Update 2:21 p.m.
Cleanup work is underway in Dexter after Thursday’s tornado. Much of the repair work is being done by Southfield-based Statewide Disaster Restoration
Raymond Eddy, the company’s executive director, said his crews started arriving last night, and they’re been busy securing homes pummeled by the tornado.
“In the case of the home were working on right here, the side wall is blown out. We’re putting a temporary wall in,” said Eddy. “We’re basically in March. It could snow tomorrow. You never know in the state of Michigan.”
There’s no snow, but rain is in the forecast this weekend.
Eddy said they’re focusing on securing homes missing walls and roofs.
“These homes are these people’s castles,” said Eddy. “So without some of the disaster restoration contractors here to help them out, these people don’t have a beginning …you know…see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
More than a dozen homes in Dexter were destroyed in Thursday’s tornado. Repair work to more than a hundred others may take weeks or months to complete.
10:18 a.m.
Repair work is getting under way a day after a tornado damaged and demolished homes in Dexter.
The sound of power saws cutting through wood that just yesterday had been the walls of homes fills the air today in this Dexter subdivision.
Thursday’s tornado destroyed more than a dozen homes. More than a hundred others suffered damage.
No death or serious injuries have been linked to the strong that ripped through Washtenaw County late in the afternoon.
There’s no estimated cost so far of the damaged caused by the unusual March twister.
