Oct 8, 2026 · 46 min · 10 segments
**Disaster Diaries | Episode Show Notes** **Guest: Kelly | Chattanooga, TN — Easter Sunday Tornado Survivor** **Episode Summary** Kelly and her husband Nick had been in their Chattanooga, Tennessee…
Andy KrugerHost
Evan FarmerHost
I too had USAA Insurance, and I too didn't know what to do first, and I too made all the, [laughs] all the mistakes.
You only make them once.
That's exactly right, and that's kinda one of the reasons why Andy and I are doing this is because there are so few people who know what to do the day after the disaster, or moments after the disaster, for that matter.
And it sounded like you and Nick were uniquely well prepared for that in that he's a born leader, the military training.
That's the name of their unit.
It's their catchphrase.
It's their catchpr-
But that's quite an amazing thing that, like, you know, and this is something that I love.
It's not unique to the South, but the South tends to pride themselves on the community effort that...
I mean, Tennessee is the volunteer state, but the fact that you had a, a whole Marine Corps division rolling in, you know.
But it also sounds like in the midst of the crisis, and the point I'm trying to get at, you know, how do we react in those moments of crisis? And you learn about yourself, and it sounds like you kind of got from Nick what you expected out of Nick, like he was just gonna rise to the occasion.
And what did you learn about yourself? Like, even when the tornado hit, you were the first person who acknowledged something was really truly wrong.
Yeah.
I too had USAA Insurance, and I too didn't know what to do first, and I too made all the, [laughs] all the mistakes.
You only make them once.
That's exactly right, and that's kinda one of the reasons why Andy and I are doing this is because there are so few people who know what to do the day after the disaster, or moments after the disaster, for that matter.
And it sounded like you and Nick were uniquely well prepared for that in that he's a born leader, the military training.
That's the name of their unit.
It's their catchphrase.
It's their catchpr-
But that's quite an amazing thing that, like, you know, and this is something that I love.
It's not unique to the South, but the South tends to pride themselves on the community effort that...
I mean, Tennessee is the volunteer state, but the fact that you had a, a whole Marine Corps division rolling in, you know.
But it also sounds like in the midst of the crisis, and the point I'm trying to get at, you know, how do we react in those moments of crisis? And you learn about yourself, and it sounds like you kind of got from Nick what you expected out of Nick, like he was just gonna rise to the occasion.
And what did you learn about yourself? Like, even when the tornado hit, you were the first person who acknowledged something was really truly wrong.
Yeah.
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