We have a far greater number of historic houses than 20th century houses.

My uncle works in the prison, so he's still there and he said a lot of the houses are straight. My sister's house had a tree fall on it, but it didn't do too much damage. It's nothing we can't rebuild. You can't replace a life, but you can replace the houses and the fences.

We carry on looking for housing opportunities for the evacuees along with the local housing authority, like vacant houses and apartments, mobile homes. We try to match the needs with the resources, with a family-by-family approach.

People come and go voluntarily, some moved to friends' houses, others found a house, went to other parts of the country or any sort of arrangement. They need to feel home somewhere after what they experienced.

I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.

We haven?t hit any stumbling blocks at all. We are hopeful the town will support us. We think we?re doing a good thing for the town.