The Annapolis woman's daughter, Amy Branham, moved there with her boyfriend two years ago, and Ms. Strong hadn't heard from her since Sunday around 2, when Ms. Branham told her mother she was packing to get out.
The call she had been waiting for came at 10:47 a.m. Tuesday: Ms. Branham and Navy Master Chief Donald Thomas were alive, but their house 1,000 feet from the Gulf of Mexico was shredded to its foundation. The restaurant she worked at was gone....
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