4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. THEY LIVE
4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. THEY LOST EVERYTHING. IN AN INSTANCE LIKE JUST FIVE MINUTES AND
PEOPLE WERE GONE. YOUR LIFE
DESTROYED. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE
WE’RE GOING OR WHAT WE’RE DOING
TONIGHT. THE PEOPLE OF GAYLORD
ARE TRYING TO RECOVER FROM A
POWERFUL TORNADO THAT KILLED TWO
PEOPLE. AND DESTROYED MUCH OF
THEIR CLOSE COMMUNITY. AND WE
GET TO THAT DEVASTATION IN
GAYLORD, WHERE MANY IN THE TOWN
OF 4200 ARE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. THE
CLEANUP BEGINS 150 MILE PER HOUR
. WINDS FROM THE THREE TORNADO
TORE THROUGH ROOFS AND WALLS
FROM BUSINESSES. AND ACTUALLY
NEARLY FLATTENED A MOBILE HOME
PARK TONIGHT. POLICE DO CONFIRM
THAT EVERYONE HAS ALREADY BEEN
ACCOUNTED FOR TWO PEOPLE IN
THEIR SEVENTIES WERE KILLED AND
MORE THAN 40. OTHERS HURT. STATE
POLICE ALSO SAY ELECTRICITY HAS
NOW BEEN RESTORED TO 99% OF
CUSTOMERS. NICK MONACELLI IS
THERE LIVE IN GAILLARD TONIGHT
AND NICK, HOW ARE PEOPLE COPING?
YOU KNOW THAT’S KIND OF A TOUGH
QUESTION TO ANSWER HONESTLY,
BECAUSE I THINK THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE ARE STILL IN SHOCK RIGHT
NOW TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY DO TO MOVE FORWARD. WHAT’S
NEXT? NOBODY REALLY KNOWS. IN
FACT, TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME
HERE. THERE ARE FAMILIES AS WE
SPEAK WALKING THROUGH. I DON’T
WANT TO SAY THEIR HOMES. WE CAN
SAY WHAT’S LEFT OF THEIR HOMES,
MOTHERS CARRYING THEIR BABIES
AROUND FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS.
THE ELDERLY WALKING AROUND
TAKING IT ALL IN THIS. LOOK AT
THIS. THIS WAS THEIR LIVES, AND
IT’S ALL GONE. IN THIS MOBILE
HOME PARK. THERE WERE 70. TWO
UNITS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM 95.
DESTROYED AND THE TWO LIVES THAT
WERE LOST HAPPENED RIGHT HERE.
BUT IT LOOKS KIND OF TORNADO.
ARE YOU I LOOKED UP SAW THE
TORNADO FORMING AT ABOUT THE
THEATER. WE HAD JUST ENOUGH TIME
I THREW MY SON IN THE BACKSEAT
OF MY TRUCK AND WE RACED OUT OF
HERE. IT FOLLOWED US ALL THE OUT
AND ACROSS ABC WAREHOUSE AND WE
GOT INTO THE CAR WASH OVER
THERE. MICHAEL ADAMS LIVES IN
NOTTINGHAM FOREST ESTATES, THE
MOBILE HOME PARK HIT HARDEST BY
FRIDAY’S TORNADO. AND THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GETTING A
LOOK FROM GROUND LEVEL
DEVASTATION THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE PARK. ADAMS DROVE AWAY AS
FAST AS HE COULD LIKE A NUCLEAR
BOMB WENT OFF. EVERYTHING WAS
JUST DESTROYED. TREES DOWN
HOUSES COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED.
THERE WAS A HOUSE UP IN THE
TREE. AH IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I
FEARED. BECAUSE WHEN I WAS
RACING OUT HERE IN MY REAR VIEW
MIRROR, I CAN SEE EVERYTHING
LIKE A MOVIE LITERALLY EXPLODING
BEHIND ME. ONCE IT PASSED, THIS
WAS LEFT. AND, OF COURSE, THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE THERE WERE
PEOPLE THAT WERE BLEEDING AND
BOARD STICKING OUT OVER THEM AND
STUFF YOU ONLY SEE IN MOVIES IN
THIS DISASTER, THOUGH WE ALSO
SEE THE BEST OF HUMANITY LIKE
OWEN WALTON OF YEAH, TREES. WHO
DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM NEW
ORLEANS TO HELP. THIS IS THE JOB
OF TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO HELP
THESE PEOPLE GET THIS TREE OUT
THEIR HOUSE AND EQUALLY
IMPORTANT, HE’S NOT EXPECTING A
DIME. IF INSURANCE COMPANIES PAY
GREAT, IF NOT, OH, WELL, BECAUSE
THESE PEOPLE JUST LOST THEIR
HOME. AND WHY WOULD I TAKE A
$5000 DEDUCTIBLE WHEN YOU NEED
TO REPLACE YOUR GROCERIES?
THAT’S THE INSURANCE COMPANY’S
RESPONSIBILITY HERE ADMIT THE
PHYSICAL DAMAGE WILL TAKE WEEKS,
IF NOT MONTHS TO CLEAR. THE
MENTAL DAMAGE. WHO KNOWS HAVING
A HARD TIME THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS. YOU KNOW, I’M A GROWN 50
YEAR OLD MAN, BUT I’VE TRIED A
COUPLE OF TIMES THERE’S THINGS
I’VE SEEN THAT I HAVE NOT
PERSONALLY SEEN BEFORE. I CAN’T
EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT
THEY’RE GOING THROUGH AGAIN.
YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT YET
ANOTHER FAMILY. JUST TRYING TO
TAKE IT ALL IN TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TO DO.
NEXT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW ORLEANS IS A
VERY SMALL SLIVER OF THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT HAS
HAPPENED HERE. THERE HAS BEEN A
NON STOP. DRIVE THROUGH, SO TO
SPEAK OF PEOPLE DROPPING OFF
CLOTHING, WATER FOOD, BABY
FORMULA THINGS IF THEY CAN FIND
THE BABY FORMULA, THINGS THAT
THESE FOLKS WILL NEED, AND THIS
IS JUST A MOBILE HOME PARK.
THERE ARE SUBDIVISIONS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE MAIN STREET.
THERE ARE ALSO DESTROYED SOME
HOMES GONE AS WELL. I CAN TELL
YOU THOUGH, SANDRA AND PAMELA,
THERE IS AN ISSUE OUT HERE.
THEY’RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH
LOOTERS. IN THIS MOBILE HOME
PARKS. THEY ARE BEGGING PEOPLE
TO STOP DRIVING THROUGH. START
TURNING THIS INTO A TOURIST
ATTRACTION AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY
, STEP COMING IN WHEN PEOPLE’S
LIVES ARE AT THEIR WORST AND
STEALING WHATEVER THEY HAVE LEFT
THEIR SEARCHING THE RUBBLE FOR
THEIR MEMORIES AND WHATEVER THEY
CAN FIND. DON’T BE THE PERSON
COMING IN HERE AND STEAL HIS
LEFT ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE.