with only a couple cuts. it's one thing to survive, but with only a couple cuts, and he's got a tremendously positive attitude that he was going to make it. >> reporter: bob doesn't know if he'll rebuild this house. he does know that he's grateful he can go on with his life. >> you got to get over things. i'm already over this. this is, you know, -- what is this? it's destroyed property. it's not life or i so you have had it. >> time for you to move on? >> yeah. you can't let things like this bother you, you know. >> that's a great attitude. where is he going to live now? >> reporter: bob's son says he can live with him in nashville. bob is from bowling green originally, he was an insurance man for decades, a middle school teacher before that.