On February 5, 2008, over 300 homes were destroyed and hundreds others damaged when a series of tornadoes ripped through middle Tennessee. In Macon County, where one tornado cut a path several miles long and one mile wide, 13 people lost their lives. There were also several fatalities in neighboring Sumner County.
Rogers Group once again pitched in to help the surrounding communities by sending employees and equipment to help with the tornado disaster relief program.
Initiated by VP Mid-Central Division Rick Turner and organized by Integrated Construction General Manager Andy Anderson, RGI forces mobilized to Macon County on February 13 to help begin relief efforts.
Integrated Construction Senior Project Manager Steve McKee coordinated the efforts with the RGI team that has been working closely with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the Tennessee Emergency Management Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Administration, the Forestry Service and a National Guard unit from Jackson, Tennessee. Steve McKee and ICU Superintendent Randy Lee met each day at 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. with TDOT and the Forestry Service to coordinate the work schedule. The RGI team is working 10 hours 7 days a week to help clean up the debris from the tornado. The majority of the roads are now open and about 90 percent of the storm debris clean up has been accomplished.
Rogers Group’s inactive Hillsdale Quarry was approved by the Tennessee’s environmental agency as a disposal site for the National Guard to use for disposing of the debris they were cleaning up.
TEMA will be moving out of the area on February 22, 2008 and the National Guard unit will be moving out February 21, 2008.
Integrated Construction and NMTN Construction team members working the clean up project are:
June Brandon, Ricky Lee, Josh Justice, Danny Richardson, Jimmy Austin, Lee Green, Greg Barrass, Terry Jones, Jimmy Veal, David Santi, David Garcia, Jeff Burgett, Dale Morgan, Antoinne Carter, Mark Heatherly, Steve Cherry, Randy Lee, Steve McKee.
The team is proud to represent a company such as Rogers Group that takes community needs to heart.
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Rogers Group employees and equipment have been hard at work cleaning up from the deadly tornadoes that swept through Tennessee’s mid-section.
Removing the stumps of damaged trees has been a common sight.
Old Glory flies high as the National Guard (in the Humvees on the right) keep a watchful eye.
Much of the debris removed from the damaged area was moved to Rogers Group’s inactive Hillsdale Quarry.
Rogers Group employees and volunteers inspect a car flipped during the tornado.
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