Peggy Willenberg's Page

Hey Peggy,

Here's an article about the resurrection of the village of Hallam, NE.  Thought you might enjoy it, since you were there to see the destruction first-hand.

http://journalstar.com/news/local/article_616aa6c7-0022-5532-a7de-aca75063bc20.html?mode=story

Hey lady-- it's been a while since I've heard from you! How are you? We had our first official round of twisters here in Neb. yesterday, and of course, I totally thought of you as I was sitting in the basement while the sirens were sounding...
Anyways, I was wondering if you have plans to make it to the Iowa 250 this year? I'll be there for sure-- already got my tickets and hotel reservations-- so look me up if you go!
Take care and hope to hear from you soon.
P.S.
Here's a link from the Lincoln newspaper about yesterday's storms:
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2009/03/24/news/local/doc49c77dfb5e98f485011123.txt

WE had a "mini marathon" of the show-- they showed 4 episodes back to back-- and I DVR'ed all of them (I want miss Nicole K to see them next time she's over). Man, Peggy! You guys are seriously amazing! I LOVED the show. That episode with the Greensburg tornado gave me goosebumps. BTW, I am not surprised in the least that you would put the pedal to the metal in order to get to those storms! =)
I haven't spent much time on talkback lately, as most of the "personalities" there are a bit irritating lately... On that note, I'm hoping that Helio comes out of everything relatively unscathed-- I love that guy, and it would be a shame to lose him over something like this.
One last thing...
Are you planning on going to the 500 in 2009? I think I'm going to try to make it to the race, and it would be great to see ya. Of course that IS twister time, and you might be busy chasing!

Hey Lady! I'm watching you on TV!!! WE is airing episodes of "Twister Sisters" and right now they are showing the one from 2007 that re-visits the Hallam storm in 2004-- talking about the Togstad boys... Awesome indeed! Hope you're well, and I'll talk to you later!

A friend of mine read my post, and gave your site another write up. This time with a bit more distribution than my rinky-dink page. :)
http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/dangerous-ideas/2008/aug/10/a-twisted-post/

First, about the Hallam tornado: HOLY CRAP! =)
Would love to see the video from that storm-- I did see the "Storm Stories" episode on TWC about that storm, but would like to see it from a chaser's perspective!
That pic was taken by my dad's girlfriend (she's here on the garage-- her nam is Tam) as she was driving home from work. And yep, it did touch down shortly after she took the pic-- she was pretty surprised with what she saw, I think! She works in Omaha and lives in the town of Yutan, which is just west of Omaha. That storm would be the same one that produced winds that killed two people in Council Bluffs, IA. I think it was the end of June when that storm hit.