"We all know there was nothing we could do,” he said. "We’re so thankful that, after all this damage, no one was hurt.”
Holloway said he intends to rebuild in the same neighborhood.
"This is my home. I built it 40 years ago. ... One thing I’ve decided. Within whatever I rebuild will be a safe room.”
The tornado didn’t last long.
"I talked to the weather guy today, and he said that it showed up on their radar for a split second and then went away, so they didn’t think anything about it,” Johnson said.
Johnson said his home didn’t suffer as much damage as the other homes and shares the thankfulness that no one was injured.
"There’s no reason to be upset. Stress doesn’t do anything but cause cancer and other diseases. It’s best to be lifted up,” Johnson said. "Ultimately, I just thank God that everyone is safe.”
Hilliard and Alan Quinn, both track coaches at the university, were returning from a track meet in Texas when the storm destroyed their home.
"The chief of police called me and told me that a tornado had hit my house and Dr. Holloway’s house,” Hilliard said as he looked over the damage.
The tornado destroyed most of the second floor of the home and damaged several walls. A large doghouse in the back, which had housed several dogs, also was gone. None of the dogs were injured.
"The community has been very helpful with offering food, places for us to stay, and just kindness," Quinn said.
The American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma is helping the affected residents get help in the immediate aftermath of the tornado, said David Ball, Logan County Emergency Manager.
Like Holloway, Hilliard said he intends to rebuild in the same neighborhood.
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