Mike Pence: “Two a.m. Sunday morning in Newburgh, Indiana, the rains came down, the winds blew and beat against the homes of that…”

“Two a.m. Sunday morning in Newburgh, Indiana, the rains came down, the winds blew and beat against the homes of that community, and it fell with a great crash. {time} 1930 It was the worst loss of life for a tornado in the State of Indiana since April 1974. Nancy Grimes said to me today in an e-mail of the experience, ``It had to be the scariest thing I have ever been through. The noise and the debris hitting our house was incredible. I think I screamed for 5 to 10 minutes during the duration, and then there was total calm. And the next morning I cried when I walked out onto our front porch and saw the destruction.'' She spoke of finding a needlepoint Christmas ornament with the word ``Hope'' stitched into it. She wrote, ``It will certainly find a place on our Christmas tree this year.'' I urge my fellow Hoosiers and all Americans who have watched the grim reports from southern Indiana and northern Kentucky to be generous in prayer, to take every opportunity to come to the material aid of the families and communities affected by this horrendous tornado. ____________________”