Ottawa area residents take stock of tornado rubble as Ford tours the ruins
OTTAWA — Word of Friday’s tornado reached Laurel Wingrove and Alex Carlson at a Toronto wedding, and by Sunday morning they completed the grim pilgrimage back to the apartment they’ve called home for four months.
Almost nothing was waiting for them.
The roof was sheared off, the second storey of the edifice was open to the sky. Shredded and twisted shards of wood and metal filled the yard, where two crushed cars were parked. A large trash dumpster was flipped on its side.
“It could have been worse if we were here. Our bedroom’s upstairs,” said Carlson, 24.