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Noble fire victims
Folks in Noble continue to feel the burn from fires that sparked Friday. Some of them are now homeless. "Yesterday I had a pretty nice two-story house with a rope and a swing in my backyard," said Tony Keller. He and his wife Mahala were forced to rush out of their home yesterday when the fire closed in on their house. "We didn't get to get anything out," said Mahala. "There was nothing but a wall of fire," said Doug Jones, remembering the frightening scenes from yesterday. "It looked like it was right on top of me," said Tony. Sara Gaylor was working when the fires sparked. "I left work and drove an hour and a half to Norman and watched it on TV, and I just knew we had lost everything," said Sara. But, a miracle happened. The Noble fire burned a ring around Sara's family's property, leaving her trailer untouched. "This little bubble looks like it was just protected. It's a positive out of all of the negative crap," said Sara, calling the incident a blessing. She says she has her friends to thank for using sprinklers to try to keep as much of the property wet as they could. Residents in Noble know the danger isn't over, as fires continue to flare up unexpectedly. "Keep your yard cut back and pray a lot," advises Tony.
Posted: Saturday, August 4 2012, 10:17 PM CDT
IN OKLAHOMA NEWS
Fallin signs bill to spend $45M on tornado relief
May 24, 2013 19:07 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a bill that will allow the state to access $45 million from the state's Rainy Day Fund to help communities recover from tornado damage.
Fallin on Friday signed a bill that the House and Senate passed unanimously in the wake of the deadly tornado that raked across the state on Monday, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds more.
It allows the state to use the money to match federal disaster funds and for other "disaster-related assistance."
The state's Rainy Day Fund, a constitutional reserve fund, currently has a balance of about $577 million. Up to 25 percent of the money can be accessed to pay for emergency-related expenses. The rest is reserved for when the state experiences budget shortfalls.
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Senate Bill 249: http://bit.ly/10YnKm1
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