PIKEVILLE, N.C. -- A tornado ripped through northwestern Wayne County on Saturday, tearing through homes and bringing down trees. But a day later, residents are picking up the pieces, moving on and hoping for the best.
On Sunday, Anthony Herring began piecing parts of his trailer back together by hand because he has no insurance.
"I had to go underneath the mobile home and make sure the tie straps are anchored good and crawling up under there because with the wind and force, it moved everything," he said.
The tornado blew across Wayne and Johnson counties, downing trees and pulling siding, even blowing two vacant trailers into one another. Still, area residents are grateful because they know it could have been worse.
"I look at my neighbors, what they've gone through, and I'm thankful," said Herring.
In Pikeville, two large trees fell on top of a couple’s roof.
"[The radar] was showing that storm coming through here and that thing looked like it was going to Pikeville and Freemont, so I told my wife that thing is right on top of us,” resident Alton Finch explained.
Finch says he then told his wife to run to the basement. After surveying the damage, he saw that one tree had been uprooted about 20 feet from the ground and lay across his house. It also brought another tree with it. Now, Finch picks up limbs from his yard one by one.
"It’s going to be a right good while of cleaning up to do yet,” he said.
In the meantime, it’s been estimated he'll have to fork over $1,000 just to get the trees off of his roof. That doesn't include the damage to his house. Despite the damage, Finch is still in good spirits. He says he and his wife, Alice, will keep on living.
Although his clock stopped at the exact time the trees hit his home, Finch hasn't. He took out the grill and began barbecuing for a Sunday family get-together.
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