BAVARO.
BAVARO. HE IS LIVE IN SOMMER'S RIGHT
NOW WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. SHATALOV.
SHATALOV.
SHATALOV. YEAH, GOOD MORNING GUYS.
AND WE ARE SEEING SOME
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND HERE.
SUMMERS THIS THING HAD ACTUALLY
TRAVELED FOR ABOUT TWO MILES
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
WEATHER SERVICE. SO I WANT TO PULL UP A MAP
RIGHT NOW SHOWING THE PATH THAT
THIS TORNADO TOOK.
SO IT ALL STARTED ON COLONIAL
DRIVE THAT IS WHERE IT TOUCHED
DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. AND THEN IT TRACKED TO THE
NORTH NORTHEAST IMPACTING LAKE
DRIVE JUST SOUTH OF QADI LAKE
KIBBIE DRIVE, A PORTION OF MAIN
STREET BATTLE STREET AND ENDED
AROUND HICKORY HILL DRIVE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON LAKE
DRIVE AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A
LOOK RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME
BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING SOME
DAMAGE OUT HERE THIS MASSIVE
TREE JUST TIPPING OVER INTO
SOME BACKYARDS AROUND HERE.
SO DEFINITELY SOME SCARY
MOMENTS FOR NEIGHBORS AROUND
HERE PLAYING OUT LAST NIGHT
INCLUDING ONE OF THOSE
NEIGHBORS WHO LIVES HER KA
DEVLI
DEVLI
DEVLI AND
DEVLI AND WE ARE JOINED BY KATHY
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. KATHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. YOU LIVE IN THIS HOUSE RIGHT
HERE FEET AWAY FROM THIS TREE
AS WE CAN SEE HERE BEHIND US.
>>
>>
>> THIS
>> THIS THING REALLY JUST TAKING
YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND BY
SURPRISE.
SURPRISE.
SURPRISE. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT EXACTY
SURPRISE. PE YOU TELL US WHAT EXACTY
SURPRISE. PE LA U TELL US WHAT EXACTY
SURPRISE. PE LA NIGHT? US WHAT EXACTY
WELL, AROUND 615 THE THE SKY
GOT A LITTLE DARK AND THEN ALL
OF A SUDDEN THE WIND WAS COMING
AND WE COULD SEE THE TREES
SPINNING AND THEN THE TOP WOULD
FALL OFF AS IT WOULD SPIN IT
WOULD FLY HIGH UP IN THE AIR
AND A LOT OF DEBRIS WAS
FOLLOWING IT FROM OTHER PLACES
AND WE WERE REALLY WORRIED
BECAUSE WE SAW THAT LARGE TREE,
THE HICKORY TREE GO DOWN.
BUT WHEN WE WENT OUTSIDE WE
NOTICED A LOT OF DEVASTATION IN
THIS AREA.
THIS AREA. WE WERE ONLY THANKFUL THAT MANY
HOMES DID NOT GET RUINED HERE
AND THAT WE WERE SAFE FROM
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
>>
>> AND
>> AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE LACK
OF NOTICE HERE JUST HOW IT TOOK
YOU BY SURPRISE.
>>
>>
>> WHAT
>> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOU
EMOTIONALLY?
EMOTIONALLY? I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER I DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE TO HIDE AND I
WONDERED IF I COULD JUST LEAVE
THE AREA.
THE AREA.
THE AREA. BUT IT WENT BY SO VERY QUICKLY
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO
ANYTHING BUT JUST TRY TO
PROTECT OURSELVES RIGHT WHE
WE WER.
WE WER.
WE WER. >>
>>
>> AND
>> AND YOU MENTIONED THE DAMAGE
THAT GOT THIS BIG TREE RIGHT
HERE TO OUR RIGHT.
>>
>>
>> WE'VE
>> WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME BRANCHES
THROWN ACROSS THE PLACE A
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. BUT
WELL. BUT DOWN THE STREET TREES ARE
ALL GONE THE TOPS OF THE TREES
AND THEN DOWN THE STREET WE'VE
GOT A BIG MESS DOWN THERE TOO.
>>
>>
>> WHAT
>> WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN TERMS
OF DOWN THERE?
DOWN THERE IS GREATER
DEVASTATION.
DEVASTATION. THEY HAD WE HAD THE ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD GOT TOGETHER.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE WERE JUST
PULLING OUT THE DEBRIS AND
TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD.
I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND SAID IS THERE ANYTHING WE
CAN DO?
CAN DO?
CAN DO? WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
TORNADO.
TORNADO.
TORNADO. THEY WERE SHOCKED BUT THEY WERE
HERE IN MINUTES AND THE DPW
CAME THE POLICE CAME AND THEY
JUST NOTICED THE PROBLEMS AND
THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL TO GET
US THROUGH IT.
THAT'S AWESOME TO HEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY NO MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE, NO INJURIES THAT YOU
KNOW OF , RIGHT?
>>
>>
>> NO,
>> NO, NO, NO NOTHING AROUND THE
HOMES OR HIT ONE HAS LOST THE
SHINGLES AND MANY TREES AROUND
THAT HOME.
THAT HOME. BUT THIS MESS WILL BE HERE FOR
A WHILE UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GET RID OF IT.
THAT HICKORY TREE IS SO LARGE
IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE
FOR US AS WELL.
AND YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE CLEANUP PROCESS I MEAN
THESE ARE VERY LARGE TREES
ESPECIALLY DOWN THE STREET
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
>>
>> WHAT
>> WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING BY FOR
QUOTES, RIGHT?
QUOTES, RIGHT? YES, THEY'RE COMING BY TO ASK
IF THEY CAN BRING IN A QUOTE
FOR US TO GET THIS CLEANED UP
AND YOU KNOW HOW LONG THIS
WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TAKE
ESTIMATED TO TAKE I'M GOING TO
SAY ABOUT A WEEK AND IN BETWEEN
THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE
WHAT WE CAN DO AND FAVORABLE
PRICES.
PRICES.
PRICES. AND LAST QUESTION AS YOU WAKE
UP THIS MORNING AND JUST TAKE A
LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
WHATS GOI THROUH YO MIND?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
I WAS KIND OF DEPRESSED BUT AT
THE SAME POINT I FELT SO
GRATEFUL THAT NOBODY WAS
INJURED AND NO ONE REALLY LOST
ANYTHING MUCH AND WE'LL WORK
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THAT'S HOW THIS COMMUNITY IS.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
IT'S WONDERFUL. YEAH, THAT IS AWESOME TO HEAR
IN THIS IN THE MIDST OF THIS
DEVASTATION OUT HERE.
KATHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. AND
YEAH. AND COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
GOING DOWN THE STREET AND
SHOWING YOU A LOOK AT THE