Ground Hog Day storm at "The Villages"

About five years ago my dad and I took a drive to an area of Florida that is just south of Ocala. It is a place called the Villages and I actually fell in love with the place. It has been my hope that when and if I ever get to retire that I would like to spend some of the winter at this place. It is a great place if you like to golf, golf and even more golf. The villages is in a corner of 4 counties in Florida about 45 minutes NW of Orlando. The complex is self contained yet like a small city (20,000 people) each area is a village of its own and is a gated community with its own rectreational area, a community center, club house and its own pool, spa etc. I was saddend yesterday when I saw the devestation of this area that was suddenly hit by a vicious tornado that went through on early Friday morning at 3:15 a.m. Here is some photos from the Orlando Sentenel newspaper that will show more of the devestation than these few photos show. I am sure that by the time I retire (who knows when that will be) that things will be back to the way it once was being" a beautiful day at the Villages"