The sound of chainsaws filled the city of Amory, Mississippi on Saturday afternoon. For people who have lived in the small northeast Mississippi community their whole lives, they say they’ve never seen anything quite like the destruction they’re facing now.”They had to pull me out of here to go to the neighbors,” Amory native Trey Brunetti recalls. “We went to Earl and Izette’s and got in the storm shelter. And you know, we had just got in there and it was like the whole house was shaking. Like, just the rumbling and then the doors flew open. I don’t know. It’s hard to describe. The sound of it. Your ears popped. It’s wild!”Two people in the area were killed during Friday night’s storm, according to NBC affiliate WTVA in Tupelo. Volunteers from all around rushed to the storm zone to do what they can to help.”You never, never get used to it. But you just gotta keep striving on and help the ones you can,” volunteer firefighter James Roach says.Amory High School was significantly damaged during the storm with portions of the roof ripped off. However, the school’s athletic facilities really took a beating. “All you do is hear about it, you know?” Brunetti adds. “You don’t ever know till you go through it. It’s pretty bad.”The city of Amory is under an overnight curfew until further notice as crews work to get things under control. Power is expected to be out for several more days and residents are being asked to boil their water as the city’s water supply was impacted by the storm.”Even when you’ve been through it a couple of times, it’s still hard when you have to go through it again,” Roach points out.Residents say they’ll get through the rebuilding process somehow. They’re just grateful their loved ones are safe and accounted for.
The sound of chainsaws filled the city of Amory, Mississippi on Saturday afternoon. For people who have lived in the small northeast Mississippi community their whole lives, they say they’ve never seen anything quite like the destruction they’re facing now.
“They had to pull me out of here to go to the neighbors,” Amory native Trey Brunetti recalls. “We went to Earl and Izette’s and got in the storm shelter. And you know, we had just got in there and it was like the whole house was shaking. Like, just the rumbling and then the doors flew open. I don’t know. It’s hard to describe. The sound of it. Your ears popped. It’s wild!”
Two people in the area were killed during Friday night’s storm, according to NBC affiliate WTVA in Tupelo. Volunteers from all around rushed to the storm zone to do what they can to help.
“You never, never get used to it. But you just gotta keep striving on and help the ones you can,” volunteer firefighter James Roach says.
Amory High School was significantly damaged during the storm with portions of the roof ripped off. However, the school’s athletic facilities really took a beating.
“All you do is hear about it, you know?” Brunetti adds. “You don’t ever know till you go through it. It’s pretty bad.”
The city of Amory is under an overnight curfew until further notice as crews work to get things under control. Power is expected to be out for several more days and residents are being asked to boil their water as the city’s water supply was impacted by the storm.
“Even when you’ve been through it a couple of times, it’s still hard when you have to go through it again,” Roach points out.
Residents say they’ll get through the rebuilding process somehow. They’re just grateful their loved ones are safe and accounted for.
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