By Kate Prahlad
Johnson City Press
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Ronald J. Dawson, owner of the historic St. John Milling Co., takes a pretty positive perspective on the extensive damage to his property from last week’s near tornado-strength winds.
“That’s the thing about damage,” said Dawson, standing on his 232-year-old property. “You can look at it as the glass half full or half empty. Now I’ve got the opportunity to make it better.”
The tornado tore off one roof, left a storage building with just two walls, and tossed debris into a family graveyard, knocking over headstones.
One mill building will get a brand new roof on Friday. The storage building, which looks like a truck drove through its cinder-block walls, was being appraised, and Dawson said he’s deciding whether to repair it or tear it down depending on the estimate.
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