“I got the alert on my phone and I looked up and saw the funnel cloud behind the quonset.”
Nearly two weeks after a tornado ripped through an area north of Calgary, volunteers are out picking up debris by hand.
“We were devastated and heartbroken but blessed that we are alive. It doesn’t seem real seeing that our homes are gone,” Kari said. “There was a fireman at the top and he lifted me the rest of the way, and then I looked around and everything was gone. The barn was gone. The house was gone. My son carried me and kept saying ‘it’s OK mom.'”Hundreds of people have been at the site since the tornado touched down destroying 6 homes. There were no injuries but 50 of the Kellsey’s herd of cattle were killed or had to be put down.
“This family has done a lot for me over the years and this is where I needed to be. I’ve never seen anything like that: a lifetime of work gone in 30 seconds.”Amid the destruction, the family is thankful everyone is safe. Seeing so many people support them with equipment, food, love and labour has helped them carry on.
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