But no Flannel Shirt

Tennessee US Senator (and former governor) Lamar Alexander stopped by for a photo opportunity on Wednesday. So, my parents got another write-up in the Jackson Tennessee paper. There is also an online gallery with several pictures of my parents (like 4 out of 10). My guess is that this will be the last news media they will get from this, so maybe the old blog will be back soon.

Also, the house was bulldozed today - after 22 years of living there.

The article:

Meeting Senator Alexander

And this is the photo gallery:

Pictures with Lamar

News Video

Below is an article about the house, but once you click on the article to the right is a new video in which my mom, dad, and brother are interviewed. You will have to let the commercial run first on the video, though! The initial picture before you run the video is all of the collected debris in our front yard. Only the Whites have an Ole Miss and a US flag hanging from the house!

New Article and Video

My parents have settled in to their temporary home and continue to be taken care of wonderfully. The in depth job of listing inventory of what they have and what they lost is coming soon! I will try and keep this blog updated as best I can.

Tornado Article

Below is an article from our local paper regarding our house and the tornado. I missed it the first time b/c as the big brother it is hard for me to realize that my brother is a "man". Second, my mom was a little irritated b/c she insisted she had a headache and not a nervous breakdown as she thinks the article implies!!

http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802080311

From the Rubble

Here is my parent's house (and my childhood home) the morning after the tornado hit Jackson, TN. My mom was inside but thankfully was not even injured. The good news in
all of this, besides of course my mom being ok, is that most of our pictures and personal effects were salvaged – including heirloom china, etc. So many people are helping out it is amazing. They are much better off than so many other folks who lost their home just due to so many friends, etc . . . and hopefully good insurance!!

My dad’s company is setting them up in a house to live in while they figure out how to re-build, so that is good news and they have been given storage space to
store everything. So, they are being taken care of.

Good Morning America filmed their weather report in front of our “house” this morning, and interviewed the Mayor from our driveway. My mom has been on a couple
of regional interviews and I think even on national radio. I am still a little at a disadvantage being up here in the DC area, but it sounds like they are having plenty of help, so I will probably not try to make it to Jackson anytime in the immediate future. Rumors are that President Bush may come through the neighborhood at some point, but that may just be speculation right now.

More later . . .