Mountainburg area still recovering after tornado
"It's been coming along all right," Thomas said of the cleanup.
The cleanup in
On Monday, Clamser said
Other than the "root balls," Clamser said, the city has made progress.
"We've been able to burn the tree limbs and things we had saved during the cleanup process," he said. "Some of the stuff, we had to put in dumpsters and send off to dump sites, but it's coming along."
Cleaning up debris in the county was initially inhibited by a lack of permits needed to burn debris, Thomas said.
"People don't think about having to acquire burn permits or having to go through the
A handful of trailers in the county are still suffering from the damage caused by the tornado two months ago, Thomas said. Damage to
"We're really just getting the wheels in motion on this project," Thomas said. "I think we've pretty well overcome most of our obstacles just getting started."
Some of the areas hit hardest by the tornado were the 1600 block of
Houses in these areas are now either replaced by new ones or have new siding in place of where damage was.
"The good will is still there. There is progress being made, which is helpful," Clamser said. "(It's good) when you see a house that was destroyed and a new one going up in its place, when you see the repairs that are taking place on homes that had lost roofs, and there is a buzz in the air because there's construction going on and people's spirits are lifted up about it."
The city of
Clamser also said volunteers haven't stopped coming to his town.
"There are still people who show up on weekends to help out families, which is real nice to see that there are folks who are still willing to come out and help who didn't have any other way to cut up tree limbs and clean up their yards," he said.
Despite these positive strides, Clamser still said the city is not where it needs to be. He said the help he and other city officials offer going forward is going to vary on an individual basis.
"We'll never get it back to the same way it was, but to get it back to normal again, it varies for certain families, what they're going to do with their repairs as to what they're going to do with their insurance," he said.
"We definitely feel like progress has been made," Thomas said. "It's going well so far, but it takes a little bit of time to get things cleaned up."
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