‘So many people are so devastated'
'So many people are so devastated'

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From Staff Reports
Published: May 13, 2008

As Picher residents searched Monday for their lost belongings in the rubble left by Saturday's tornado, they faced a unique barrier to recovery: They can't go back.

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The future:

With a federal buyout in progress, many storm victims don't know what the future holds, but they know it won't be in Picher. They say rebuilding would be foolish. "So many people are so devastated,” said the mayor, a victim himself.

Picking up the pieces:

Some Picher residents returned to their homes Monday, searching through the rubble for pictures and answers.

The victims:

Names provided by the state medical examiner's office.

•Samuel Don Berry, 20, Picher.

•Tracie Dawn Berry, 19, Picher.

•Darrell Edward Patterson II, 28, Wagoner.

•Chizuri Cox, 80, Picher.

•Mistie Dawn Kelley, 30, Picher.

•Linda Christine Mathis, 48, Picher.

•The name of a seventh confirmed fatality was not released.


 

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I send my condolences to the families who lost loved ones in Picher. I pray that God gives them the strength to get through these difficult times.A tornado also hit the community of Yanush Ok. Thankully there were no lives lost, but some homes were damaged and a few destroyed.
randall - May 13, 2008 at 9:28 pm

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