Tornados Close Polling Places Early in TN and AR
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Kevin
Via Crone Speaks, CNN reported that Tornados closed pollng places in Tennessee and Arkansas:
Tennessee State Elections Director Brook Thompson told CNN that “a couple of precincts” were closed early after “local authorities told us to relocate our workers” to safety. Polling places in McNairy, Tipton, Fayette and Dyer counties were closed around 6:30 p.m. CT (7:30 p.m. ET), Thompson said.
“I don’t think this affected a large number of voters,” he said. “I think everyone was trying to get home.”
Thompson said there is no plan to reopen the polling places, which were scheduled to close at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET).
Natasha Naragon, spokeswoman for the Arkansas secretary of state, told CNN that polling places closed early in Baxter and Craighead counties, while they “have heard reports of several closing in northern Conway County.”
Those places in Tennessee are just outside of the Memphis area, and those storms went through our area. They were nasty, spawning tornadoes that stayed on the ground for a long time. Just to the north of our house there was fairly significant damage to homes and trees, and some damage from another tornado to our south. But the airport received damage, one business collapsed in that area (no word on fatalities, but apparently some people were trapped), there was damage to an airplane hanger, and the roof of the Hickory Hill Mall fell in at two separate places.
UPDATE: TV News is showing pictures of Semi trucks that have been thrown into a warehouse down by the MS state line, and, just to make the evening more fun, the tornado warning sirens have just off as the squall line is starting to move through the area.
[…] From Lean Left: Polling places in McNairy, Tipton, Fayette and Dyer counties were closed a half-hour early. […]
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Are you two guys both OK?
Comment 2/6/2008
Yeah, we’re fine. The nasty stuff missed us both.
Comment 2/6/2008