North Mobile County took a beating from a tornado Thursday afternoon. Mobile homes were left twisted and mangled near Mount Vernon.
Aldrick Lang said, “It sounded like a freight train down here. I looked out the window like what is that noise? and everything started rumbling and shaking.”
Lang said he ran out of his house to go check on his grandmother and saw power lines go up in flames. “I was scared for my life. I just ran for my life. I didn’t know what to do. I went and checked on my grandma because they were in there by themselves. It knocked all the power out. I’m just blessed to get away from it,” said Lang.Three mobile homes in its path on Cedar Creek Landing just south of Mount Vernon never stood a chance.Thankfully, nobody was inside.Threatt is the property owner of the mobile homes. She said her daughter-in-law was home in one of the trailers and was injured.
The damage left behind is going to take some time to clean up. Families are thankful it wasn’t worse. Lang said, “I’m just thanking God he spared me. I didn’t care about material things...I looked at my truck. It looked like it was about to pick my truck up. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”Download the FOX10 Weather App. Get life-saving severe weather warnings and alerts for your location no matter where you are. Available free in the
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