inside the building, Waters estimates,
was for 15 minutes.
Currently living in Cranfills Gap, Waters said
she has been in Bosque County since 1986. Be
fore then she lived in California.
- "Earthquakeville, U.S.A."
“I'm really not sure if I'd rather stay in an
earthquake or what I was in. I mean, I’ve been
in both and it seemed like this was a lot scarier
because you just didn't know what to do,” said
Waters. “In California, you kind of knew to just
stay in the doorway and you're kind of safe. Here
there was no place to go.”
It also seemed like bad luck was following her
for the last month or so, she said. Her mother,
Betty Wells, passed away on Feb. 21 and h(?r
cousin’s aunt died that Friday morning.
Last Wednesday, her brother’s car broke down
in Waco. The auto parts store was about to close
as they walked in, but when they were ready to
check out, “the cash registers went on the
blink.”
“It’s just been a soap opera with us,” said Waters,
in good humor.
As of last Thursday, she said wasn’t sure if she was
going to move into the smaller portion of the build
ing or move out entirely because she was playing
phone tag with the insurance company.
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