MALL BACK OPEN AGAIN.
SCOTT: THERE WILL BE NO FOURTH
OF JULY BARBEQUES OR PARTIES FOR
CREWS HERE AT THIS STRIP MALL.
ONE OF THE OWNERS IS STAYING ALL
NIGHT LONG IN AN EFFORT TO GET
BACK ON TRACK.
OUR SIGNS SAYS LOSE ON IT,
LOSS LAST NIGHT.
SCOTT: SEVERE WEATHER SCRABBLE
AT PLATO'S CLOSET.
LOSS EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE SIGN
INSIDE, THE ROAR OF BLOWERS
DEAFENING.
BASICALLY, IT WAS RAINING
INSIDE THE STORE.
SCOTT: RAINING INSIDE THE STORE.
YES.
SCOTT: THAT'S BECAUSE TWO
MULTITON AIR CONDITIONERS WERE
RIPPED OUT AND TOSSED PIECES ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARKING
LOT, LEAVING GAPING HOLES IN THE
CEILING.
LOOK AT JUST ONE ROW.
SCOTT: HOW MANY PAIRS?
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
PROBABLY 1600 PAIRS OF JEANS.
SCOTT: THAT'S JUST JEANS.
AROUND 40,000 PIECES ALL
TOGETHER ALL NEED TO BE DRY
CLEANED.
IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME.
WE NEED FANS AND
DEHUMIDIFIERS OR EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO GET MOLDY.
SCOTT: EMPLOYEE COURTNEY GLASS
WAS HERE WHEN THE TORNADO HIT.
SHE GOT ALL THE CUSTOMERS TO
SAFETY, DESPITE A OVERWHELMING
FEAR OF TORNADOS.
I TOLD THEM, WE NEED TO GO
TAKE COVER, PLEASE LEAVE THE
STORE.
PRETTY MUCH THEY WERE PRETTY
QUICK.
SCOTT: SHE AND OTHERS TOOK
SHELTER AT THE NEARBY POLICE
STATION.
WHEN SHE CAME BACK, HER CAR WAS
TOTALED.
BACK WINDOW WAS BUSTED OUT.
SCOTT: DESPITE THE SCARE, WORK
CONTINUES.
OUR CREWS, FOR THE NEXT MONTH
AND HALF, HAVE PRETTY MUCH BEEN
WORKING NONSTOP.
SCOTT: AS MANY CHECK THE
FORECAST FOR FOURTH OF JULY
PLANS, THE WEATHER HAS ALREADY
RUINED THEIRS.
NO BARBECUES, NO FIREWORKS --
THERE WILL BE TIME FOR THAT, BUT
NOT RIGHT NOW.
SCOTT: A LOT OF DAMAGE TO
VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOT CAME
FROM THESE CONCRETE SHINGLES
THAT THE ROOF IS MADE UP OF.
THEY WERE FLYING ALL AROUND THE
PARKING LOT DURING THE TORNADO
TAKE A LOOK THIS ONE EMBEDDED IN
THE GROUND.
