Village President Thomas Yokley estimated Sunday the cost of damage could reach $10 million as a result of a tornado that damaged homes and businesses in Williamsville last week.He added that he doesn’t have a specific figure yet but that the cleanup alone would cost the village $30,000 to $40,000.
There were no organized volunteer programs in Williamsville or Loami on Sunday, as many affected by tornadoes that struck Wednesday took time to clean up their homes and wait for insurance adjusters to arrive this week.
“Probably mid-week we’ll evaluate and see if we need to have another cleanup program next Saturday,” Yokley said. “We’re in pretty good shape right now.”
Loami’s village president, Alan Mann, said the village has another community cleanup scheduled for Saturday.
“It’s come a long, long way,” Mann said. “It’s just amazing. It looks like we’ll be in good shape.”
Mann says he does not yet have damage estimates.
Many Williamsville residents spent Sunday getting their homes ready for restoration.
Williamsville Fire Chief Keith Hamrick, who lives on the heavily damaged Lester Street, said most people on his block were “getting down to the last little bits,” of cleaning on Sunday.
“We’re just getting ready for restoration,” he said. “It’s been pretty hard to balance my professional job and personal life having my own stake in it.”
Allen Schnellenberger, who also lives on Lester Street, said he plans to rebuild the south side of his house, which sustained heavy damage during the tornado. Now, he’s waiting on insurance adjusters. He said he estimates damage to his home would total $120,000 to $130,000.
Yokley said crews would be in the village today and Tuesday, using heavy equipment to haul branches and debris that have piled up.
“We’ve had a tremendous amount of help from all kinds of other communities, state agencies, county agencies and just a tremendous outpour from volunteers,” he said.
Yokley estimated 35 to 40 dumpster loads of debris has been hauled away already, as well as 30 to 40 semi truckloads of brush.
By: Rhys Saunders
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
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