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Parkersburg A Year After Tornado
Dave Rasdal
May. 25, 2009 9:00 am
An amazing sight in Iowa these days is the quick recovery of Parkersburg a year after a tornado destroyed nearly 300 homes.
I've been following the family of Tom Reinert (left) because he and his brother, Mike, faced similar tragedies. After Tom's family lost their Parkersburg home to the tornado on May 25, Mike and his family lost their home to the Flood of 2008 which hit Cedar Rapids June 11-13.
Both families are now happily back in their homes (see today's Ramblin' column in The Gazette) and getting settled. It has been a long year for both, no doubt, but one they say has taught them a lot of life lessons.
Here's good luck to both families and everyone in Eastern Iowa who had to recover from tragedy last year.
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