DURING THE TRADE UP SALES EVENT. GENERAL RV FAMILY EXPANDING TRADE UP MORE TOYS
WHO
NEWS ALERT. DEVASTATION IN WHO
NEWS ALERT. DEVASTATION IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN EFFORT TORNADO HITS GAILLARD. WE KNOW ONE
PERSON WAS KILLED AND DOZENS
MORE HAVE BEEN INJURED. I WAS ON
THE GROUND FOR A GOOD TWO MILES
AND I DID WIPE OUT HOBBY LOBBY
AND DID WIPE OUT JIMMY JOHN’S
QUICK LUBE. AND NOW THAT TOWN IS
STARTING TO CLEAN UP PROCESS
THIS MORNING THAT DEADLY TORNADO
TOPS OUR NEWS HERE. WHERE HOMES
AND BUSINESSES WERE LEFT
DESTROYED THAT TURN IT TOUCHING
THE GROUND IN THE AFTERNOON
YESTERDAY, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF
GALA, LET’S GO LIVE NOW TO ARM.
OUR MADONNA HAS BEEN THERE FOR
US OVERNIGHT. MARA, WHAT IS THE
VERY LATEST IN THE SITUATION UP
THERE? GRANT WE’RE ON MAIN
STREET IN GAYLORD. AND THERE IS
DAMAGE LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE
PLACE THE STORY BEHIND THIS
CHEVY SILVERADO. MIRACULOUSLY
THE COUPLE WHO WAS IN HERE WHO
WAS TAKING THIS TRUCK ON A TEST
DRIVE SAW THAT THIS TORNADO WAS
COMING, GOT OUT AND GOT INTO THE
RESTAURANT JUST IN TIME.
PORTIONS OF MAIN STREET AND GAIL
ORDER JUST FLATTENED RIGHT
ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM
HOBBY LOBBY, WHICH TOOK A DIRECT
HIT. CULVER’S IS STILL STANDING
BUT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. JAMIE
ELIA WAS WORKING INSIDE CAME OUT
THE FRONT DOORS AND I JUST KIND
OF LOOKED OVER HOBBY LOBBY AND I
COULD JUST SEE THAT FORMING AND
I STARTED SEEING THINGS SLOW AND
I HAD CUSTOMERS WALKING IN. I
TOLD HIM YOU NEED TO GET IT AND
I SAID, THAT’S DEFINITELY A
TORNADO. OUTSIDE GO RIGHT IN,
AND I HAD AN ELDERLY COUPLE
SITTING IN MY PARLOR AREA AND I
TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM. THAT’S
A TORNADO AND SHE’S LIKE NO,
IT’S JUST A STORM, WHERE FINEST
AND MAY NEED YOU TO TURN AROUND.
THAT TORNADO IS HITTING HARD THE
LOBBY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WAS TOO
LATE. JAMIE COULDN’T GET THEM TO
MOVE IN. THE OLDER WOMAN JUST
DROPPED THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF
THE WINDOWS ABOUT THE WORST
PLACE TO BE TIME. BACK UP FRONT.
THE TORNADO HIT ALREADY.
IMPACTED RIGHT HERE. THERE WAS A
BUNCH OF DEBRIS. STUFF FROM THE
ROOF OVER HERE FROM MAURICE’S
AND JIMMY JOHN’S WERE ON TOP OF
A CUSTOMER WAS TRYING TO PULL
THE METAL AND GLASS AND TABLES
OFF OF HER. BACK HERE LIVE.
JAMIE TELLS ME THAT THEY GOT THE
MEDAL OUT OF HER LEGS, BUT THERE
WERE SOME PRETTY DEEP AND
SERIOUS GASHES IN THERE. THAT
WAS ONE OF THE MORE SERIOUS
INJURIES HERE AS FAR AS THE REST
OF THE CUSTOMERS AND THE STAFF.
THEY WERE ALL OKAY GRANT. THERE
IS A 10 P OR 10 AM PRESS
BRIEFING TO GET SOME UPDATED
NUMBERS ON THE SITUATION ON THE
GROUND HERE. THE LATEST WE HAVE
IS THAT 44 PEOPLE LIKE THAT
ELDERLY WOMAN HERE AT CULVER’S
WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND
THEY HAVE ONE CONFIRMED FATALITY
BUT ONCE AGAIN UPDATED NUMBERS.
PROBABLY AROUND 10 O’CLOCK TODAY
. WE’RE LIVE IN GAYLORD ALONG M
32, WHICH IS MAIN STREET. I’M
MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4 JUST A
HARROWING STORY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MARA. WE’LL BE
CARRYING THAT PRESS CONFERENCE
AT 10 AM LIVE AS WELL AND LOCAL
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NOW EFFORTS TO HELP GAILLARD ARE
WELL UNDERWAY. A SHELTER HAS
BEEN SET UP FOR IMPACTED
FAMILIES WHERE THEY’RE CURRENTLY
STAYING. LET’S CHECK IN NOW WITH
OUR JASON COLTHORPE, WHO VISITED
THAT SHELTER THAT’S BEEN SET UP.
PEOPLE CALLING ABOUT WATERS.
OKAY, THEY CAN BRING YES, THEY
CAN BRING IT HERE OR INTO THE
MIDDLE ENTRANCE. THE UNITED WAY
IS GOING TO HAVE A ROOM SET UP
IN HIS 11 YEARS IN GAILLARD.
PASTOR SCOTT DESLER HAS SEEN
BLIZZARDS BUT NEVER TORNADOES.
AND THAT’S WHY WHEN THEY HIT
TODAY, HE RUSHED TO HIS MOTHER’S
HOUSE. TO GET HER AND THEN HE
SURVEYED THE DAMAGE. POWER POLES
SNAPPED IN HALF. UM YOU
BASICALLY HAD TO NAVIGATE LIKE A
WAR ZONE. YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE
AROUND THINGS JUST TO TRY TO GET
TO HER HOUSE. AND TRY TO GET HER
OUT OF THE HOUSE TO GET HER TO
MY HOUSE. AND THEN I KIND OF
WENT DOWN IN TOWN JUST A LITTLE
WAYS AND STARTED TO SEE ALL THE
DAMAGE TO THE BUILDINGS DIDN’T
EVEN MAKE IT DOWN TO THE WORST
PART. BUT YEAH, IT WAS. IT’S
LIKE DRIVING AROUND A WAR ZONE.
THE FREE CHURCH IS IDEAL TO HELP
DURING THIS DISASTER. IT’S BIG.
IT HAS POWER AND WIFI. IN FACT,
THE RED CROSS WAS SET UP AND
READY TO TAKE PEOPLE IN JUST TWO
HOURS AFTER THE STORM HIT. THE
GOAL HERE IS TO HAVE A SAFE
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO EAT AND TO
HAVE A PLACE TO SLEEP IN A
DISASTER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY’RE WELL CARED FOR, AND
THEN THEY FEEL SAFE, AND THERE’S
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GAYLORD
DISPLACED RIGHT NOW. THERE WAS
TRAILER PARKS THAT WERE LEVELED
HOMES THAT WERE DEMOLISHED, SO
WE’VE JUST OPENED UP OUR
BUILDING, WORKING WITH THE RED
CROSS AND THE UNITED WAY KIND OF
A TEAM EFFORT. SO THAT ANYBODY
THAT RIGHT NOW HAS A NEED HAS A
SAFE PLACE. IN FACT, IF THEY
NEED A RIGHT HERE, WE’RE EVEN