TNTLady

Damn, so sorry to see this but so happy to hear your community is looking out for you. Best of luck putting the pieces back together and hopefully it blesses you with a new outlook on your business and community. 
 
 
 

How right you are!! Yes, I lost 34 years of accumulated mementos but I'm good with that. Kind of cleansing!! All of my signs, which included some mint condition signs, were damaged and a few lost. Yes, the Noid and Mr. Green Jeans made it through the tornado and were found near by where I left them.
Saturday we couldn't start clearing stuff until the rain passed, 4 and a half inches more, but the crane needed to lift the beam couldn't make it due to all the area flooding. We were able to clear a LOT of stuff from the sight and gather up more signs and get everything shuffled over to a storage building. Sunday was spent trying to rest and do some laundry. I've been exhausted!! Today was spent back at the shop site avoiding reporter calls and messages for further interviews, taking pictures for insurance and contractors, walking around and looking for other items, trekking through the woods behind my shop where a portion of my shop stuff went into.  I found a few things along with a helper friend. Then the afternoon was spent meeting with contractors hammering out the details of insurance gobbled gook and working on ideas for improvements for the new building that will go up. Tomorrow will involve walking around looking for missed items that are still underneath walls that will be lifted tomorrow as a contractor comes in to lift the beam and begin the clear the concrete pad of all the steel, metal, wood and CRAP!!
I have insurance for the rebuild and will even be reimbursed for loss of work. I have had a dozen plus offers of buildings to go to rent free but will have to go take a look see at them all and decide where to set up temporarily until my new shop building is ready for me.
I'm excited to be getting a new building to celebrate thirty years in Muskogee! Not gonna lose sleep or cry over things lost. Lives were not lost during the entire tornadic event in town.
 
Today National Weather Service declared today that an F2 tornado did indeed hit Muskogee, mainly my building, and that we had a total of seven in our area that night alone. The sheet metal from the roof of my shop was found all the way to WalMart, a block away around the new shopping center on the other side of the woods. Crazy stuff!!
 
Thank you all for all the well wishes and hugs and support. Now if Tint Dude could come up with a tornadic medal to commemorate the survival of a tornado....

hate to hear about your building, glad your safe! thank goodness for insurance. im an hour south of you, and im guessing it was the same storm that night that came through here with tornado sirens blaring. looks like we are having some more damaging storms rolling in this afternoon, stay safe!

How right you are!! Yes, I lost 34 years of accumulated mementos but I'm good with that. Kind of cleansing!! All of my signs, which included some mint condition signs, were damaged and a few lost. Yes, the Noid and Mr. Green Jeans made it through the tornado and were found near by where I left them.
Saturday we couldn't start clearing stuff until the rain passed, 4 and a half inches more, but the crane needed to lift the beam couldn't make it due to all the area flooding. We were able to clear a LOT of stuff from the sight and gather up more signs and get everything shuffled over to a storage building. Sunday was spent trying to rest and do some laundry. I've been exhausted!! Today was spent back at the shop site avoiding reporter calls and messages for further interviews, taking pictures for insurance and contractors, walking around and looking for other items, trekking through the woods behind my shop where a portion of my shop stuff went into.  I found a few things along with a helper friend. Then the afternoon was spent meeting with contractors hammering out the details of insurance gobbled gook and working on ideas for improvements for the new building that will go up. Tomorrow will involve walking around looking for missed items that are still underneath walls that will be lifted tomorrow as a contractor comes in to lift the beam and begin the clear the concrete pad of all the steel, metal, wood and CRAP!!
I have insurance for the rebuild and will even be reimbursed for loss of work. I have had a dozen plus offers of buildings to go to rent free but will have to go take a look see at them all and decide where to set up temporarily until my new shop building is ready for me.
I'm excited to be getting a new building to celebrate thirty years in Muskogee! Not gonna lose sleep or cry over things lost. Lives were not lost during the entire tornadic event in town.
 
Today National Weather Service declared today that an F2 tornado did indeed hit Muskogee, mainly my building, and that we had a total of seven in our area that night alone. The sheet metal from the roof of my shop was found all the way to WalMart, a block away around the new shopping center on the other side of the woods. Crazy stuff!!
 
Thank you all for all the well wishes and hugs and support. Now if Tint Dude could come up with a tornadic medal to commemorate the survival of a tornado....

How right you are!! Yes, I lost 34 years of accumulated mementos but I'm good with that. Kind of cleansing!! All of my signs, which included some mint condition signs, were damaged and a few lost. Yes, the Noid and Mr. Green Jeans made it through the tornado and were found near by where I left them.
Saturday we couldn't start clearing stuff until the rain passed, 4 and a half inches more, but the crane needed to lift the beam couldn't make it due to all the area flooding. We were able to clear a LOT of stuff from the sight and gather up more signs and get everything shuffled over to a storage building. Sunday was spent trying to rest and do some laundry. I've been exhausted!! Today was spent back at the shop site avoiding reporter calls and messages for further interviews, taking pictures for insurance and contractors, walking around and looking for other items, trekking through the woods behind my shop where a portion of my shop stuff went into.  I found a few things along with a helper friend. Then the afternoon was spent meeting with contractors hammering out the details of insurance gobbled gook and working on ideas for improvements for the new building that will go up. Tomorrow will involve walking around looking for missed items that are still underneath walls that will be lifted tomorrow as a contractor comes in to lift the beam and begin the clear the concrete pad of all the steel, metal, wood and CRAP!!
I have insurance for the rebuild and will even be reimbursed for loss of work. I have had a dozen plus offers of buildings to go to rent free but will have to go take a look see at them all and decide where to set up temporarily until my new shop building is ready for me.
I'm excited to be getting a new building to celebrate thirty years in Muskogee! Not gonna lose sleep or cry over things lost. Lives were not lost during the entire tornadic event in town.
 
Today National Weather Service declared today that an F2 tornado did indeed hit Muskogee, mainly my building, and that we had a total of seven in our area that night alone. The sheet metal from the roof of my shop was found all the way to WalMart, a block away around the new shopping center on the other side of the woods. Crazy stuff!!
 
Thank you all for all the well wishes and hugs and support. Now if Tint Dude could come up with a tornadic medal to commemorate the survival of a tornado....

With the 'news' people so desperate for stories and anything to grab people's attention and clicks... I've often felt that for the most part the people in situations like these do what they can to avoid the calls and stuff...
 
I guess I was correct??  The last thing I would want to do is talk to the media about it... about anything that would happen to my or my families personal life.
 
I'm glad things are moving along, and your outlook is one to be admired after such a horrible event.
 
 
 

I might be able to work a little something together.  

How right you are!! Yes, I lost 34 years of accumulated mementos but I'm good with that. Kind of cleansing!! All of my signs, which included some mint condition signs, were damaged and a few lost. Yes, the Noid and Mr. Green Jeans made it through the tornado and were found near by where I left them.
Saturday we couldn't start clearing stuff until the rain passed, 4 and a half inches more, but the crane needed to lift the beam couldn't make it due to all the area flooding. We were able to clear a LOT of stuff from the sight and gather up more signs and get everything shuffled over to a storage building. Sunday was spent trying to rest and do some laundry. I've been exhausted!! Today was spent back at the shop site avoiding reporter calls and messages for further interviews, taking pictures for insurance and contractors, walking around and looking for other items, trekking through the woods behind my shop where a portion of my shop stuff went into.  I found a few things along with a helper friend. Then the afternoon was spent meeting with contractors hammering out the details of insurance gobbled gook and working on ideas for improvements for the new building that will go up. Tomorrow will involve walking around looking for missed items that are still underneath walls that will be lifted tomorrow as a contractor comes in to lift the beam and begin the clear the concrete pad of all the steel, metal, wood and CRAP!!
I have insurance for the rebuild and will even be reimbursed for loss of work. I have had a dozen plus offers of buildings to go to rent free but will have to go take a look see at them all and decide where to set up temporarily until my new shop building is ready for me.
I'm excited to be getting a new building to celebrate thirty years in Muskogee! Not gonna lose sleep or cry over things lost. Lives were not lost during the entire tornadic event in town.
 
Today National Weather Service declared today that an F2 tornado did indeed hit Muskogee, mainly my building, and that we had a total of seven in our area that night alone. The sheet metal from the roof of my shop was found all the way to WalMart, a block away around the new shopping center on the other side of the woods. Crazy stuff!!
 
Thank you all for all the well wishes and hugs and support. Now if Tint Dude could come up with a tornadic medal to commemorate the survival of a tornado....

Thank you everyone for all the kind heartfelt well wishes. Hit the ground running today and was so blessed that a close friend and his son work for a great establishment that got the ball rolling on clearing things out of what is left of my shop. I bigger crew will come tomorrow to finish removal of personal things after shoring up and lifting the steel carefully. Insurance adjuster came and declared it a total lost and promised a check to get me up and going quickly again. So many of my business friends and customers rushed to come help, hug support us through it all. I was overwhelmed. Now we are going to try and get some more sleep although we are under another tornado threat this eve. Thanks again. God Bless you ALL!

How right you are!! Yes, I lost 34 years of accumulated mementos but I'm good with that. Kind of cleansing!! All of my signs, which included some mint condition signs, were damaged and a few lost. Yes, the Noid and Mr. Green Jeans made it through the tornado and were found near by where I left them.
Saturday we couldn't start clearing stuff until the rain passed, 4 and a half inches more, but the crane needed to lift the beam couldn't make it due to all the area flooding. We were able to clear a LOT of stuff from the sight and gather up more signs and get everything shuffled over to a storage building. Sunday was spent trying to rest and do some laundry. I've been exhausted!! Today was spent back at the shop site avoiding reporter calls and messages for further interviews, taking pictures for insurance and contractors, walking around and looking for other items, trekking through the woods behind my shop where a portion of my shop stuff went into.  I found a few things along with a helper friend. Then the afternoon was spent meeting with contractors hammering out the details of insurance gobbled gook and working on ideas for improvements for the new building that will go up. Tomorrow will involve walking around looking for missed items that are still underneath walls that will be lifted tomorrow as a contractor comes in to lift the beam and begin the clear the concrete pad of all the steel, metal, wood and CRAP!!
I have insurance for the rebuild and will even be reimbursed for loss of work. I have had a dozen plus offers of buildings to go to rent free but will have to go take a look see at them all and decide where to set up temporarily until my new shop building is ready for me.
I'm excited to be getting a new building to celebrate thirty years in Muskogee! Not gonna lose sleep or cry over things lost. Lives were not lost during the entire tornadic event in town.
 
Today National Weather Service declared today that an F2 tornado did indeed hit Muskogee, mainly my building, and that we had a total of seven in our area that night alone. The sheet metal from the roof of my shop was found all the way to WalMart, a block away around the new shopping center on the other side of the woods. Crazy stuff!!
 
Thank you all for all the well wishes and hugs and support. Now if Tint Dude could come up with a tornadic medal to commemorate the survival of a tornado....

Holy hell. Glad you all are ok. Hopefully insurance will get you back up and going again soon. 

@TNTLady so glad you are safe. The building can be rebuilt♡
I was just at the edge of a storm in Muskogee back 40 years ago so know how bad they are
I lived at York and Okmulgee street and had a shop north of there on York.
Keep on keeping on young lady ♡♡ stay on the lookout! 

Thank you everyone for all the kind heartfelt well wishes. Hit the ground running today and was so blessed that a close friend and his son work for a great establishment that got the ball rolling on clearing things out of what is left of my shop. I bigger crew will come tomorrow to finish removal of personal things after shoring up and lifting the steel carefully. Insurance adjuster came and declared it a total lost and promised a check to get me up and going quickly again. So many of my business friends and customers rushed to come help, hug support us through it all. I was overwhelmed. Now we are going to try and get some more sleep although we are under another tornado threat this eve. Thanks again. God Bless you ALL!

Thank you everyone for all the kind heartfelt well wishes. Hit the ground running today and was so blessed that a close friend and his son work for a great establishment that got the ball rolling on clearing things out of what is left of my shop. I bigger crew will come tomorrow to finish removal of personal things after shoring up and lifting the steel carefully. Insurance adjuster came and declared it a total lost and promised a check to get me up and going quickly again. So many of my business friends and customers rushed to come help, hug support us through it all. I was overwhelmed. Now we are going to try and get some more sleep although we are under another tornado threat this eve. Thanks again. God Bless you ALL!

Glad to hear everything's going good so far. Nice chance to start fresh. 
 
Glad everyone's OK.  

Thank you everyone for all the kind heartfelt well wishes. Hit the ground running today and was so blessed that a close friend and his son work for a great establishment that got the ball rolling on clearing things out of what is left of my shop. I bigger crew will come tomorrow to finish removal of personal things after shoring up and lifting the steel carefully. Insurance adjuster came and declared it a total lost and promised a check to get me up and going quickly again. So many of my business friends and customers rushed to come help, hug support us through it all. I was overwhelmed. Now we are going to try and get some more sleep although we are under another tornado threat this eve. Thanks again. God Bless you ALL!

Thank you everyone for all the kind heartfelt well wishes. Hit the ground running today and was so blessed that a close friend and his son work for a great establishment that got the ball rolling on clearing things out of what is left of my shop. I bigger crew will come tomorrow to finish removal of personal things after shoring up and lifting the steel carefully. Insurance adjuster came and declared it a total lost and promised a check to get me up and going quickly again. So many of my business friends and customers rushed to come help, hug support us through it all. I was overwhelmed. Now we are going to try and get some more sleep although we are under another tornado threat this eve. Thanks again. God Bless you ALL!

As others have said . So glad that it was "just stuff", that you have insurance and no people got hurt.
 
Consider every post in this thread part of a group hug and encouragement for your future!
 

 
 
 
 

Damn, crazy.  Good thing it happened at night and insurance is there.  Glad your safe.

So sorry to see this! I'm glad that you weren't injured

Oh man. Glad that you guys are ok. From what I read here, you are a strong person. I would not be surprised if you came out stronger than before. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help. 

Glad you and your husband are physically okay @TNTLady  It will take some time, but you will recover in one way or another.  
 
Best of luck to you in your difficult journey ahead.   Sounds like you have plenty of friend backing you up,, as well as us here on TintDude.   

Damn...... just checking in and saw this, sorry lady at least everyone is ok. Best of luck on whatever you decide to do. 

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