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Originally Posted by Quietman View Post
Personal experience after tornado. Gary Morse was walking around surveying damage at around 4:00 A.M. (tornado at 3:10) and I talked to him. His first request was whether there were any casualties that I knew of. This was on a Friday. That same day, by some means, contractors workers (house builders) were given off to help people clean out their homes and place debris at the curbs. Then on Saturday trucks appeared with other equipment with cherry pickers picking up all the trash and hauling it away. No one would accept anything from anyone except thanks.
The next week those homeowners with severe damages were given the option of rebuilding their homes or they could turn them over for a full refund of purchase price.
There were many people who helped in many capacities.
That's what cemented my view that this was the place to live.
Nice to hear about that.

A niece or something like that of a man I know died when a tree hit her trailer in Lady Lake that day.