TESTIMONY:  Oklahoma Weather

 On Thursday, August 3, 2006, a thunderstorm moved into the South OKC area.  It dropped 3” of rain and very high winds.  My family and I live in a steel home that is located on top of the North Canadian River Bank.  Wind is always a factor up here.  With minutes of the storm, electricity was lost.  I told my wife, Renee, we need to see if there is a tornado on the way as the wind was getting in excess of  60 miles per hour.  As soon as we learned there was no tornado in the area, a downburst of wind hit the area.  It must have been 80+ miles per hour and all the trees were blowing sideways.  You could hear them snapping like is was an ice storm.  By the blessings of God, all of our neighbors were OK and we survived with no harm to us or our steel home.  The local news helicopters began to hover over our house.  I told the kids to come out and wave.  The choppers kept hovering in the area so I thought that my roof was gone.  What are they doing?  They were surveying the debris damage from the severe wind.  Electric lines were down; poles were broken in half.  Trees were pushed over; two big barns across the highway were blown away.  It was a huge mess.  We were very fortunate to be able to see one of our own 40’X60’ and 50’X117’ steel home go thru 80 mile per hour winds and not even have a screw out of place.  I want to thank all of our employees for producing and erecting such a strong building.  We have always stood behind our warranty since the 1960’s, and we will continue to build structures in Oklahoma with extreme Mother Nature conditions in mind.

 Curt Callahan & Family

CEO - Callahan Steel Buildings