Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tornado aftermath Winnipeg free press tuesday August 8, 2006 a7 direct hit smashes isolated rustic Lodge by Jen Skerritt k Endall Point Lodge ? the ruin of this rustic Lodge was suffered in isolation. Gull Lake and other areas smashed by sat urday a Tornado Are relatively accessible and the Media and emergency Crews rushed to the disaster scene. But officials whispered and worried what about Kendall Point Lodge word was that the Homey Cabins and Lodge suffered a direct hit by a Tornado but that could to be immediately checked. The Lodge is Only accessible by boat and All communications tools were destroyed by the Tornado. The free press reached the Lodge at 9 30 . Sunday the first Media on the scene and saw the effects of the Tornado 15 hours earlier. The Good news is that no one died. But 14 people were Hurt and the resort 25 kilo metres up the Winnipeg River from Pointe Dubois was destroyed. Owner Gordon Turcan talked in an interview of the Tornado that took his resort and almost the lives of his 22 guests. On saturday evening with a roast in the oven and a group of guests from Winkler and Morden crowded around a table at lodges main Cabin Turcan sat Down to enjoy a meal. Without warning a swell of winds blowing upwards of about 110 pm hand a spiralling funnel Cloud barrelled Down on the Remote fishing Lodge and sent the guests into a frenzied Rush for cover. All of a sudden it just got Winder than hell. I flew right through the roof right through the Walls Turcan said his forehead still fresh with bloody gashes from being tossed in the air. I could it believe the devastation. Its All the Tornado tossed boats hundreds of feet from the Shoreline into the Bush pummelled cottages and twisted solid bits of Metal into tight knots around uprooted Trees. While densely forested neighbouring islands remained unscathed Kendall Points main Lodge and three cottages were blown apart and 100 feet of Metal Dock was twisted High above the Shore line. Three people were taken to Hospital in Pinawa including Turcan a brother in Law Darren Deason who suffered a broken leg and another Man who witnesses said sustained a serious neck injury. Environment Canada said an f2 or consider Able Tornado Tore through the Lodge based on an Ini tial assessment of collapsed cottages stripped Trees and toppled Oil bins. The Tornado touchdown at Kendall Point brings saturdays Tornado count up to six with reported Tornado sightings South of Jack head North East of Petersfield Patricia Beach Gull Lake and North of Mcarthur to Bird River. Rescue efforts were hindered by a Lack of cell phone service and communication Between Emer gency Crews. When emergency preparedness officer Jay Fer ens arrived on the Lake Shore at Pointe Dubois sat urday after 10 p.m., he discovered several boats had already departed for Kendall Point Lodge. At the time Ferens did to know How Many Crew Mem Bers went to retrieve injured islanders and had no Way of communicating with emergency responders who were on the scene at the Lodge. Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg free press Brad Mazur was trapped under a Cabin that was destroyed by a Tornado that ripped through Kendall Point Lodge. He returned to the Camp to try to find his car keys. Cornie Krahn was vacationing at Kendall Point Normal for the Long weekend and watched in horror As a when Mazur came to he discovered he was funnel formed in the Clouds above him just before pinned under tables tree trunks and cards of dinner time. Crumbled cottage piled several feet High. Deep Lac Krahn helped transport the first four injured rations Are scattered across his legs and arms islanders to Shore at Pointe Dubois before Emer along with huge welts from being battered by gency Crews transported three seriously injured debris Are marked All along Mazurs Back. People to Hospital and boaters from neighbouring it was awful said Lori Potter a Friend of one of islands helped take the others to safety at nearby the Lodge guests who boated out to Kendall Point Pine Lake. To Aid victims saturday night. They re Lucky to be but Krahn had to leave behind friends like Brad Mazur who were trapped beneath piles of debris. I heard this rumbling that just would to Stop. Mazur said just before the storm hit. 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