One year anniversary of Davidson County tornado marked

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DAVIDSON COUNTY ? Friday marked a year since a devastating tornado ripped through parts of Davidson County.

The Nov. 16, 2011 tornado killed two people, damaged property and frayed nerves. For many residents it seems like only yesterday.

"We went over to our son's and told him we might have to get out and when we were on his porch we could see this black light back over this way. That's when the tornado was touching down and it had a sound like we never heard before,? said Davidson County resident Carolyn Gross.

A local fire chief remembers dark clouds and rain and then things seeming to clear.

"And it seemed like just seconds we got our first call on Arthur Kepley Road. A man called in and said his house had been destroyed by a tornado. Well, my heart just sunk then. I knew this wasn't going to be good," said Chief Mike Moore of the Central Volunteer Fire Department.

Calls of damage and injuries then began coming in back to back.

"On down to Young Road. We had a structure collapse down there with a man trapped in his house,? said Moore.

Twenty of the county's 26 departments worked around the clock for four days to make sure people were safe.

"When you get involved in a situation like that you know you just have to reach deep down. You know it was not going away. You have to help try to make it better and safer for everybody else,? said Moore.

Many thought tornadoes happened somewhere else, not in Davidson County but all of that has changed.

"I'm scared now, especially when storms come,? said Tina Knight. ?I don't sleep well."

Most people have rebuilt while a few have not. A vacant lot at U.S. 64 and N.C. Highway 109 where a store once stood is a sign that in some ways things will never be the same.

"You lose everything you got, you know you don't recover that over a year. It's going to take years before probably you get over it if they ever do get over it,? said Moore.

The tornado killed a 50-year old woman and her 3-year old granddaughter who were inside a home at the time. Chief Moore said the tornado caused an estimated $2.8 million in damage county-wide.

Source: http://charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/triad/671255/one-year-anniversary-of-davidson-county-tornado-marked

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