On the afternoon of March 2, more than 40 people gathered in the Salvation Army office on Inman Street in Cleveland, Tenn.
The forecasts looked bad, with high chance for tornadoes. These days, everyone in Cleveland pays grave attention to bad forecasts.
“I think they just wanted somewhere to go. They felt safe here,” said Salvation Army Sgt. Ruthie Forgey.
People in Cleveland trust Forgey and her crew at the Inman Street office. They have been everywhere in Bradley County over the past year, engaged in nonstop recovery work.
Last year, Forgey was hospitalized for potassium depletion that doctors attributed to overexertion after the April 27 tornadoes. Two days later, she was back in the Inman Street office.