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differences in terrain make for extremely local variations in weather. Our random mountains, hollows, and valleys are usually natural deterrents to the swirling air masses that spawn tornadoes out of severe thunderstorms. But every once in a while comes a perfect storm with widespread consequences.
Around 3 p.m. on May 29, 1929 a tornado struck Woodville in Rappahannock County. One child was killed, a number injured, and many homes, churches, and the town’s school (which the children were attending at the time of the storm) were destroyed or severely damaged.
As with other places and people involved in depression era calamities, one might speak of a Woodville before and a Woodville after the tornado, the former a quiet, but thriving 1800s town, the latter a village bumped dramatically into the changing world of the 20th Century and beyond.
There was sadness, grief, and the need to rebuild buildings and lives, however, but for a slight difference in time and place, it could have been a lot worse. It’s all in the song.
For more info on the Rye Cove Cyclone and A.P. Carter’s song see www.blueridgeinstitute.org/ballads/ry ecovesong.h tml
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