On the afternoon of February 5, 2008, an F-4 tornado ripped a path a quarter of a mile wide through the southern and eastern edges of Atkins, killing five residents of Atkins, as well as two more in Conway County who had ties to Atkins, and injuring approximately twenty in Atkins.
Regardless of the type of diet selected, the Fresh Prepared food-delivery plan is available. Fresh Prepared will ship five days worth of self-selected meals for $109.75 ($439 per month) or seven days worth for $139.65 ($558.60 per month) plus shipping. A website promo code offers one free week.
This plan is supposed to represent the least a person can get by on and still maintain a nutritious diet. As of July 2011, the USDA estimates that it would cost $177.10 per month for a male and $157.60 for a female to follow this diet. That is all home prepared, by the way.