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Been a shelter at that school, there needs to be a shelter at that school. going forward, would it be something you would support to have storm shelters placed in every school in this community? >> absolutely would support that endeavor. our hopes is on these two sites, both briarwood and plaza towers, that in the rebuilding process that there will be additional dollars there from fema to help us with that. fortunately, i'm in the may 3rd '99 tornado we sustained severe damage and lost another elementary, kelly elementary, and fema was able when we rebuilt those fema was able to attach money t...

Live around here who have been through this kind of thing before? >> yes. we actually lived in our home 31 years. >> and has it been untouched by tornadoes in 31 years? >> all around us, this is the first time we took the hit. several of us moved in when we were young, we were growing old together, you know. it is our turn i guess. >> and because you have friends who have gone through it before in previous tornadoes losing their homes, have you been talking it through with them, have they told you here is the way it works, here is what happens next, here is what fema does, all of that stuff? >...

We have seen, especially when you look at the damage? >> well, when it comes to chasing tornadoes and that, we've seen many different kinds, hundreds over the years. when they're out in the field and they're not doing anything that doesn't seem like much, but when it gets towards a residential area and businesses and populated areas, it changes dramatically. it goes from something that's not doing anything to something that could be possibly killing or injuring people. that's what the case was this time. as it moves through the residential area, the business districts of a populated area, of c...