Not much could be saved. When the tornado hit, Hogan, his wife Linda and his daughter Karen were huddled in a closet, under a mattress, until the roof of the house came off. Tornado rubble dumped, recycled Central Oklahoma still bears the scars of that horrible night. Entire neighborhoods are no more than piles of wood and bricks and household appliances. Cars were left crumpled in streets and yards are now neatly lined, the broken glass looking like delicate old lace.
Crews using heavy equipment continue to clear the debris from streets and residential lots.
Truckloads of tornado rubble have been moved to a temporary dump site in south Oklahoma City. Over the past three weeks, nearly 400,000 cubic yards of debris has been dumped at the one site. The debris will be sorted and recycled if possible. Whatever can't be recycled will be crushed and put in a landfill. Bodies and homes in recovery Much of Ronald Carter's Del City home has already been cleared away.