Ryan grins and announces that he is not ready to return to school. When the local fire station tested its sirens earlier in the day, he froze in fear, Kathy said. She had to reassure her son that another tornado was not coming. The massive destruction they awaken to each day serves as a constant reminder of the work still to be done, but also a reminder of how lucky they were to survive the maelstrom. Pulling on a cigarette, Clark gazed across the street at the massive piles of debris where homes once stood, tangled monuments to the way life once was.
Beebe residents put signs throughout the town thanking volunteers who streamed in by the thousands.
He relived his doom when he first toured the devastated town after city officials finally let traffic drive through Beebe.