Oak Mountain State Park water sports impacted by tornado

SAILING AGAIN SOON. YOU KNOW, THEY SAID TORNADO DOWN, YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S ON 119 AND YOU KNOW, THEN THE NAIL BITING STARTED ONE WEEK AGO A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK JEREMY TALBOT OWNER OF FLIPSIDE WATER SPORTS. HAD A HOLD HIS BREATH AND JUST WATCH THE RADAR FROM HIS HOME MOUNTAINS A BIG PARK. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING WE THOUGHT OF WAS OKAY, AT LEAST IT’S IN KIND OF A NO MAN’S AREA THE TORNADO RIPPED RIGHT THROUGH HIS COMPANY AT THE PARK CANOES WERE RIPPED APART IN THE WOODS TREES FELL IN THE PRO SHOP. AND THEIR WAKEBOARD SKI LINES WERE DAMAGED AS WELL. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY. IT’S A MAN. YOU’RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS. I JUST GOT HIT BY TORNADO.PAND I IN HIS VOICE THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED. THE DAMAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT AND JEREMY HAD TO LEAN ON THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP. HERE THERE WAS NO FUN IN ANYTHING AFTER THE TORNADOES HIT JEREMY AND HIS TEAM AT FLIP SIDE WATER SPORTS HAD TO RAISE UP TO 25,000 TO GET GET THEIR SERVICE BACK UP AND RUNNING. WITHIN FOUR DAYS, THEY EXCEEDED THAT LIMIT AND RAISED 28,000 FROM PEOPLE ACROSS NOT ONLY THE COUNTRY, BUT THE WORLD NOW THAT EXTRA MONEY GOING RIGHT BACK TO CHARITY. WHAT ARE WE WILL HAVE THIS PLACE BACK OUTFIT, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY SHOWED THAT THEY WANT US HERE. WE’RE COMING BACK. THEIR GOAL IS TO BE OPENED BY THE MIDDLE OF MAY IF THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE. THEY’LL SHOW FOR MEMORIAL DAY AT OAK MOUNT