“Sad, man,” said 22-year-old Rafael Scott, shaking his head. Thousands across the state were without electricity, and downed power lines and trees blocked roads. A National Guard helicopter sat nearby, and later took the governor on an aerial tour of the town. In Yazoo City, stunned residents stood on a hill overlooking the destruction. Meteorologists said it was too soon to tell whether a single long-lasting tornado - or multiple shorter ones - caused the deaths and damage in the different cities. A little farther northeast, a tornado hit Choctaw County, where another five victims were reported, including the children. In adjacent Holmes County, another person was killed. The storm system moved east, with the twister hitting nearby Yazoo County, Miss., killing four people. A small nitrogen leak was reported but didn’t cause any problems. The severe weather started in Louisiana, just across the state line from Mississippi when a tornado destroyed 12 homes and warehouses at Complex Chemical Co., which makes antifreeze and other automotive fluids, owner Jerry Melton said. Saxton’s restaurant was destroyed but no one was hurt. Just thanking the good Lord I’m here and able to talk with you all.” “… We got in the walk-in freezer, sat in there for about ten minutes. “The roof was caving in, TVs flying off the shelves and it was horrible,” Mitchell Saxton said. It lasted about two minutes, but it felt like it lasted an hour.”Ībout 100 yards away, the owner of Ribeye’s Steak House said everyone ran into a walk-in freezer to safety when they saw the tornado. “It sounded like it was going to suck us out of there. “It was like a rumbling and a roaring and stuff was falling,” Hendrix said.
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