Major tornado hits region 4 this afternoon.

[HRTV]

Looks like Suffolk, VA was hit the hardest.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24358565/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/28/tor...nia/index.html

[Matt Dagostino]

Twister................

These twisters were within a few miles of Region Fours Gary U.S. Pond over in Midlothian!! The way he tells it he put all the boats and motors in the basement and he and Marsha grabed onto the nearest tree during the storm!!

Well, maybe it was the other way around??? We had a bad phone connection.

[Jeff Brewster 59s]

Thank you for this post.. We were wondering about Gary and family when we heard the news last night. Glad they are ok...He was probably more disappointed that the local garage sales had to be postponed.

[sam]

But think of all the yard sales this weekend ... Gary will be in heaven!

[22W]

Driver and other parts around Suffolk were my favorite places to go ride my motorcycle for the last few years. Very nice people around that area.

[LISA JENNINGS]

Correction on Matt's post...

I just spoke to Gary and he said :

"He tied Marsha to the tree and he retreated to the basement with his Motors and Boats ! Marsha and the kids can fend for themselves !"

On a serious note: They are all fine, some local tornado damage. But nothing that affected them personally. Marsha was at work when the tornado touched down 2 miles from her.