Katrina Fennell says she is thankful for the night she and her 9-year-old daughter Lily spent in a Red Cross shelter in Yazoo City. The shelter is located about 4 miles from their home that was destroyed by a tornado, but that’s not all they lost in the storm. Their uncle, 48- year-old Carlton Gould was killed when high winds tossed him while inside of his camper trailer home.
Thanks to a phone call warning Fennell to leave, she escaped with ten children. She recalls seeing from the rear view mirror of her car the debris flying around as she sped away.
“I think that was when the tornado hit” she said, “it was around ten minutes after the call.”
She went to another family member’s home for safety and that evening to the Red Cross shelter. There was plenty of food, water, and a snack for the Fennell’s when they arrived. Red Cross workers even had books and games for Lily. She and her mother smiled. Lily’s was the biggest.
“This is good for tonight, thank you,” said Fennell referring to cots the family pulled together to get some rest.
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