Took a day trip down to Camp Sumatanga today and didn't give much thought about going through Albertville. Untill we got there as we looked at the devastation all around us it was hard to take it all in. Concrete power lines on their sides, wooden poles snapped in half like toothpicks. Trees that looked like the sides of the road when they come with the trimmer but instead of trimmed back half the trees where gone all at the same level. Roofs missing, insulation every where. A church van with windows blown out, gas stations missing their signs and boards on the windows. A traffic light hanging from the side of a store. And this description doesn't even come close to seeing it all in person. I was in such disbelief that I forgot to even use my camera and take a picture. But I am sure out on the net some where there are plenty of the damage here is a link to one I found that shows some good pictures www.flickr.com/photos/brandonkemp .
Even Mac who never stops talking (not even in her sleep sometimes) was brought to silence as we traveled through. In the picture from the link that shows the BP station from a distance you can see a white van. All the windows in the van are gone, like the remaining buildings it sits there lifeless.
I praise God that people survived and I know that they will regroup and rebuild. 'cause that's just what we do.
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