GUYS, I DID. AND THEY’RE DEALING WITH HARSH REALITIES. SOME HOMEOWNERS DON’T EVEN HAVE A HOUSE TO GO BACK TO. IN FACT, THIS ONE YOU SEE HERE BEHIND ME IS JUST FEET AWAY FROM OG+E CAMPUS. AND WHEN IT GOT TO TWIN LAKE, WE WENT TO THE CELLAR AND WE STAYED DOWN THERE FOR 30, 35 MINUTES TILL WE KIND OF GOT THE ALL CLEAR. CLAUDE WATCHED THE STORMS UNFOLD LAST NIGHT FROM HIS SISTER’S HOUSE ACROSS TOWN, BUT THIS IS WHAT HE FOUND AFTER THE FUNNEL LEFT SHAWNEE, HIS OWN HOME DESTROYED. MY DAD BUILT THIS HOUSE IN 66. HE REMOVED HERE. IT’S A PLACE HE’S CALLED HOME FOR ALMOST SIX DECADES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE’S EVER SEEN A TORNADO THIS POWERFUL IN TOWN AT A TORNADO THAT TOOK OUT CITY HALL SOMETIME BACK AT A DEALERSHIP DOWNTOWN ON MAIN AND THINGS. BUT NOT NEAR THIS DAMAGE PATH AS WIDE AS THIS ONE WAS. ALL HE COULD DO TODAY WAS GO THROUGH HIS OWN BELONGINGS AND PICK OUT WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT. HE’S GOT A PLACE TO GO, BUT HE CAN’T TAKE ALL OF THIS WITH HIM. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE KIND OF DOING RIGHT NOW IS PICK PICKING OUT THE THINGS THAT WE COULD TAKE WITH US. BUT THERE’S STILL A BIG PROBLEM. POWER AND EFFORT THAT CREWS ARE WORKING TO FIX. BUT A TIMETABLE ISN’T CLEAR YET FOR ELECTRICITY. THEY CAN’T REALLY DO ANYTHING IN SHORT, EITHER THE BANKS OR STUFF IN THE RESTAURANTS OR STUFF JUST DON’T HAVE. CAPABILITY. AND WHEN I TALKED WITH CLAUDE, HE DID TELL ME THAT HE DOES HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO TONIGHT. HE’LL BE STAYING AT HIS SISTER’S HOME ACROSS TOWN FOR T
Man finds Shawnee home he lived in for almost six decades destroyed by tornado
It's a place Klutts called home for almost six decades, and this was the first time he ever saw a tornado this powerful in town
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Updated: 11:16 AM CDT Apr 21, 2023
Shawnee homeowners are having to deal with the realities after a tornado and severe storms hit the area Wednesday night and left behind extensive damage.| MORE | Preliminary reports rate Cole tornado EF3, Shawnee tornado EF2; NWS still surveying damageClaud Klutts watched the storms unfold from his sister's house across town. They went into the cellar and stayed there for about 30 minutes until the storm passed.But when he returned home, what he found after the funnel left Shawnee was his house destroyed."My dad built this house in 1966, and we moved here," Klutts said.It's a place Klutts called home for almost six decades, and this was the first time he ever saw a tornado this powerful in town.| MORE | Shawnee grocery store gives out free meals following Wednesday storms"We had a tornado that took out city hall sometime back and a dealership down on Main, but not near as wide of a damage path, as wide as this one," he said.All Klutts could do Thursday was go through his belongings and pick out what was most important. He has a place to go, but he can't take all of what he has left with him. | MORE | Business grills hotdogs for seniors in assisted living displaced by tornadoes"That's what we're doing now, picking out the things that we can take with us," Klutts said.But there's still a big problem – power. Crews worked to restore it, but a timetable on when isn't clear."With the electricity, you can't really do anything in Shawnee," Klutts said. "The banks, the restaurants and stuff, they just don't have the capability." Top Headlines Crews work to assess, fix damage caused by deadly Oklahoma tornadoes Preliminary reports rate Cole tornado EF-3, Shawnee tornado EF-2; NWS still surveying damage Victim killed in McClain County tornado identified as 66-year-old man Sky 5 shows damage left behind following Oklahoma tornado outbreakHenry Winkler stops by Tahlequah restaurant
SHAWNEE, Okla. — Shawnee homeowners are having to deal with the realities after a tornado and severe storms hit the area Wednesday night and left behind extensive damage.
| MORE | Preliminary reports rate Cole tornado EF3, Shawnee tornado EF2; NWS still surveying damage
Claud Klutts watched the storms unfold from his sister's house across town. They went into the cellar and stayed there for about 30 minutes until the storm passed.
But when he returned home, what he found after the funnel left Shawnee was his house destroyed.
"My dad built this house in 1966, and we moved here," Klutts said.
It's a place Klutts called home for almost six decades, and this was the first time he ever saw a tornado this powerful in town.
| MORE | Shawnee grocery store gives out free meals following Wednesday storms
"We had a tornado that took out city hall sometime back and a dealership down on Main, but not near as wide of a damage path, as wide as this one," he said.
All Klutts could do Thursday was go through his belongings and pick out what was most important. He has a place to go, but he can't take all of what he has left with him.
| MORE | Business grills hotdogs for seniors in assisted living displaced by tornadoes
"That's what we're doing now, picking out the things that we can take with us," Klutts said.
But there's still a big problem – power. Crews worked to restore it, but a timetable on when isn't clear.
"With the electricity, you can't really do anything in Shawnee," Klutts said. "The banks, the restaurants and stuff, they just don't have the capability."
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