More than 4,000 homes were without power late Monday in Hattiesburg. A dark twister ripped through the city, and its destructive path was captured on video. Favre had just returned home from the university, where his 13-year-old daughter, Breleigh, was practicing volleyball when it hit.
"Where the tornado started, as the crow flies, was probably a half-mile to 1 mile straight east of my property,'' Favre said. "Then it just (veered) and crossed the main highway in Hattiesburg before heading to Southern Miss. You never hear of a college getting hit with a true tornado. The good Lord's looking out (because) the students were gone for Mardis Gras break.
"It's kind of one of those things down here. I don't want to say we overlook it, but there are tornado warnings and bad weather all the time. To say that it was black and windy — that could be any day. At times, you just take it for granted.''
Favre was on his way Tuesday morning to help clear debris surrounding a friend's home, one that "won't be inhabitable for quite awhile,'' he said.
The former Green Bay Packers star quarterback lives in the community of Oak Grove, west of the city. The damaged area includes Oak Grove High, where athletic facilities were wiped out. Favre, who served as an unpaid offensive coordinator for the football team last season, often worked out at school prior to his retirement with the Minnesota Vikings after the 2010 season.
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