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EDITORIAL: Devastation...: The hearts of North Carolinians go out to survivors of the Columbus County tornado that wrecked lives and hopes.(Editorial)

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| November 18, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The News & Observer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Nov. 18--The folks who lived in the mobile home park near the Columbus County village of Armour were just beginning to stir at 6:37 a.m. Thursday. Then a tornado roared out of a stormy black sky and everything changed. Within seconds, eight people were dead, two of them children. Another 19 were injured, some of them gravely. The experts say the tornado that hit Armour 15 minutes before dawn Thursday had winds of 300 miles an hour and was half a mile wide. The devastation was complete. But more than homes, cars and personal belongings were blown apart and blown away. Such worldly things, no matter how precious, eventually can be replaced. The second most deadly tornado…

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