Power crews swarmed over Sweetwater
as gas crews cut off lines for the
demolition workers who will follow state
disaster assessment teams and insurance
agents tried to add up the damage
estimated at up to 20 million dollars.
A second one to look at today if it does
happen.
Ted Kimball's trailer was totaled with
him and his wife in it.
Their young daughter was sucked out by
the funnel.
Some friends found her in the
alley over there and took her home to the
storm cellar.
The neighborly acts continue in
Sweetwater.
They donates volunteers
dishing out food from roving vans.
They say they're running out of space for
the mountains of donated canned goods and
clothing. But disasters can bring
out the bad side of people to looters.
Broke into Richard, but already broken
homes Sunday night.
Somebody taking advantage of somebody's
misfortune and everything like that just,
uh, that's about the lowest
life there is, I guess.
And sightseers are jamming up.
The roads not jammed, though, is the
local shelter, thanks to Sweetwaters
residents who weren't hit.
If you can't find a place to stay,
there's so many people in town that says
we got two extra bedrooms.
Yeah, just come out.
Jim Douglas, Channel 5 News tonight in Sweetwater.