I can't express our gratitude enough to the dozens of KS95 listeners who gave up their Saturday to come help with the Hugo storm relief. It was a fun, challenging, sobering and ultimately satisfying day of volunteering. Here's part of an e-mail I had written my mom and read this morning on our show. Below that is some video Melissa and I took while there.

We went and cleared/picked up debris from the Hugo storm damage.  It's like nothing I've seen before.  What used to be a pretty residential street is just a trash heap. I am amazed only the one child died.  If there's one thing I learned today is that you have no chance unless you're in the basement.  I think 90% of what I picked up; siding, shingles, insulation, dry(wet)wall, lumber, glass was the size of my hand or smaller.

You definitely do not want to be in your garage if it is facing the storm. Houses stood, but garages were gone if they faced the storm. A car becomes a deadly weapon. We were located where the tornado first touched down. The cars there looked as if they had been car-bombed in Baghdad; glass blown out, bent, dented enough where makes and models were unrecognizable.

You try to imagine what those few moments must have been like for that neighborhood. It's as if Godzilla walked diagonally across this community swiping his arms and kicking at things indiscriminately and disappearing. Getting down at eye level and seeing it is heartbreaking.  

Again, thanks for helping and thanks for listening to the Greg and Melissa Morning Show.

We'll see you on the radio.