Picking up the pieces in Indiana
- 12 years ago
Picking up the pieces in Indiana.
Residents of Chelsea, Indiana return home to find what they have lost.
Powerful tornadoes swept across the Midwest and Southeast, killing at least 33 people in four states.
SOUNDBITE) (English) STEVE KLEOPFER SAYING:
"It wasn't a funnel, it was a black wall and it looked more like it was rolling instead of spinning, but it was wide, I mean, there wasn't any way. We didn't have a basement and no place to go so the best thing for me to do was to get out of Dodge."
The fast-moving twisters flattened homes leaving behind debris and memories of better times.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) AMBER KLEOPFER SENSENY, FORMER RESIDENT, SAYING:
"I just can't believe what I'm seeing. This is where I grew up and my children were here last weekend for the weekend with my parents. My great aunt and great uncle, their house isn't there anymore."
Damage was extensive across Indiana. Governor Mitch Daniels.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIANA GOVERNOR MITCH DANIELS SAYING:
"Once again Mother Nature has dealt harshly with Indiana. I guess I want to start by expressing on behalf of all our citizens how heartbroken we are at the losses that have occurred here and other places that I'll be today. I can't tell you how proud and impressed I am though at both the response of state and local people, our national guard, and others, regrettably have had far too much practice I guess but from everything I've learned at the command post, everyone's being as well taken care of as possible."
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The week's violent storms have raised fears that 2012 will be another bad year for tornadoes, following devastating losses from last year.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
Residents of Chelsea, Indiana return home to find what they have lost.
Powerful tornadoes swept across the Midwest and Southeast, killing at least 33 people in four states.
SOUNDBITE) (English) STEVE KLEOPFER SAYING:
"It wasn't a funnel, it was a black wall and it looked more like it was rolling instead of spinning, but it was wide, I mean, there wasn't any way. We didn't have a basement and no place to go so the best thing for me to do was to get out of Dodge."
The fast-moving twisters flattened homes leaving behind debris and memories of better times.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) AMBER KLEOPFER SENSENY, FORMER RESIDENT, SAYING:
"I just can't believe what I'm seeing. This is where I grew up and my children were here last weekend for the weekend with my parents. My great aunt and great uncle, their house isn't there anymore."
Damage was extensive across Indiana. Governor Mitch Daniels.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIANA GOVERNOR MITCH DANIELS SAYING:
"Once again Mother Nature has dealt harshly with Indiana. I guess I want to start by expressing on behalf of all our citizens how heartbroken we are at the losses that have occurred here and other places that I'll be today. I can't tell you how proud and impressed I am though at both the response of state and local people, our national guard, and others, regrettably have had far too much practice I guess but from everything I've learned at the command post, everyone's being as well taken care of as possible."
.
The week's violent storms have raised fears that 2012 will be another bad year for tornadoes, following devastating losses from last year.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters