# Tornado in Raleigh - Is everyone okay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-raleigh-is-everyone-okay/578839 "2011-04-18T15:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-raleigh-is-everyone-okay/578839/1 "2011-04-18T15:22:31Z")
A tornado blew through Raleigh Saturday afternoon. My parents lost power for a couple of hours, but they’re okay. The same cannot be said for a couple of students at my sister’s school. The tornado pushed a tree over onto their mobile home. There is a silver lining, though. My brother, a carpenter who’s been laid off since June, should be able to get his job back. Mostly, I wanted to make sure our Raleigh area dopers were okay. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-raleigh-is-everyone-okay/578839/2 "2011-04-18T16:44:50Z")
Whoops - I didn’t see this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=604964). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-raleigh-is-everyone-okay/578839/3 "2011-04-18T16:54:02Z")
Closed duplicate thread.