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SCOTT. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. SARAH. IN WALKER COUNTY, MULTIPLE HOMES ARE DAMAGED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS STORM. �������� 13 MAGDALA LOUISSAINT HAS MORE. SHE’S BEEN AT SIPSEY ROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN DUE TO DEBRIS. MAGDALA. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SEEING THERE? YEAH. SO SIPSEY ROAD, AS YOU MENTIONED, CARLA IS STILL CLOSED TO SPECTATORS, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE TO CLEAN UP, IT IS OPEN TO THEM. FIRST RESPONDERS, POWER COMPANIES AND THE MEDIA, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SHOW YOU WHAT DAMAGE THE STORM LEFT BEHIND. AND JUST LOOKING BEHIND ME HERE, YOU CAN TELL AND SEE, THIS USED TO BE A TRAILER HOME AND NOW IT’S NO MORE. YOU CAN SEE THINGS SCATTERED ON THE GROUND LIKE CLOTHES. WE EVEN SEE HERE. JASON BRADLEY, IF YOU COULD PAN TO THE LEFT, LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A BATHTUB THAT’S AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS TREE STUMP HERE. AND THAT’S A REALLY, REALLY BIG TREE. SO THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW STRONG THE WINDS MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUT HERE AND WHAT IT THREW AROUND ON SIPSEY ROAD. NOW, WHILE WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE, WE’VE MET SOME PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE EMBRACING THOSE WHO HAVE TO CLEAN UP. THIS MORNING WE MET SOME CHURCH MEMBERS WHO WERE HANDING OUT SAUSAGE, BISCUITS AND WATER TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT HERE, AND WE SAW SOME OF THE DAMAGE AS WELL. VERY CLOSE DAMAGE. WE GOT TO SEE EYE TO EYE WITH WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, WHO HAD A CHANCE TO SHOW US SOME OF THAT DAMAGE. HE’S BEEN DRIVING AROUND THIS MORNING LOOKING AT IT, SPEAKING WITH COUNTY EMA AND GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE OKAY. JUST LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO TELL US. WE HAD ONE GUY HIT A TREE, ENDED UP GETTING TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT AS FAR AS THE HOME HOMEOWNERS, NO INJURIES, THEY ALL TOOK HEED TO GET INTO THE STORM SHELTERS IN TIME. I HAD ABOUT 150 PEOPLE IN THERE YESTERDAY, SO THAT’S A GOOD THING. PEOPLE TOOK, YOU KNOW, TOOK THE WARNINGS SERIOUSLY AND AND THANK GOODNESS AND THANK GOD NO FATALITIES IN ANY OF THIS, RIGHT? YES. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO HOW DO YOU FEEL? I KNOW IT’S A LONG IT’S A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. NOW, I’VE BEEN OUT HERE ALL NIGHT WITH THEM. SO I HAD NO SLEEP. IT’S JUST GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME NOW. YEP. A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. THE FIRE CHIEF STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN ANY SLEEP. I CAN SEE HIM DRIVING AROUND IN A FOUR WHEELER. NOW, GOING THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, TALKING TO PEOPLE, YOU CAN PROBABLY EVEN HEAR A SAW GOING OFF. AND THAT’S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING ALREADY WORKING TO CUT DOWN SOME OF THOSE TREES. SO I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY EFFORT THAT’S BEEN GOING AROUND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE SPOKE TO SOME OF THOSE CHURCH MEMBERS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO. YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE PASTOR IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES ABOUT WHAT DREW THEM OUT TO HELP PEOPLE HERE IN SIPSEY.