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WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS NO DEATHS REPORTED HERE IN PICKENS COUNTY. THAT IS GREAT NEWS. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST WERE OUT HERE TODAY SURVEYING THE DAMAGE. GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE STRENGTH OF THE STORMS THAT TOUCHED DOWN HERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT WAS SO DARK. WE WERE OUT HERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET HERE BECAUSE ALL THE TREES WERE DOWN. SO WE’RE REALLY GETTING A FRESH LOOK YESTERDAY AND TODAY AT THE ACTUAL DAMAGE. I’M HERE RIGHT NOW AT THE PATE FAMILY HOME RIGHT OFF RUSSELL FARM ROAD, WHICH IS OFF OF BRISCOE ROAD. BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK INSIDE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE. NOW LOOK UP. THERE IS NO CEILING IN THIS HOME ANYMORE. AND THIS WAS THEIR HOME. IT’S A FIREFIGHTER, JOSH PATE, WHO ACTUALLY LIVES HERE WITH HIS FAMILY. HE WAS WORKING. HE WORKS FOR TUSCALOOSA AND HE WAS WORKING PROTECTING OTHER FAMILIES ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SO HIS WIFE AND TWO TEENAGE SONS WERE HERE ALONE WHEN THE STORM GOT CLOSE. THEY TOOK REFUGE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. THIS CLOSET RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A HALL CLOSET RIGHT HERE. AND TAKE A LOOK INSIDE. THIS IS AMAZING. THIS IS THE ONLY ROOM IN THE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT TOUCHED. THE CEILING IS STILL HERE NOW. THEY WERE ALL HUDDLED IN HERE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT JOSH SAYS THIS IS ACTUALLY A MIRACLE. HE. WHEN HE FOUND OUT IT WAS HIT, THOUGH, HE LEFT WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GOT HERE. HE KNEW IT WAS A DIRECT HIT ON THE HOUSE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HER AND THE BOYS WERE GOOD GARDENDALE, YOU KNOW, GAVE THEM SAFETY THERE. AND YOU KNOW, WE PRAISE THEM FOR THAT FOR SURE. BUT BUT THEY WERE OKAY. AND AND AS I LEFT WORK AND HEADED THIS WAY TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE TO SEE IF I COULD HELP AND MAINLY JUST LAY EYES ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GOOD IN MY EYES, BECAUSE SHE CAN TELL YOU ALL YOU WANT, BUT UNTIL YOU LAY EYES ON THEM, IT’S A DIFFERENT THING. IT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. NOW. THE METEOROLOGIST FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUT HERE TODAY BELIEVE IT WAS AN EF TWO THAT HIT THIS AREA OF THE GORDO AREA. AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THAT’S WHAT CAUSED ALL THIS DAMAGE. OF COURS