Tornado

hits

David Picton

home on April 26, 2024

A tornado hit my sons home on April 26, 2024.  It started in Omaha and in some places

David has insurance which should cover most of the tornado property damage, we hope.  He had a lot of tree damage which insurance does not cover.  He has had a lot of volunteers who have helped remove the trees.  Some were blown out by there roots and some just broken in half.  All that had to be cut down and removed.  Now there are big piles of cut down trees.

Out in my field south of his house is a roof from a neighbors house.  In my field Southwest is a barn roof which I do not know where it come from.  In my walnut grove West is another roof which I do not know where it came from.  In my field near the metal building are parts of the roof from the metal building such as chunks of sheets of metal.  Somehow this must be cleaned up.  His house and the shingles on his house are in good shape and not hurt.

The insurance companies pay David.  Then it is up to David to sign contracts with builders to make the repairs.  He must also coordinate the work of the volunteers.  The government also has money for repairs but I do not think David can get any of this money.  There are many homes that have lost there roofs or been flattened, all the way to Omaha in a strip up to a mile wide.  It my be difficult to schedule a builder to do repairs and put on roofs such as his metal roof for his metal building because of the number of people that have damage.

 it was about a mile wide. The following are some of the pictures of damage at his home and a few South of his place.

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