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Cleanup Under Way in Oklahoma
Aired May 11, 2003 - 16:07 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: In parts of Oklahoma, the cleanup is well underway from that string of bad weather. Our Brian Cabell is in Moore, Oklahoma; we have a reporter there.
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BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Well, the sky is blue here in Oklahoma City, and the air is fairly cool. It certainly does not feel like tornado weather. It looks as though the residents of the Oklahoma City metro area can finally relax for a little bit. What they have to do right now is cleanup. They have serious cleanup to do, as a matter of fact.
More than 300 homes have been destroyed in the metro area. More than three dozen businesses have been destroyed. One thousand homes plus have been damaged here; $100 million plus of damage, they tell us. No people killed, but take a look at this house over here. The insurance adjusters are right there and they have told me that this house that you are looking at right now, that's right on the verge of being destroyed but they're also saying that could possibly be rebuilt. They are trying to assess that right now, to see if it can be rebuild. A lot of damage here, a lot of destruction, no deaths as I said. And as for the new Oklahoma governor, well, it's been a tough couple of months for him.
GOV. BRAD HENRY, OKLAHOMA: Not even four months into my tenure as governor, and we have first of all, the space shuttle disaster and part of that debris fell in Oklahoma and hit very close to home, and now we have had -- we have had these back to back devastating thunderstorms and tornadoes. I hope we don't have to do this again for a while. I really do.
CABELL: The streets are being cleared here in Moore, Oklahoma. The power is back on for most residents. Insurance adjusters are out, as we showed you, and federal aid will soon be coming in. For the residents of the Oklahoma City metro area, finally they're trying to get back to normal.
I'm Brian Cabell, CNN, in Moore, Oklahoma.
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WHITFIELD: And since the filing of Brian's report, it is now reported that there is one death being linked to the tornadoes in Oklahoma. A 80-year-old man has died of a head injury he received Friday night. The man's name has not been released. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Aired May 11, 2003 - 16:07 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: In parts of Oklahoma, the cleanup is well underway from that string of bad weather. Our Brian Cabell is in Moore, Oklahoma; we have a reporter there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Well, the sky is blue here in Oklahoma City, and the air is fairly cool. It certainly does not feel like tornado weather. It looks as though the residents of the Oklahoma City metro area can finally relax for a little bit. What they have to do right now is cleanup. They have serious cleanup to do, as a matter of fact.
More than 300 homes have been destroyed in the metro area. More than three dozen businesses have been destroyed. One thousand homes plus have been damaged here; $100 million plus of damage, they tell us. No people killed, but take a look at this house over here. The insurance adjusters are right there and they have told me that this house that you are looking at right now, that's right on the verge of being destroyed but they're also saying that could possibly be rebuilt. They are trying to assess that right now, to see if it can be rebuild. A lot of damage here, a lot of destruction, no deaths as I said. And as for the new Oklahoma governor, well, it's been a tough couple of months for him.
GOV. BRAD HENRY, OKLAHOMA: Not even four months into my tenure as governor, and we have first of all, the space shuttle disaster and part of that debris fell in Oklahoma and hit very close to home, and now we have had -- we have had these back to back devastating thunderstorms and tornadoes. I hope we don't have to do this again for a while. I really do.
CABELL: The streets are being cleared here in Moore, Oklahoma. The power is back on for most residents. Insurance adjusters are out, as we showed you, and federal aid will soon be coming in. For the residents of the Oklahoma City metro area, finally they're trying to get back to normal.
I'm Brian Cabell, CNN, in Moore, Oklahoma.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
WHITFIELD: And since the filing of Brian's report, it is now reported that there is one death being linked to the tornadoes in Oklahoma. A 80-year-old man has died of a head injury he received Friday night. The man's name has not been released. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
