What can you tell us about the extent of the damage in Menasha?

Yeah, so the extent of the damage in Menasha is... pretty outstanding.

Menasha was certainly the hardest hit area in the trajectory of the storm when it came through the Fox Cities, but 663 homes were damaged and about 140 considered unsafe probably will require demolition.

In that, 237 rental units, In addition, our water plant was hit and thankfully we have an interconnect with the city of Nina's water plants.

So throughout this one thing residents did not have to worry about was access to clean safe drinking water.

So very blessed and very grateful for that partnership with Nina, but we need to look at how do we rebuild moving forward for, uh, the city of my national water plant.

And then throughout that, I believe we had approximately.

What is life like? What kind of support is out there for people who have lost their houses completely or have housing that they can't currently live in?

So what kinds of things have you been kind of at the nexus of as the local government working with all of these different agencies and providers? What kinds of things have you been working on?

Yeah, so the tornado's path to the city of Menasha left significant impact.

My heart goes out to everybody that's impacted negatively by this.

I love this community so much, and it hurts to see other people hurt.

And the devastation to private property and homes and to public infrastructure, parks, businesses, the tornado left a significant impact in our community.

And one of the first and foremost things, like I had mentioned earlier, making sure we're able to get to people and make sure they're okay and get them if they need to go to a local hospital.

To date, we have no fatalities, which in all of my accounts is a miracle.

What do you got to share at this point in time that you think would really be helpful?

Can you give people an idea of just how bad it is? What does it look like today compared to yesterday before that tornado hit?

Yeah, so many of us are working out of our EOC at the sheriff's office here in Oshkosh, but consistently going back and forth to Menasha.

It's devastating.

It is heartbreaking to see the destruction that this severe storm and tornado have caused on homes, personal property, infrastructure, public infrastructure, public spaces, businesses.

Like it's, it's sad and my heart goes out to everybody impacted by this at the really difficult time.

Uh, and I, I am very saddened to see so many in our community struggling right now.

Uh, but as I was discussing an earlier question with you, I'm also profoundly proud and overwhelmed by the support within our community, and I think the best way that we move forward through this difficult time is through partnership and looking out for each other.

I just kind of curious if, if anything is even open, if people need to do their grocery shopping or, or, you know, get gas, are they required to kind of get out of town to, to try and find the things, the essentials they need to kind of live their everyday life?

Can you give people an idea of just how bad it is? What does it look like today compared to yesterday before that tornado hit?

Yeah, so many of us are working out of our EOC at the sheriff's office here in Oshkosh, but consistently going back and forth to Menasha.

It's devastating.

It is heartbreaking to see the destruction that this severe storm and tornado have caused on the homes, personal property, infrastructure, public infrastructure, public spaces, businesses, like it's sad and my heart goes out to everybody impacted by this at the really difficult time.

And I am very saddened to see so many in our community struggling right now.

But as I was discussing an earlier question with you, I'm also profoundly proud and overwhelmed by the support within our community.

And I think the best way that we move forward through this difficult time is through partnership and looking out for each other.

I just kind of curious if, if anything is even open, if people need to do their grocery shopping or, or, you know, get gas, are they required to kind of get out of town to, to try and find the things, the essentials they need to kind of live their everyday life?