Tornado survivor thanks VZCSO, first responders

April 29 was supposed to be a happy day for Clyde Scott and his guests. A wedding was to be held at the Scott’s property, a union of two people that promised forever through thick and thin, good and bad.

Needless to say, Scott and the 40 guests that were on the property were about to get hit with bad times, before the wedding was even over.

Preparations had been made for inclement weather in case the outdoor wedding needed to be moved under an awning at the home, but preparations probably didn’t include planning for multiple tornadoes.

“We knew rain was coming, but we never though that were may be a tornado, especially a tornado that would hit us directly,” said Scott. “We only knew that there as a tornado warning and the threat was headed towards the Canton area. Had we known that the Old Bethel area was to be in the path of the tornadoes, we would have entered the storm shelter.”

The wedding guests took shelter once the weather became severe in the Scott’s home and in a shop building.

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