Breaking: A minimum of 30 confirmed tornadoes from the severe weather event on July 20 and 24 which occurred in the Chicago area, have been reported
Wilkinson, Michigan (WILX) – An EF-2 tornado tore through Williamston about a year ago. Billboards were fallen, houses and trees were uprooted by the twister. Even while there are still remnants of the devastation, most people are starting to notice indications of reconstruction—aside from one family, who claims it hasn’t happened quickly enough.
One of the few families in the line of the August 26, 2023, tornado’s devastation was a family in Williamston. The Dietz farm, a few miles from their house, is where things are finally beginning to come together and return to normal.
“You cry out to everyone you can to try and get somebody to get going on this stuff and you end up like this,” said the Williamston resident and veteran.
One year later and the family still can’t move back into their home, stuck in a rental property with 5 dogs, many more months of construction to go, and their insurance money running out.
“It’s been terrible. We’ve burned through all of our savings, we have nothing I mean literally nothing left. You really need to check your policy, we thought we had a great policy, “replacement costs” oh no. I wanted to retire this year, I can’t retire,” said the homeowner.
In a similar situation regarding insurance, Tim Dietz said, “What we had I think insured for, was probably closer to 150 dollars a square foot, and the actual cost is going to come in over 250 dollars a square foot.”
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