Allen, Hyde discuss natural disaster effects on county

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By Payton Weidman Staff Writer

Van Zandt County Emergency Management Director Chuck Allen and VZC Senior Appraiser Scott Hyde were guest speakers at the Aug. 11 Community Visions meeting..

The meeting opened with President Lisa Morrison thanking former President Judy Rowton for her service to the Visions Club.

Allen and Hyde then both spoke to the gallery about the effects of the Van May 10 tornado both locally and county wide.

 “By the time they say the tornado was on the radar it was already on the ground,” Allen said.  “Until we got down there we didn’t have a true perspective on what we were dealing with.”

Allen talked about what he experienced after the tornado. 

Allen explained that as soon as he came to Van, which was 10 minutes after the tornado struck, he was alerted of people trapped under a house. 

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