This past weekend Wrens was put into the dark ages literally. A tornado came through and shut down everything for around two days. One of the stores IGA was throwing out food early Sunday afternoon. There were out of town police from the surrounding areas to help keep things running smoothly. Georgia power got here Sunday morning as I was on the way too church. There was ten to twelve trucks headed into town. We finally got power back on after I went to my folks. It went off from around 6pm Saturday. Ingles parking lot was full of trucks from as far as Atlanta with a command center setup.

It is really worrisome how unprepared people are for any disaster. The American Red Cross drove around giving people a warm meal. Some of my neighbors did not have a flashlight or a candle. I plan to do more than I have already to be prepared for other such situations.

One church next to this one had the steeple all the way off.

Ingle grocery store over half full of Georgia Power Trucks & Equipment.

Command Center

Transformers and other Supplies.

Red Cross Meal Van

Roads blocked off with out of town emergency units.

We had helicopters flying over frequently most probably from the local TV stations. These pictures really do not reveal even a slight part of what happened. However I am still amazed that the damage was not a lot more.  Here is a local article of the event.