Pensacola, Florida-Am 11. February, the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado met Ellyson Industrial Park in Pensacola.
Now, one month before the day, the area of Northwest Florida was able to see harmful winds again on Tuesday evening. Except now, people have time to prepare.
Wear News went back to the industrial park to see how repairs went. Repairs are standing at this moment.
Wear News spoke to two companies in Ellyson Industrial Park. Some of those who are now delivered to mother nature.
A month ago, an EF-1 tornado tore half a mileage in North Pensacola.
“Roofs flew over my truck and wrapped,” said Michael Brooks, project manager for Edwards Electric Service. “A transformer blown into the air, and then I came back to visit the warehouse. And I found that it no longer had a roof.”
Winds with 95 miles per hour.
“The winds began and the freight train came,” “Dale Wheelis, Renoviker preferred maintenance at Oasis.” I saw garbage containers fly by in the air. I got into the corner and it seemed as if everything in the room was floating for a second. Then half of it flew towards the wall, and half of it flew outside with one of the garage doors. “
A strong frontal system will sweep through the area on Tuesday. Main concern to damage the winds.
“There is really nothing we can do, because as far as I understand, we have not given any access to the roof up there due to the damage up there,” said Brooks. “As you can see, most things we have just tried have to be damaged by the weather. We just have it out of the way and we are ready to be soaked tonight. We can't really do much.”
Brooks has no timeline when the repairs begin. Civil engineers probably have to rebuild the entire warehouse.
“The last time I heard that you will start working in a month,” Chris Rohling, owner and president of OPM Pensacola. “Start first on the roof, I think you have to replace the entire roof and then start structurally on the walls and then go from there.
Rohling says that his business took two weeks to start the company again. Even if repairs begin on time, he expects a long way to normal.
“I was told for over 120 days, I think that may be a bit generous,” said Rohling. “But we expect a lot of time. We probably expect a year before everything is normal again.”
This timeline could be repelled according to the system on Tuesday.
There is no way to know what will develop on Tuesday, but if the winds hit this area, there are several unsecured roofs and siding that are still hanging around.