W4t4rW& jaitfadlii I 8A Thursday Standard-Examin- National May 6 Victims ‘picking up the pieces’ Residents of states struck by tornadoes face long road to recovery 1 lie Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY - In her debris-littere- d front yard Megan Varva leaped across chunks of concrete and wood like a gaelle on an obstacle course ‘ My outfit is new” she said proudly tugging at her te striped shorts set “My mom said I m going to be getting about a new outfit a day” Megan’s new wardrobe isn’t a luxury Her old clothes like much of her neighborhood lay twisted in the dirt after Monday’s deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas "I don’t want to go in there” said of what little the was left ot her house ”It isn’t nice " Many in the twister-scarre- d southern Plains would agree 'I heir homes are now nothing more than a jagged nest of splintered wood mangled furniture shattered glass - and broken dreams The big orange “U” spray painted along a wall of Rebecca Sara and Johnson’s home in Haysville Kan said it all Uninhabitable More than 3 inches of rain have poured m through the roof The house must be inspected for structural damage before Dave Johnson and his daughters can even think of returning “I’m just picking up the pieces” Johnson said Wednesday All around Oklahoma City cars - some with smashed windows - lined up at police and National Guard checkpoints as families came to dig through the debris bclore an 8 p m curfew Sheryl and John Molsbee drove slowly past mounds of debris that obliterated neighborhood landmarks before finally pulling up to their home It no longer had a roof “It's worse than I thought" said John Molsbee Officials said 38 people died and more than 751 people were injured in the deadliest tornado to hit Oklahoma since 1947 The twisters killed five in Kansas and injured nearly 150 people More twisters swarmed across parts of Texas and Arkansas on I uesday killing one person And late Wednesday strong winds were blamed lor several deaths in lemessec as storms destroyed homes in dozens of counties and temporarily shut down the Nashville International Airport Officials had received about 100 missing persons reports in Oklahoma but they were uncertain how many were duplicates A master list of the missing was expected to be released today John Long chief of the public education office for the Oklahoma City I ire Department said he didn’t expect the fatality count to grow by much The damage estimate has been placed at more than $225 million in Oklahoma and more than $140 million in Kansas where 1129 buildings were destroyed in Monday’s storms A disaster housing program through the federal Lmergency Management Agency will provide rental assistance for up to 18 months said Ben Erizcll of the Oklahoma Office of Civil Emergency Management President Clinton has authorized emergency disaster declara- - tions for both Oklahoma and Kansas paving the way for federal emergency funds for home and business owners Jim Anderson will likely need both forms of aid Before a tornado destroyed his used motorcycle outshop m Midwest City - just side Oklahoma City - it stopped first in Moore sucking up his home and leaving it a shattered pile of glass and metal “I don’t know if it hasn't sunk I in yet” he said “Yesterday woke up and said it has to be a I Will VaceStream Ericsson 688 Price - Instant Store Rebate Your Cost $6995 $5000 $1995 INCUJDED FEATURES! 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