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Name:	CocktailSlough -	Reply
Subject:	Comment on "Path of tornado at Lake Martin -…
Date:	4/29/2011 11:51:05 AM

For the best info on Cocktail Slough damage, look at these photos: http://kennethboone.smugmug.com/News/Tornado-on-Lake-Martin-April/16816102_6q4LJF#1269028108_PfDkQtT-A-LB They show the path on the north side of the slough, cutting just below Jones' Point, behind the Folmar place (the large pier in the slough) and ripping out the houses on the northeast side of the slough. There are many photos in the batch. Keep clicking around to get all the views. If anyone finds better pictures of the Jones and Folmar places, I would love to see them posted!

Name:	Webmaster -	Reply
Subject:	New Aerials
Date:	4/29/2011 3:27:49 PM

We got some aerials yesterday with a few closer-up. I don't know if they include the homes you are looking for. I've posted them with the others in the Tornado gallery here:

Photo Gallery: Tornado - April 27, 2011

I'm familiar with the lake from the air, but because of the debris and destruction I got disoriented several times. Because some houses are missing, it is sometimes difficult to tell where one property ends and another begins or whether it was one piece of property or two. I did not try to count, but it looked as if there maybe 50 houses that would be complete rebuilds. And maybe another 75 that would have received damage of various degrees... But this is only my estimate from what I saw passing by it all.

Name:	John C -	Reply
Subject:	for pics of Cocktail Slough, check
Date:	4/29/2011 10:19:56 PM

out my set linked below on Flickr. You have to wade through a lot because for some reason they are out of order but I took 30 or so in Cocktail Slough on Thursday from the water.

URL: Lake Martin Tornado Damage taken 4-28-11

Name:	John C -	Reply
Subject:	here's a pic of Cocktail Slough
Date:	4/30/2011 10:07:03 AM

I linked in a photo directly below. If you stay in this picture set, and look for the # of the photo before and after, you can see the ones I took in the cocktail slough

URL: Cocktail slough cabin gone

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