LOCUST GROVE — The drive was a quiet one as Lindsey Robertson and her two children took in some of the damage caused by tornado winds as they drove from their home in Henry County into neighboring Spalding County.
“Their faces were in shock,” Robertson said Tuesday. “I don’t think they knew what to expect.”
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