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Published: 2009-04-17 17:05:00
Updated: 2009-04-17 19:17:05
Posted April 17, 2009 5:05 p.m. EDT
Updated April 17, 2009 7:17 p.m. EDT
Hope Mills, N.C. — The tornado that blew through Cumberland and Robeson counties last month was a familiar but terrifying experience for Sandy McMillan. Her family’s home has been hit by storms three times in four decades.
According to the National Weather Service report on the March 27 event, “This was the third time that a home at the same location on Roslin Farm Road was damaged or destroyed by a tornado since the owner moved there in 1968.”
McMillan, who is rebuilding again, said Friday, “They always come from that way."
McMillan, who has been a school bus driver for local schools for 23 years, was amazed by the outpouring of support from her neighbors. She is grateful for those who helped her get out of the house, clean up debris and recover her belongings.
A construction bin and a portable storage unit are evidence to passersby that McMillan and her family plan to rebuild again. To her, this location is neither lucky not unlucky. It is, simply, home.