Storm destryed homes

tractorkrum · Dec 30, 2015

I was watching the evening news and they were showing some of the destroyed homes in the aftermath of the storms in the south. They claim there is nothing left to these homes. I am just wondering, if your place (home, barn, shop, etc.) was destroyed in in a storm would you attempt to retrieve anything or just bulldoze it and haul it away? I always hear where nothing is left and with todays throw away society thinking, do these people just wait for the insurance or hand outs. I know from my point of view I have to believe there are a lot of items in my buildings that would be salvageable or at least parts of them. (Think about the tools, toy tractors, real tractors and parts, implements.)

Greg1959 · Dec 30, 2015

tractorkrum- In all the years of news reports that I have seen, the cameras are always showing people picking through the rubble of their homes hoping to find anything of theirs. I have never seen a report interviewing someone that says...'Oh well, that's all gone!'. Even in house fires, where the home is destroyed, I see people digging through the ashes hoping to find something of theirs.

SweetFeet · Dec 30, 2015

I would search for any small thing I could find... a photo or part of a photo, any small memento of the past life of our family. Even if just fragments of things to put together in collage or box-style photo frame.

I don't know why - but I'd just have to try to find and preserve some bits from our past.

Deere Scotty · Dec 30, 2015

I would rummage through it! The news makes a mockery out of people. I would bet 99% of the time something salvageable, & valuable to You is still worth saving in something even that bad hit! Look at the woman whose 2 dogs survived 2 days before rescue personnel uncovered them 2 days later. Bet there were Photo Albums, & anything else under that ruble.

bingo71 · Dec 30, 2015

Yes you dig, you hunt for any and every little thing that might be saved, anything that might bring back a memory. Insurance is a good thing but it never replaces anything like what is lost, I know I have been there!!!

JayinNY · Dec 30, 2015

I agree with you,,maybe it's just me, but I like the memory's I have of the past.

old · Dec 30, 2015

Do not know if you have seen the pictures I have been posting of my place and all that has been destroyed by flood but I will salvage any thing and every thing I can. I have fences down bard damage goats that are gone and believed to be dead etc etc etc. Will take the better part of the winter to get back that what I had a year ago if not 2 or 3 years

JerryS · Dec 31, 2015

Sometimes there's little or no rubble left to pick through. Even when there is rubble, the randomness and sheer bulk of the debris make any kind of treasure hunting a daunting, if not impossible task. Even so, I'm sure I would be in there trying to find any memory I could.

These photos are of Joplin about four weeks after the storm, just to illustrate the magnitude of the task.

john in la · Dec 31, 2015

While you look for anything you can find there are several things that hamper your search.
1) You may be locked out from the search area for your safety by local police.
2) your stuff may be 3 blocks over and all that stuff in your yard belongs to a neighbor.
3) The shear pile of stuff and digging threw it can be over whelming.

Steamboat · Dec 31, 2015

Perhaps I am interpreting your post incorrectly, and for that I do apologize. However your statement of "Waiting for insurance or HAND OUTS?" Oh boy, here we go again! Were is your empathy? Cannot you imagine what must be the mental state of folks suffering such a tragedy? Would you not want to collect on the homeowners insurance that you have been paying premiums on for years? Would you not sally up to the Red Cross trailer for a hot cup of soup if your kitchen and cupboard was destroyed? America used to be a nation of caring and sympathy for those "Least of these, my Brethren," especially within our own borders.

John V. · Dec 31, 2015

In addition to the scattering of wreckage you are also trying to retrieve it from a pile of broken wood, exposed nails, anything dangerous from a destroyed automobile, gasoline, battery acid etc. Also there is a good chance lots of the belongings could be soaked in water. It is not an easy task, I recommend very important personal documents get sealed and put in a safe.

LME · Dec 31, 2015

Our farm was hit by a tornado Feb. 28 2012. Two large barns completely gone, my shop in one, we found almost every thing, wet, muddy but usable. We were lucky, the house just had roof and siding damage.

jon f mn · Dec 31, 2015

I drove through there a couple daysbafter that storm, had a delivery on the north side of town, so I had to drive through everything. It was truely aweful. Lots of folks lost everything.

Goose · Dec 31, 2015

The way stuff gets scattered from a tornado, it's almost impossible to find anything. In the early 1950's, a major tornado went through Hebron, Nebraska. Documents from the local bank were found in Illinois.

But, human nature is for people to search for anything identifiable.

Frank41 · Dec 31, 2015

Years ago, I found clothing and papers in our field from Decatur, IL 30 miles away. In a fire about you can find is jewelry.

1206SWMO · Dec 31, 2015

I was in Joplin 1 week after the storm and it just made you want to cry....The bottom picture is from my farm looking 60 miles to the south while the killer storm was over Joplin..A few minutes later I got a phone call telling what had happened..

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