A bright spot amidst the anguish and travesty, the Monday tornado that raged throughout Oklahoma City left a’s office location intact, according to local OK city news sources.
The devastating tornado that spanned over two miles in one twisting leap killed dozens of people, with the death toll around 51 at the end of the day, and more deaths expected to be counted over the next few days after the rubble was searched for survivors and bodies. Staying on the ground for a solid forty minutes and ravaging over 20 miles of ground, Monday’s tornado was massive on many counts and left a lot of grief in its wake.
So, it was a bright spot to locals when the Oklahoma City Central Security Groupoffice remained standing and intact, without a single damage to its location. Although the home of the branch manager’s daughter and one of the representatives wasn’t spared, the office location stood strong amidst the rubble in the area.
Evacuated before the storm hit, the OK city office wasn’t expected to remain standing after the twister died down. No one who worked at the office was hurt, and evacuated safely before the storm hit. The company president suffered the loss of his home which was leveled in the storm, but no lives involved in the company were lost, according to reports.
Albers said CSG has more than 2,000 accounts in Moore, Shawnee and Newcastle, but stated:
“We’re not sure how many were hit at this point.”
Moore and Newcastle were in the 20-mile path of destructionon Monday, while Shawnee was hit by a separate tornado on Sunday.
“Experience with tornadoes in years past will help CSG handle the aftermath this time,” Albers said.
“We’ve done this before,” he said. “I actually just got off the phone with the office in Tulsa to make sure we’re bending over backward to make sure customers know we’re going to do everything we can for them from a standpoint. Contractually, we can put their accounts on hold. For a lot of people, it will take six months or a year to rebuild, and we’ll just work with them to make sure they get what they need.”
Throughout the aftermath of the tornado, many stories of bravery were accounted on the parts of local school teachers and help that arrived from various sources. The wife of a CSG employee, who was a school teacher at one of the schools hit in the location by the tornado, suffered only a slight injury. Since most of the other employees were out of town, including the immediate relatives of the President, no one else was hurt.
The company is still contacting all of its dealers in the immediate locations, but it looks like none of its locations have suffered any damage although standing right in the path of Monday’s storm. It sure is a bright spot in the middle of all the tragedy.
Tim Eveler
Author & Public Relations – Tim has been working in sales for the home security system industry over twelve years. He’s held positions at large home security companies and in charge of working with the team to create our security system reviews.