BREMEN, Ky. — Muhlenberg County residents are continuing their clean up efforts around many different neighborhoods. One couple has spent the last few days digging through what’s left of their house, getting their belongings in a safe place.
What You Need To Know
- Some neighborhoods in Bremen have been completely wiped out after Dec. 10's flurry of tornadoes
- Betty Domogalla lost both of her neighbors in the tornado and part of her house
- Domogalla and her husband are still living in the house, protecting what's left of their belongings
- Domogalla is thankful for her community and all of the help from surrounding counties
Three houses that used to be in Betty Domogalla's neighborhood are completely gone.
“Well, I actually was going to open our front door and I felt the wind grab the screen door. So I pulled it shut and shut the inside door, and I said screw that," Domogalla recalled. "That's when all hell broke loose."
Glass from the windows was flying around the house, and then everything went black. Domogalla remembers crawling on the ground and calling out for her husband.
“My husband was yelling trying to find me and I'm yelling at him and we finally found each other and about 15 to 20 seconds it was done and over with,” Domogalla said.
Losing two of her neighbors, Domogalla said these last few days have been difficult.
“It’s hard, but the house can be replaced," she said. "We lost two neighbors and they can never be replaced. I mean that to me, that's more devastating than the home."
Domogalla and her husband are still living in her home, and have been working day and night to put their personal belongings in a safe place.
“Want to try and get tin over the main part that's still standing, just to make it so that looters, because I mean you do have them, can't just come in and jump right in, you know they have to do a little bit of work,” Domogalla said.
Domogalla said she is grateful for the people coming from all over the community to help her and her husband, and hopes in a few months this will all just be a terrible memory.
The Muhlenberg County Sheriff’s Office said they are still in dire need of volunteers and clean up equipment to help neighborhoods like Betty's with the removal of trees and damaged houses.