Dortches mayor thankful for no loss of life

AT THIS POINT. WHAT CAN WHAT

CAN HE TELL US? CAN?

>> MISTER MAYOR, YOU STAND HERE

AND OBVIOUSLY LOOK IN YOUR

COMMUNITY AND SEE THE

DEVASTATION AROUND YOU. WHAT

GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN

YOU SEE HOMES LEVELED THE ROADS

CROSS WITH TREES.

>> THIS DEVASTATION BUT THE

MAIN THING AS FAR AS WE'VE

HEARD SO FAR, NOBODY HAS NOT

BEEN IN A LULL. SO SOME BOOKS

AND SCRAPES AND THAT TYPE

THING. BUT THE LOSS OF LIVES

AND THE REST OF THAT WE CAN DO

>> YOU TOLD ME I MEAN,

OBVIOUSLY A CLOSE KNIT

COMMUNITY HERE. YOU KNOW, THE

PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS HOME BEHIND

US HERE, JUST I MEAN, IT

COMPLETE ROOM, EXPOSE THE ROOF

GONE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME

ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE?

>> THEY WERE THE GENTLEMAN 3

SUSPENDING JOAN LONG. THEIR

WORK OVER WITH

THE CEMETERY GROUP. THEY WERE

IN THE HOUSE WHEN IT HAPPENED

ON THAT. ONE OF THEM HAD A

WELCOME THE HEAD AND THEY

CALLED THE M MS. BUT YOU.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO. I THINK WE'RE

FINE. JUST EVERYBODY IS

EMOTIONS. WHAT'S THE MAIN THING

RIGHT ACROSS STREET. THE TO

3 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE AIR.

THEY CAME THROUGH IT 5,

NOTHING. ONE OF THEM STEPPED ON

WHEN THEY CAME OUT. BUT LIKE I

SAY, NOBODY THAT I KNOW WORLD

HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.

AND 2.

PROPERTY DAMAGE STUFF AND JUST

DEAL WITH IT AS WE HAVE TO DEAL

WITH. AND THERE IS GOING TO BE

A LOT. I STATE. WE'RE SENDING

ONE SPATE ONE PLACE HERE.

>> AND I CAN LOOK AROUND AND

SEE 5 HOMES THAT IN SOME CASES

HAVE BEEN PROBABLY TOTAL LOSSES

CALLS. YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT

STEPS NOW IS THE LEADER OF THIS

COMMUNITY. WHAT ARE THE THINGS

YOU WILL HAVE TO DO HERE WHERE

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE

COUNTY OF THIS STATE?

>> WHO ARE WE NEED TO? THIS

BEEN MAYOR HERE FOR 3 YEARS AS

THE FIRST TIME. ANYTHING LIKE

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO BE A

LEARNING CURVE, ALL OF US, BUT

WE'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH THE

COUNTY AND STATE AND JUST GO

FROM THERE AND REACH OUT TO

EVERYBODY AND DO WHAT WE CAN

FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> WE ARE TRACKING, YOU KNOW,

THE SITUATION AT THE HOSPITAL.

WE'VE HEARD OF ARRIVALS AND

PEOPLE ARE COMING IN WITH

INJURIES SUSTAINED HERE.

AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE NOT HEARD

OF ANY FATALITIES. THANKFULLY

AT THIS POINT. BUT AS YOU COME

AWAY FROM THE SITUATION AS THE

LEADER OF THIS COMMUNITY,

WHAT'S GOING TO BE A LASTING

IMPRESSION OF THIS DAY? AND AS

YOU LOOK AHEAD.

>> THE LASTING IMPRESSION OF

THIS DAY AS A LOBO WANTS A

LITTLE MORE LIKE IT AGAIN

BECAUSE IT WENT FROM SUNSHINE

TO PITCH BLACK AND I GUESS IS

THE WARM HERE LAST AND PROBABLY

LESS THAN A MINUTE. SO

IMPORTANT TO THE WE'RE JUST

THANK THE GOOD LORD. NOBODY

LOST LIFE.

>> MISTER MAYOR, THANK YOU SO

MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL WILL