No injuries from twister, but quite a scare for local couple

  • A downed tree, snapped apart by a tornado on Sunday, sits in a yard in the Columbia City area. No injuries were reported in connection with the twister, but there was some property damage. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
    A downed tree, snapped apart by a tornado on Sunday, sits in a yard in the Columbia City area. No injuries were reported in connection with the twister, but there was some property damage. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
  • Some of the skirting on this home was torn off by the tornado, but the damage was relatively minimal compared to what could have happened, the owner said. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
    Some of the skirting on this home was torn off by the tornado, but the damage was relatively minimal compared to what could have happened, the owner said. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)

    Sixty seconds of pure white-knuckle stress elapsed while Kathy Todd and her husband took cover in a closet. They were watching a TV news report about the tornado when it hit their home in the Columbia…