The city of Menasha took a
direct hit from the tornado
as it moved south from Appleton.
How long do you think
it will take Menasha to recover?
I think we have
a long road ahead of us.
I think there will be
much, much work to do
for days, weeks
and possibly months
in some aspects of it.
I mean, the damage of the storm
is devastating.
I can't stress enough
just how much loss
there has been.
My heart goes out to
those residents.
They want to know
that I see them
and I hear them
and we're in this together.
You need to take it
a day at a time.
But I think the important thing
to know in circumstances
like this is
we needed to
walk one step at a time
in order to activate
the next steps.
So right now
making sure people are safe
and making sure people have
those immediate basic needs
and then making sure
we have roads clear
so contractors and our crews and
all of the municipalities
that are coming in to help us
can do that important work
to clear out our roads
build back up our utility
and then the next phases
will come in where
people can get their garbage out
and other things like that.
So it's going to be
a long road ahead of us.
I anticipate many weeks yet.