Tulsans Still Cleaning Up Six Months After Devastating Storm

Many people in Green Country are still cleaning up six months after the June storms destroyed homes and knocked power out to thousands of people.

Jana Holder says once the dust settled- she was left with about $150,000 worth of damage.

She says once the roof is on, she can move on to other things in the house that need to be fixed.

News On 6 first introduced you to Holder in June when a tree fell on top of her garage.

She’s spent months trying to put her house back together.

"You just have to be patient, bottom line,” said Holder. “It's literally out of your control. You just have to work through the process and just be accepting of it, but just be a squeaky wheel to make sure you're on top of it."

Tree repair companies like Tulsa Tree Doc are still helping people like Holder fix damage that happened six months ago.

"We've been busy, working sun-up to sundown,” said Colton Page, the owner of Tulsa Tree Doc. “It's been devastating; Tulsa's known for their trees, their mature trees, and we've lost quite a few, so we're trying to do our best to save what we can."

Page says if everything stays on track, they hope to have most of the damaged trees taken care of in a few months.

"I would say by the end of this winter, we should be able to move past it and not have to worry about it much more if we stay proactive with pruning, make sure we get in there, and mitigate as much things as possible, and if they got to go, then by all means, we're going to remove them,” said Page.

Holder says it’s especially heartbreaking to still be dealing with the damage this time of year since her Christmas decorations were in her attic that got damaged.

She says many of the ornaments are sentimental, and she doesn’t want to see them broken.

"I can't even bring myself to open them to see what those look like,” said Holder. “I just thought, I'll be like Scarlett, I'll think about that tomorrow. I'll just deal with it all next year. That's a little daunting. One storm, one big wind, one tree. And then here you are, six months later, still dealing with it."

Holder says after the roof, she can get the garage door on and then move inside and fix the molding around the ceiling and the water damage.

She’s hoping everything will be back to normal by March.