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Picking up the pieces after a tornado

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ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A weekend of wild weather has left some in Allegan County picking up the pieces. Three tornadoes touched down over the weekend, leaving a number of pieces in need of picking up.

 

Cathy Looman and her husband say they love their house in the woods, but over the weekend, a tornado came through and cracked a number of trees in half. They weren't rotted trees either, but healthy, hardwood maples, those trees came crashing into the Looman house.

 

"I got no house, where's my house," said Looman.

 

Cathy Looman was greeted with an unbelievable sight Saturday morning when she rounded the hill on foot towards her house. All she could see were fallen trees.

 

"There's gotta be at least 60 trees across my driveway," said Looman.

 

The Loomans had spent the night in a camper on their property. Cathy says she knew whatever was going on outside was pretty severe, but she never expected that it was a tornado.

 

"It was a roar, you can't describe it, it was terrible," said Looman.

 

Inside the house the damage is extensive.

 

"Living room got a tree in it," said Looman.

 

And not just the living room, so does the office and the movie room, the ceilings were crushed by the weight of fallen trees.

 

In all, Cathy guesses there are nearly 200 trees that wound up snapped in half or were uprooted by the tornado. In one of Mother Nature's surprises, the camper the Loomans spent the night in was nearly untouched.

 

"Bill and I are still here to talk about it, I have a guardian angel," said Cathy.

 

As it will take quite a while to clear the damage and rebuild, the Loomans will be living in their camper for awhile.

 


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