Canton Trade Days attendees talk about Canton tornado

ASSIST IN ANY EFFORT.SHANNON:
TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE DEADLY TORNADOES
THAT TORE THROUGH THREE EAST
TEXAS COUNTIES THIS WEEKEND.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT JUST DECLARED
A STATE OF DISASTER IN THREE
COUNTIES - HENDERSON, RAINS
AND VAN ZANDT.THAT'S WHERE
ROBERT HADLOCK IS LIVE IN
CANTON TONIGHT WITH THE
LATEST, ROBERT.ROBERT:SHANNON,
TONIGHT WE KNOW THE
SHANNON, TONIGHT ROBERT:
SHANNON, TONIGHT WE KNOW THE
NAMES OF THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT
WERE KILLEDTHEY ARE:KENNETH
HUGHES, 57, OF VAN ZANDT
COUNTY,RUSSELL RUSTY BARLOW,
51, OF CANTON, JAMES CLAYTON
YOUNG, 39, OF ALBA AND
LUCRETIA SYKES, 49, OF FORT
WORTH.DOZENS MORE WERE TREATED
AT THREE AREA HOSPITALS.ROBERT:
BEFORE THE TORNADOES DREW
ATTENTION TO CANTON --WHAT
REALLY PUT THIS EAST TEXAS
CITY ON THE MAP --IS "FIRST
MONDAY TRADE DAYS." THE EVENT,
BRINGS IN HORDES OF PEOPLE
OVER THE DAYS LEADING UP TO
THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH
- TODAY. KXAN'S KYLIE MCGIVERN
SPOKE WITH THOSE CLEANING UP
-- WHAT THE STORMS LEFT
BEHIND.
FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS --
KRISTEN BARLOW AND HER HUSBAND
HAVE MADE THE TREK TO TRADE
DAYS. KRISTIN BARLOW, VENDOR:
"AND 3 DIFFERENT TIMES THERE
HAS BEEN TORNADOES CLOSE OR IN
CANTON THAT HAVE BARELY,
BARELY MISSED THIS PARK." BUT
THIS TIME SHE CALLS --THE
CLOSEST CALL. KRISTIN BARLOW,
VENDOR: "THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THAT THEY REALLY HAVE
TOLD EVERYBODY, GO TO THE
BATHROOMS, GO WHEREVER YOU CAN
GO TO TAKE SHELTER." KYLIE
MCGIVERN, KXAN REPORTER: "THIS
RESTROOM IS ONE OF THE AREAS
PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO TAKE
SHELTER AT TRADE DAYS. BUT
SOME HAVE CONCERNS THAT SPACE
- ISN'T BIG ENOUGH." KRISTIN
BARLOW, VENDOR: "THERE'S JUST
TOO MANY PEOPLE." TRAVELING
FROM OKLAHOMA --WHEN BARLOW
HEARS "TORNADO" HER MIND
FLASHES TO ONE THING. KRISTIN
BARLOW, VENDOR: "YOU BETTER
TAKE SHELTER. AND IF THERE'S
NOWHERE NEAR TO TAKE SHELTER,
YOU BETTER GET AS FAR AWAY AS
YOU CAN FROM IT." KRISTIN
BARLOW, VENDOR: "THAT'S WHAT
WE DID. WE COULD GET OUT AND
WE GOT OUT."KYLIE MCGIVERN,
KXAN REPORTER: "THE SAME THING
THAT MAKES TRADE DAYS GREAT,
DIFFERENT ODDS AND ENDS,
ITEMS, TRAILERS, VENDORS - IS
THE SAME REASON THIS AREA CAN
QUICKLY BECOME A HAZARD."
KRISTIN BARLOW, VENDOR: "IF
ANY OF THAT STARTS BLOWING AND
GOING, YOU'VE JUST GOT
MISSILES EVERYWHERE AT YOU.
YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING TO
DO, IF YOU CAN GET OUT, TO GET
OUT. CAUSE THIS, IT'S A DEATH
TRAP RIGHT HERE."A TRAP, THESE
TORNADOS SPARED. KYLIE
MCGIVERN, KXAN NEWS. ROBERT:
FOR NEARLY 150 YEARS SHOPPERS
AND VENDORS HAVE BEEN FLOCKING
TO THE TRADE DAYS BEFORE THE
FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH.WE
WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
IT ATTRACTS HERE IN CANTON.WE
SPOKE WITH THEIR OFFICE TODAY
-- AND THEY TELL US THERE'S NO
WAY TO TRACK HOW MANY VISITORS
ARE HERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME....
BECAUSE NO FEE IS CHARGED ON
THE GROUNDS AND PEOPLE ARE
FREE TO COME AND GO AS THEY
PLEASE.WE ALSO ASKED HOW MANY
VENDORS NORMALLY SET UP -- AND
WERE TOLD THAT'S HARD TO TRACK
TOO BECAUSE THE GROUNDS DON'T
LOCK -- MEANING PEOPLE CAN
COME IN AND SET UP -- OR PACK
UP AND LEAVE -- WITHOUT THEIR
OFFICE KNOWING.OFFICE KNOWING.
- WITHOUT THEIR OFFICE KNOWING.
OFFICE KNOWING.- WITHOUT THEIR
OFFICE KNOWING.ROBERT:WE'VE
HAD TEAM CANTON -- AS PROCESS
OF REPAIRING THE THE STORMS.
WEATHER SERVICE TORNADOES
RIPPED THROUGH THREE COUNTIES.
AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE
TORNADOES WERE GIVEN E-F-3
RATINGS.KXAN METEROLOGSIT
DAVID YEOMANS EXPLAINS WHAT
THAT MEANS.DAVID YEOMANS, KXAN
METEROLOGIST: THE INTENSITY
RATING THAT A TORNADO IS GIVEN
ALL DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY OF
THE DAMAGE THAT THE TORNADO
DOES. AFTER THERE'S A TORNADO
SOMEWHERE THE LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SENDS
OUT A TEAM OF TRAINED EXPERTS.
THEY SURVEY THE DAMAGE AND
THEY HAVE A VERY TECHINCAL WAY
OF DOING SO. THEY LOOK AT NOT
ONLY HOW BAD STRUCTURES AND
BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED BUT
ALSO WHAT KINDS OF MATERIALS
WERE THOSE STRUCTURES MADE OF,
HOW WELL WERE THEY
CONSTRUCTED. THEN THEY USE A
DETAILED CHECKLIST TO DIAGNOSE
THE STORM WITH EITHER AN E-F
ZERO RATING, THE WEAKEST ON
THE SCALE, ALL THE WAY TO AN
E-F FIVE, THE MOST VIOLENT
TORNADOES THAT WE CAN SEE.
INTERESTINGLY THOUGH SINCE
THAT SCALE ALL DEPENDS ON
DAMAGE AND DAMAGE ALONE -- IF
A TORNADO HAPPENS ONLY OVER AN
EMPTY FIELD AND DOESN'T TOUCH
ANY STRUCTURES BEFORE IT
DISSAPATES -- THAT TORNADO
WILL ALWAYS BE OFFICIALLY
RANKED AS THE WEAKEST ON THE
SCALE AN EF ZERO.JUST OUTSIDE
OF CANTON, TEXAS, DAVID
YEOMANS KXAN NEWS. SHANNON:OUR
COVERAGE OF THE TORNADOES IN
EAST TEXAS CONTINUES TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.TONIGHT.CONTINUES EAST
TEXAS THE TORNADOES IN SHANNON:
KXAN NEWS.
SHANNON:OUR COVERAGE OF THE
TORNADOES IN EAST TEXAS
CONTINUES TONIGHT.FOLLOW KXAN
ON THE GROUND AT 6 O'CLOCK AND
LATER AT 9 AND 10 AS WE MEET
STORM SURVIVORS... AND THE
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP

Canton Trade Days attendees talk about Canton tornado

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