Texas Tornado!!

Via Shona Q., we recently found out that a tornado touched down right in our old College Station neighbourhood. Here's Shona's report of the damage:

Tornado was on Longmire/2818 area. Doux Chenes apartment buildings lost their roof completely (4 of the buildings now have no roof, and they said 168 people were displaced). Also TX ave at Southwest Pkwy (right by your old place!) was pretty bad too. McDonalds lost their arches, Firestone lost two bay windows, China King buffet had damage at the front and rear (including a trash bin thrown into the restaurant), and the mall with Play it Again sports was pretty bad too.

Exciting times, but no deaths, or severe injuries.

Here's a map of the area to give you some point of reference.

Our apartment location is the green arrow. Actually, our apartment was a little closer to Texas Ave. (to the right). The McDonalds Shona speaks of is right at the corner of Texas Ave. and Southwest Pkwy (a little southeast of our old place). The Firestone and China King are little closer, along Brentwood Dr., and the Play It Again plaza was to the immediate right of our apt. Literally, there was one building between us and the plaza!

UPDATE: In case you didn't catch it (or bother to look), Shona added a link to a website documenting the damage in the comments section. You can get the site by clicking here. Here are two pictures of the damage done to the plaza beside our apartment. (Keep in mind: our old apartment is literally 40-50 feet to the left of this wall!)