Pam Parker sifts through debris while looking for any personal belongings in the area where she was sitting at her desk when a tornado struck the Daiki plant, a metal fabrication company where she works in accounts payable, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Adairsville, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Decimated Ga. plant a symbol of storm's power
Pam Parker sifts through debris while looking for any personal belongings in the area where she was sitting at her desk when a tornado struck the Daiki plant, a metal fabrication company where she works in accounts payable, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Adairsville, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
By JOHNNY CLARK
Associated Press /
January 31, 2013
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Rodey Kirby, a production worker, was among those who didn’t know if he'd still have a job in the coming days. He was working Wednesday when the lights started flickering, and Stephenson told him and others to run. They took cover in a restroom, and Kirby and two colleagues kneeled and started praying. He heard the unmistakable roar of a tornado; he looked up and saw the ceiling tiles vanish.
‘‘I'd see daylight and no daylight; daylight and no daylight. And then it seemed like it took forever, but then it was over,’’ Kirby said.
‘‘I looked around and everybody was there. And I'm glad (God) heard our prayers because that’s the only thing I could do with it, just hold on and pray.’’
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Associated Press writers Phillip Lucas in Atlanta and Matthew Barakat in Laurel, Md., contributed to this report.
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