The New Haven subdivision is a Habitat for Humanity build which would end up with 55 homes, about 40 of which were lived in by families impacted by the 2005 tornado.

EVAVNSVILLE — Joyce Berry could have lost the chance to meet her granddaughter.

Berry’s son became a father to a little girl Friday, Nov. 4, 2005. In the early morning darkness of Nov. 6, 2005, a tornado ripped through the Eastbrook Trailer Park where Berry was living.

She woke up a few minutes before it hit. The wind was loud, and the trailer had started to shake. Then it went off the foundation.

Berry would then wake up with her legs and arms splayed out after she’d been sat down on the ground somewhere in the park. She had dirt in her mouth, potentially insulation too, she said. She just laid there at first. Looking bac

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