Storm rips through Cullman County, leaving some with painful clean up

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INVESTIGATION. STRONG STORMS LEAVING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN PARTS OF CULLMAN COUNTY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AT TEN. I’M SHERI FALK. THE CULLMAN COUNTY EMA SAYS THE LOCAL LIBRARY WAS HIT PRETTY HARD. WVTM 13, AARON LLEWELLYN SPENT THE DAY THERE AND JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH AN UPDATE. YEAH, SHERI, THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE ACROSS CULLMAN COUNTY EARLIER TODAY. AT LEAST FOUR HOMES ARE COVERED IN TARP AFTER TREES FELL ON THEM, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE WAS WAS DAMAGED. SOME SAY THIS IS CAUSING A LOT OF PAIN. IT JUST BROKE MY HEART. SOME PEOPLE IN CULLMAN COUNTY ARE BEGINNING THE WEEK CLEANING UP DAMAGE FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SOME, THE LOSS IS DEVASTATING. EARLIER THIS YEAR, KAYLEE FAULK LOST HER GRANDMOTHER, WHO LIVED WITH HER FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS THE STORM HAS PASSED. BUT IT TOOK SOME OF HER SPECIAL MEMORIES WITH IT. MY GRANDMOTHER AND I PICKED PECANS UP OFF THE GROUND FOR TEN YEARS, MADE PECAN MUFFINS. WE PLAYED UNDER HER AND AND SO IT WAS VERY BITTERSWEET FOR ME TO SEE HER, YOU KNOW, GONE, FOX SAYS DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY AND SEEING THE DAMAGE REMINDED HER OF HOW SHE FELL IN 2011 WHEN A TORNADO TOOK EVERYTHING SHE OWNED. WE HAD FOUR TREES FALL ON OUR HOUSE AND AND IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. IT WAS JUST IT WAS SCARY. PASTOR JASON VINSON WAS INSIDE THE CENTER GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH WHEN THE STORM PASSED THROUGH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND JUST A FEW MINUTES LATER, I HEARD JUST BANGING AND AND A LOT OF NOISE AND HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT THE ROOF HAD HAD POSSIBLY COME OFF THE CHURCH OR DAMAGED. THE CHURCH IS STEEPLE WAS RIPPED OFF LAYING ON THE GROUND, BROKEN INTO PIECES. I’VE JUST BEEN TALKING TO ONE OF MY DEACONS OUT AFTER WE CAME UP HERE WAS ASSESSING THE SITUATION AND I WAS TELLING HIM, I SAID I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS WANTING TO GET THIS THING POWER WASHED AND HE SAID, WELL, THERE YOU GO. AND SO ANYWAY, WE KIND OF LAUGHED ABOUT THAT. AND BETTER TO LAUGH AND CRY. YES. NOW, VINCENT SAYS THAT THE CHURCH WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO REPLACE ITS STEEPLE. AND AS FOR FAULK, SHE SAYS SHE HOPES TO SAVE SOME PIECES OF THE TREE TO KEEP HER GRANDMOTHER’S MEMORY ALIVE. RIGHT NO

Strong storms on Monday left behind significant damage in parts of Cullman County.The county Emergency Management Agency said the local library was hit pretty hard and at least four homes are covered with tarps after trees fell on them. Even though no one was hurt, the damage is still causing pain for some.Kayli Faulk, like others across Cullman County, began her week by cleaning up damage from the severe thunderstorm.Earlier this year, she lost her grandmother, who lived with her for several years. The storm had passed already, but it took some of her special memories with it.“My grandmother and I picked pecans up off the ground for ten years and made pecan muffins,” she said. “We played under her, and so it was very bittersweet for me to see her gone.”Faulk said driving through the city and seeing the damage reminded her of how she felt in 2011 when a tornado took everything she owned.“We had four trees fall on our house and it was a total loss,” she said. “It was scary.”Pastor Jason Vinson was inside Center Grove Baptist Church when the storm passed through. “All of a sudden the lights went off, and just a few minutes later, I heard just banging and a lot of noise,” he said. “I honestly thought that the roof had possibly come off the church or damaged.”The church’s steeple was ripped off laying on the ground, and Vinson found it lying on the ground broken in two pieces.“I’d just been talking to one of my deacons after we came up here assessing the situation and I was telling him, I said, ‘I just want to get this thing power washed.’ He said, ‘Well, there you go.’ We kind of laughed about that, and better to laugh and cry I guess.”Pastor Vinson thinks the church will most likely have to completely replace the steeple. As for Faulk, she hopes to save some pieces from that special tree to keep her grandma’s memory alive.

CULLMAN, Ala. —

Strong storms on Monday left behind significant damage in parts of Cullman County.

The county Emergency Management Agency said the local library was hit pretty hard and at least four homes are covered with tarps after trees fell on them. Even though no one was hurt, the damage is still causing pain for some.

Kayli Faulk, like others across Cullman County, began her week by cleaning up damage from the severe thunderstorm.

Earlier this year, she lost her grandmother, who lived with her for several years. The storm had passed already, but it took some of her special memories with it.

“My grandmother and I picked pecans up off the ground for ten years and made pecan muffins,” she said. “We played under her, and so it was very bittersweet for me to see her gone.”

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Cullman County Public Library storm damage

Faulk said driving through the city and seeing the damage reminded her of how she felt in 2011 when a tornado took everything she owned.

“We had four trees fall on our house and it was a total loss,” she said. “It was scary.”

Pastor Jason Vinson was inside Center Grove Baptist Church when the storm passed through.

“All of a sudden the lights went off, and just a few minutes later, I heard just banging and a lot of noise,” he said. “I honestly thought that the roof had possibly come off the church or damaged.”

cullman county damages

Hearst Owned

Center Grove Baptist Church steeple

The church’s steeple was ripped off laying on the ground, and Vinson found it lying on the ground broken in two pieces.

“I’d just been talking to one of my deacons after we came up here assessing the situation and I was telling him, I said, ‘I just want to get this thing power washed.’ He said, ‘Well, there you go.’ We kind of laughed about that, and better to laugh and cry I guess.”

Pastor Vinson thinks the church will most likely have to completely replace the steeple. As for Faulk, she hopes to save some pieces from that special tree to keep her grandma’s memory alive.

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