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WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 25, 1992 THE HERALD-SUN,DURHAM,N.C. PAGE A5
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<br /> array of programs" that put officials set u kitchens and
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<br /> 1 gip: money directly in the hands of food banks at Orange High
<br /> people living in declared disas- School and Fairview Baptist
<br /> i ter areas, he said. The Small Church to feed storm victims
<br /> Business Administration also and emergency workers.
<br /> makes loans for repairs to Orange,Congregations in Mis-
<br /> ' homes as well as businesses. sion work rS were taking dona-
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<br /> Both programs are designed tions of food, clothing and
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<br /> r i -.0 -• to cover uninsured property, money for sltorm victims.
<br /> y z Vii#` Myers said. A town or county The-Red'Cross kitchen at Or-
<br /> 3w: qualifies for SBA loans, for ex- ange High had, by the after-
<br /> ample, if 25 homes or busi- noon, served about 200 people,
<br /> nesses suffer an uninsured loss said Bob Lockwood, Orange
<br /> y Yz,l. r-tea w of at least 40 percent. County's Red Cross director.
<br /> ` Preliminary estimates show They served as many people all
<br /> ' r that half of the damaged homes day Monday.
<br /> .� My were insured, officials said. As- Fairview Baptist Church
<br /> 4t ♦ .._ y,l sessment teams roamed the workers gave away 2,000 bolo-
<br /> shattered Fairview community gna and cheese sandwiches
<br /> Tuesday. Tax assessors from Monday, and had made another
<br /> ter' Durham and Orange counties 1,000 to distribute, church
<br /> T T ^ ` joined Hillsborough and federal member Randy Bennett said.
<br /> # - officials in taking the survey. The church also made canned
<br /> yy � Many people living in the food and other items available
<br /> +` shattered neighborhood were for victims,he said.
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<br /> ��:r � -�{ g "We had a real turnout of
<br /> finding out who owned a given volunteers and contributions, as
<br /> The Herald-Sun/CHUCK nDDT Property and whether they had you can tell," Bennett said, as
<br /> insurance a complicated task, he waved towards tables
<br /> said Marvin Pope, one of the stacked high with canned goods.
<br /> Durham County assessors. Lockwood said he believed
<br /> Residents asked not to tour Some Hillsborough elected of- that the storm's victims were
<br /> ,�, ficials worry that many people just getting over the initial
<br /> left homeless by the storm shock of seeing their homes
<br /> tornado damage in Orange didn't have insurance. damaged or destroyed. Many
<br /> B GREGORY CHILDRESS Colley says people should re- "A lot of those folks are old people stayed with their homes
<br /> e Y Y Y P P families—who had homes paid Monday to protect their belong-
<br /> The Herald-Sun sist that impulse. for — that dropped their in- ings,he added.
<br /> Durham residents can help "That's the one thing they surance because they live on The Red Cross also set up an
<br /> their Orange County neighbors don't need," Colley said "It's a fixed incomes and couldn't af- overnight shelter at Orange
<br /> nEl I „ recover from Monday's deadly hindrance to their clean-up ef- ford it any more," town board High, but only one person
<br /> y night, he
<br /> fort and efforts to restore member Bob Rose said. stayed there Monda
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<br /> not by sightseeing. power." "It was very depressing to said.
<br /> Colley said at least one lane
<br /> Bill Colley, coordinator of t roads affected b look down from the air and see Other officials said they be-
<br /> of most'6•"8. Durham Emergency Manage-
<br /> ment, says citizens should resist Y the all the damage," added Mayor lieved that victims were able to
<br /> r storm will be blocked by Duke Horace Johnson, who on Mon- find shelter on their own. "The
<br /> x' Power Co. crews discharged to day accompanied state officials fact that the community is tight
<br /> the urge to travel to Orange repair downed power lines. He conducting a survey by helicop- enough that these people have
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<br /> damage.
<br /> said non-essential,traffic could ter. "For every home that was friends and relatives to stay
<br /> cause major traffic snarls. destroyed, there's a lot more with is a good sign," said Nick
<br /> z w "The biggest thing we can ask Also, areas hit hardest by the heartache and misery there that Waters, Orange County's emer-
<br /> people to do is to stay out of storm have been cordoned off you can't see gency management director.
<br /> A—lared v,ess the area if they don't live by police officers. Passes are Much of Tuesday's effort con- But Lockwood said the shelter
<br /> LOSING A HOME: Pauline Johnson (above) watches Tuesday with there,"Colley said. needed in some places to get centrated on short-term prob- would remain open Tuesday
<br /> her grandson Dwan, 2, as workers from Chapel Hill use front-loader He said residents of neighbor- into storm-damaged areas. lems — such as where people night in case those who spent
<br /> machines (top) to remove the rubble that was once her mobile ing counties may get the idea to Colley said Durham efforts to would eat and sleep for the Monday night in their damaged
<br /> home on Odie Street.Johnson's home was leveled during Monday's use the Thanksgiving holiday to help victims of the storm start- next few days. homes need relief from the ele-
<br /> storm, which killed one man and a child and injured 18. tour the storm-ravaged area. ed right away. Red Cross and Salvation Army ments.
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