Lone Grove picks up the pieces

The Oklahoma Daily Feb 13, 2009

FE-4 Tornado hit the Lone Grove that is 80 miles away from Norman on last Tuesday. Most houses and buildings were destroyed by Tuesday’s tornado, and 8 persons were dead and many people still were missing because of this accident.

Some residents kept finding their friends and relatives from Wednesday, but some people still do not know the where abouts of families or friends. Others also had to go back in order to search for their belongings. Although they lost everything including their houses, tornado survivors think they are so lucky. Survivors try to look around the wreckage of their homes for their personal belongings.

People did not expect this accident at all because they did not get tornadoes like this in February. This tornado is so rare to people, so they were more damaged than the situation they expected.

Winston Barton who is Federal Emergency Management Association public information officer said that this area will be a major disaster area in next three or four days. Barton said “Survivors will get help if there is enough damage, and there is plenty of damage here.”

Survivors really need help to rebuild the grounds of their lives, so government, FEMA and insurance companies plan to help them. In addition, many non-profit organizations and individuals from around the area have come to offer their services. Hence, they will start to determine where they are going to live so they can rebuild the grounds of their lives.