Logan County EMA Director Helen Norris provided this screenshot showing the bulk of the 1,573 damage reports the agency has collected though Wednesday via its Orion damage assessment software system. (ORION SCREENSHOT)
The Logan County Emergency Management Agency hosts a pubic open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Indian Lake High School cafeteria and auditorium, 6210 N. State Route 235, Lewistown.
The purpose of the open house is to allow tornado victims to discuss and connect about ongoing unmet needs and to provide input about the area’s long-term recovery efforts concerning housing, transportation, infrastructure, zoning, floodplain, debris, communications and more.
Logan County EMA Director Helen Norris provided an image this week showing the bulk of the 1,573 damage reports the agency has collected though Wednesday, April 24, via its Orion damage assessment software system.
Each icon represents a damaged home or business, and contains a report with owner and occupant contact information, indicates whether it is a primary or secondary residence, damage details and photos, insurance information and other relevant information to help with disaster recovery efforts.
Norris said the software, which has been in use about three years, can and is being modified to include things like casework information to better assist tornado victims.
Red icons show some 280 destroyed homes/businesses or about 17.8 percent of the assessed structures. Orange indicates approximately 333 homes/businesses with major damage, 21.2 percent. Yellow is minor damage; blue shows affected structures and green is unaffected.
About 94.6 percent of the reports are residential and 5 percent are businesses.
The software can be accessed by the Ohio EMA, the local United Way and other agencies to help coordinate relief efforts.