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What a deadly tornado that went the heartland last night. My prayers to all involved and wish all the best.
I have been involved in building a couple of homes after a devastating tornado. Our church built the homes and just gave them away to people without any financial resources. We're like an in house construction company--with great volunteer craftsmen.
10 years later, the area still looks terrible--with no trees. There's just a house here and a house there--with just a few homes rebuilt. No one is maintaining the properties that were never rebuilt with grass growing head high. And you cannot go in there with a tractor and cut the grass because of all the metal and trash still in the grass.
Unfortunately, many cities don't realize how important immediate planning is after such a tornado. Cities often need to take possession of the bare land and place newly reconstructed homes in blocks/neighborhoods.
In the case of Mayfield, they're talking 1,000 homes destroyed. It's going to be a long term proposition. You're going to see volunteers moving in in campers to help. And expect the Amish from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan to commute there for up to a year rebuilding homes. Mayfield will receive so many donations that they won't have any place to keep the stuff--and they may have to ask for $ instead of "stuff".
Without great leadership and planning, the towns never get back to where they once were. And in many cases, changes were warranted anyway.