I recieved some very sad news in my inbox this morning. Rockie Peterson, one of our very good customers, was killed by a tornado ripping through his small town in Missouri this past Saturday evening.

The Tornado destroyed both of their main barns along with several smaller goat shelters. Two goats and one LGD were also killed. Wes and Lori's house was damaged severely, Rockie and Treva's house has moderate damage. The out pouring of help and support from the Boer goat community has been incredible.

Petersons' Farms was one of the first websites I worked on, almost a year and half ago when I first started at EDJE technologies. Since then, I have come to enjoy doing the updates for his site, with the most recent just on Friday. I wasn't able to finish it on Friday, but I quickly did it for Rockie Monday morning, and shot him an email letting him know I had the changes made. I know he never recieved that message. It is a bit sad knowing that it will be last update that will come in from Rockie.

Just two weeks ago, Rockie sent me some pictures showing the flooding happening down in his neck of the woods. I made a joke about how was "MISERY" going, and he came back saying it wasn't too bad, just 24 hours of flooding, then it receded. These are just two of the pictures from the flooding. If you would like to see pictures of the tornados, I have set up a site where you can see those, check it out here.

Funeral arrangements are currently pending for a military burial in Springfield, Missouri on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 2:00 PM.

Our prayers are with Rockie's family as they begin their journey through these tough times.