CHATTANOOGA VALLEY, Ga.-Contractor Donny Parrish has looked at about 70 storm-damaged houses in the tri-state region and, though the devastation in Walker County hasn’t grabbed headlines like in other areas, he said it’s about on par with anything around.
“It’s bad,” said Parrish, evaluating a house in the Eagle Landing subdivision off Highway 193. “Not as bad as Ringgold, but it’s bad.”
Chattanooga Valley, Hinkle, Rossville, Flintstone and other areas in northern Walker County took a major hit from the storm that slammed into Trenton on April 27.
County Coordinator David Ashburn said 1,500 to 2,000 homes in Walker County were damaged, with 40 to 60 of them destroyed. About 150 have what Ashburn considers “major damage.”
No one died in Walker County storms, but a Chickamauga resident was killed at a relative’s house in Higdon, Ala. Ashburn said 25 Walker residents were taken to hospitals after the storm, and five were kept overnight. Between 80 and 100 victims were treated on the scene, he said.