Woodstock family reaches out to storm victims
A Woodstock family that had a tree fall through their house back in April is reaching out to help a Powder Springs family that is enduring a similar ordeal. A 150-foot, red oak tree fell through the middle of Kimberly and James Miles' Powder Springs home during a thunderstorm Sunday night. It narrowly missed their two children who were home alone watching television in the living room. No one was hurt but the split-level home was "totally destroyed" and the family has had to relocate to a nearby hotel. That's a scenario with which Jason and Betsy Menear can identify. The Woodstock couple had more than $100,000 worth of damage done to their Dials Drive home when a tornado sent a tree crashing through their roof late on the night April 19. Betsy Menear had just awakened their two children, 5-year-old Drew and 2-year-old Katie, and was heading downstairs to the basement when the falling tree obliterated the little boy's room and much of the middle of the house.
