Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Tornado in Port Orchard


Port Orchard residents see the best — and worst — in people after twister

Workers repair a roof Friday in Port Orchard where a tornado touched down and did damage to many homes, cars and property. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

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Kjell Svarthumle looks Friday from the kitchen area, at left, into his Port Orchard manufactured home, which was destroyed in the recent tornado. Svarthumle has no insurance, but is getting help from friends and the community. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
John Mueller points Friday to show how far the outdoor deck came out on his family’s Port Orchard home on Southeast Tiburon Court. Plywood at top right covers where there was once double doors to get to the deck. When the tornado hit in Port Orchard, the entire roof of his home, as well as the deck, was torn off. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
Victims of the Dec. 18 twister are learning that disasters bring people and communities together, but they also can attract those who prey on the vulnerable.

By
Christine Clarridge
 
Seattle Times staff reporter

Two weeks after the tornado touched down, those affected are moving from the first phase of recovery, which was dominated by emergency response and assessments, to longer-term recovery, which takes planning, according to Dave Rasmussen, spokesman for Kitsap County’s Department of Emergency Management.


City and county officials held a Town Hall on Sunday to discuss the recovery measures already taken and the initiatives planned.

It’s important that volunteers work in an organized fashion under the county’s management because there’s a potential for accidents or additional damage, according to Tim Blair, a chaplain with South Kitsap Fire and Rescue.
“We don’t want people out there with chain saws or excavators operating on their own and possibly causing liability issues,” Blair said. “If they’re working with the Department of Emergency Management, they’ll be covered.”
Of about 250 homes in the path of the twister, 20 were destroyed and 28 were severely damaged, Rasmussen said. He said that the majority of homeowners had insurance that will cover the damage, but there are some homeowners and renters who were uninsured or underinsured. The Red Cross of the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas has opened 28 cases for people needing assistance, he said.

Chris Matthews, left, and neighbor Aaron Crain have been standing guard at night to prevent looters in their Port Orchard neighborhood after a tornado hit it and did damage to many homes, cars and property. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
Chris Matthews and neighbor Aaron Crain have been standing guard at night to prevent looters in their Port Orchard neighborhood after a tornado hit it and did damage to many homes, cars and property. 
Late last week, Southeast Tiburon Court neighbors Aaron Crain and Chris Matthews were outside, looking for Crain’s missing cat and talking about what they’ve learned about human nature in the last week or so.
Disasters bring out both “the best and the worst” in people, said Crain.
Many people are generous and want to help, they said. The community has come together in a way they haven’t seen before, and local construction, tree service and mitigation companies who were on the scene almost immediately have been mostly “awesome,” said Matthews.
But on the other hand, they’ve had it with the “looky-loos, the looters and the scumbags,” said Crain, whose family is staying with in-laws while they wait for their insurance company to find them a rental for the year estimated to fix their house. Their street was clogged with work trucks and gawkers and they joked that they ought to put a gate at the entrance to their cul-de-sac and start charging for tours.
The two are among a group of neighbors who’ve been standing guard overnight to prevent thefts, they said.
On Thursday, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office was called in to investigate a report of looting at a red-tagged home where a 55-inch television was reported stolen.
“Who would think of a tornado?”
Svarthumle said he was at home in his living room with his dog, Sammy, when he heard a loud noise and the roof flew off suddenly. Then a tree fell on his house. He was squatting near the front door and couldn’t decide whether to stay put or run outside. Honestly, he said, he thought it might be the end of the world.
“I thought maybe it was the wind from an atomic bomb. Who would think of a tornado in Port Orchard?” he said.

 
Cindy Collins, Laura Fry, Tammy Avery and Val Stueven, members of the Port Orchard Church of Christ, walk back from a home Friday after delivering sandwiches, water, chips and snacks at a house on Southeast Serenade Way in Port Orchard. A tornado had recently touched down and did damage to many homes, cars and property. The women were taking food and water to home owners and people who were helping them working on and cleaning up their properties.
Once the wind stopped, he put Sammy in one of his cars and then ventured outside to listen for cries for help. He climbed over big trees to get to the end of the road and then made his way to the nearby Walmart to wait for his son.
At some point, he had pain in his chest, wasn’t able to breath and thought he was having a heart attack. He now believes it was the rush of adrenaline and shock.
Along the way, he was hugged by tearful neighbors he didn’t know.
Svarthumle is not saying that he’s glad the twister came through. He really did lose just about everything he owns. On the other hand, he says, he feels a little better about the world in a funny way.
“I didn’t realize I had so many friends and people that cared about me.”





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