Woman Swept Into Funnel Cloud Dies
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Woman Swept Into Funnel Cloud Dies
A Louisiana woman is dead after she was swept into a funnel cloud produced by the same storm system that rumbled through Central Texas early Tuesday morning.
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(February 13, 2008)—A 51-year-old woman is dead after being swept into a funnel cloud in South Louisiana Tuesday.

She was visiting a hospital when the storms that rumbled through Central Texas early Tuesday morning hit Tangipahoa Parish.

The hospital staff advised the woman to stay inside the building but she decided to leave.

Authorities say she was killed when a tornado picked her up and slammed her into a car.

Fallen trees damaged more than two-dozen vehicles parked at the hospital.

"We did have hail, strong winds. And in the north end of the parish they clocked some of them at about eighty miles an hour,” said Blair Foster of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office

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Posted by: susie on Feb 14, 2008 at 09:20 AM

what in the world has what state and who it supports have anything to do with this poor lady?
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Posted by: Anonymous on Feb 13, 2008 at 02:46 PM

another huckabee suppoting state affected. that is so scary! those poor people.
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