DIED.
DIED. THE
DIED. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WAS AMAZED BY HOW MUCH CLEANUP
PROGRESS HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE
.
JOINING ME NOW IS STATE SENATOR
BECKY DUNCAN MASSIE.
SE4@NATOR, FIRST OF ALL, WE SAY
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
SECOND OF ALL, WE'RE GLAD
SE4@NATOR, FIRST OF ALL, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SECOND OF ALL, WE'RE GLAD4@
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE THE TORNADO@
HIT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO HOME
.
YOU WERE IN NASHVILLE WHEN I
WAS I WAS4@ A STAY IN THE
GERMANTOWN AREA WHICH IS A MILE
NORTH OF THE4@ CAPITAL AND THAT
YOU KNOW,4@ TWELVE FORTY I GUESS
I GOT AN ALERT ON MY PHONE AND
IT SAID A TORNADO IN YOUR AREA
AND I THOUGHT OK, IT'S JUST IN4@
NASHVILLE.
>> AND I LOOKED OUTSIDE.
THERE W4@AS THE LIGHTNING SHOW4@
AND EVERYTHING AN4@D THEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN IT STARTED HERE IN THE
TRAIN SOUND AND I IMMEDIATELY
GOT IN MY CLOSET WHICH4@ WAS ON
AN INTERIOR WALL AND IN
EVERYTHING AND COMMA HUSBAND.
AND IT WENT THROUGH REALLY
QUICK AND LOOKED OUTSIDE.
I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS
REASONABLY OK AND UNTIL THE
NEXT MORNING I WALKED DOWN THE
STREET AND SAW DAMAG4@E A BLOCK
AWAY.
SO REALLY TOO CLOSE TO REAL.
YES.
YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND
IN RIGHT AFTER THAT I HAVE TO
MAKE A POINT T4@HAT YOU YOU TRI@
TO FACEBOOK AND YOU SURE YOU
SHARED WHAT YOU WERE
EXPERIENCING BUT YOU ALSO HAD
THE O4@PPORTUNITY TO GO UP ABOVE
AND RIDE ALONG IN A HELICOPTER
.
4@WELL, YEAH, I CHAIR THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY4@
COMMITTEE WHICH IS OVER PAY AND
SAFETY AND ALL THE4@ SECURITY AD
SO THE COMMISSIONER REACHED OUT
TO ME AND ASKED4@ ME TO GO WITH
THEM UP TO TOUR DECIDES THAT
THE DEVASTATION AND SO WE WENT4@
IN AND WE WE WENT.
SO ALL OF IT UP PRETTY MUCH
OVER NASHIVLLE4@ WE STARTED UP
KIND OF AT THE JOHN TUATHA
AIRPORT WHERE IT REALLY FIRST
STARTED AND YOU KNOW, SAW THAT
HANGARS DAMAGED AND EVERYTHING
AND AN OLD PRISON4@ WHERE GREEN
MILE WAS FILMED AND THE DAMAGE
THERE AND WE JUST.
AND YOU COULD KIND4@ SEE IN THE
FIRST PART OF IT WHERE IT KIND
OF HIT MISS HIT MISS THERE WAS
MAJOR DAMAGE AND THEN SEVERAL
HOUSES WERE NEXT4@ DOOR WERE FIE
.4@
AND THEN WHEN YOU GOT OVER T4@O
WILSON COUNTY YOU SAW THE
FACTORIES THAT THE WAREHOUSES4@
THAT HAD HUGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE
AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE
OUT4@ OF WORK IN THE SCHOOLS THT
WAY.
THEN WE GOT TO THE SCHOOLS AND
ONE OF OUR FORMER4@ HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
SHE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT
WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS AND SO
SHE'S OVER THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT HER AS
WE SELL THE SCHOOLS AND THEN IT@
KIND OF STOPPED4@ FOR A WHILE. @
AND IT WAS LIKE IT LIFTED UP
AND IT TURNED OUT IT4@ WAS
MULTIPLE TORNADOES.
BUT THEN YOU GOT TO PUTNAM
COUNTY AND SAW JUST HOW SLIGHT
THIS LEVELED4@ AND TO TAKE IT I,
YOU KNOW, IN ONE FELL SWOOP IF4@
YOU WILL, IT HAS TO BE JUST
MIND BOGGLING4@.
AS FAR AS GOING FROM THIS POINT
ON4@, FEMA IS GOING TO BE
INTEGRAL IN GOING FORTH AND
HELPING FOLKS.
WHAT IS WHAT'S WHAT ARE THE
NEXT STEPS?
WELL, WHAT WAS REALLY THE GOOD
THAT CAME OUT4@ LIKE WITHIN YOU
KNOW, WENT THROUGH ABOUT ONE
O'CLOCK BY 6:00 A.M. MULTIPLE
COMMISSIONERS HAD REACHED OUT
TO4@ T4@HE SENATOR THAT REPRESES
PUTNAM COUNTY AND SAI4@D HOW CAN
WE HELP WITH THE NATIONAL
GUARD?
THE GUARD WAS THE TENNESSEEE
GUARD WAS THERE WITH IN THE
HOURS THE TROOPERS4@ WERE ALL
DEPLOYED THERE.
I MEAN EVERYBODY JUST STARTED
PITCHING4@.
SO THE STATE DEPARTMENTS ARE
WORKING ON IT.
YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS PUTTING
THEIR MOBILE DRIVER SERVICE
CENTERS SO THERE'S4@ NO COST FOR
A DUPLICATE DRIVER'S LICENSE TO
GET THEM4@ BACK UP AND RUNNING
AND I DAY COMMERCE IS HELPING
WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY
DON'T HAVE TO FILE THEIR
INSURANCE CLAIMS4@.
LABOR IS HELPING WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS AND THEN
FEMA WILL HELP WITH THEIR
FEDERAL DISASTER CLAIMS BECAUSE
WE HAVE THREE COUNTIES.
WILSON4@4@ PUTNAM IN DAVIDSON
COUNTY HAD BEEN DECLARED A
FEDERAL DISASTER AREA SO THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO GET PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE.
THEY'RE STILL KIND OF ANALYZING
BITTON COUNTY AND SMITH BILLY4@
BUT THEY FEMA'S ALREADY GOT ONE
HUNDRED PEOPLE IN TENNESSEEE TO
HELP WITH THOSE CLAIMS AND
PEOPLE NEED TO REGISTER THOUGH4@
SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH TDH AND
DOT GOV OR THEY CAN GO TO4@
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DOT GOV.
THEY GET SOME TO WANTED THINGS
BUT THE LINKS WOULD BE 30 AND
GOT GOV4@.
>> WELL SENATOR.
WE ARE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL
THAT YOU WERE HERE IN4@ YOU'RE
DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE ARE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT YOU WERE HERE IN4@ YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.4@
I'M GOING FORTH TO ASSIST THE
VICTIMS OF THE TORNADO.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS
FOR EVERYBODY.
>> IT IS HEART WRENCHING THE
STORIES THAT YOU'RE HEARING AND
WE JUST YOU KNOW,4@ PEO4@PLE CAN
HELP IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
PRAYERS, DONATIONS.
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR
VOLUNTEERS.
SO MULTIPLE4@ WAYS I JUST WE JUT
ALL NEED TO DO WHAT WE ARE IN