you know, back in 2005 we had a tornado that did come through the city of madisonville. that was in early november. early november. all right. talk to me about the response that you re getting, the help you re get organization not getting from your state and local leaders. what kind of contact have you had with the governor so far? the governor has been very good at communicating with all of us here on boots on the ground. he s been here. he s visited the sites. he s sent resources down here. fema is here currently. we re working through that process right now. we are still in the process of doing our recovery searches. we have search teams out doing a final line search before we can start doing the degree removal. as we do the debris removal, we anticipate additional fatalities. mayor cotton, thank you for joining us. i m going to pivot you. we re joined by the fema administrator now. thank you for coming on for us
here. yeah. the telltale signs of a tornado where you might see one home destroyed. the next home missing a few shingles. thank you all. joining me now is kevin cotton, the mayor of madisonville, kentucky. they ve been trying to help with the recovery efforts in nearby mayfield. mr. mayor, your town wasn t spared here. talk to me about the damage sustained in madisonville. so, again, madisonville, kentucky was spared. it s our neighboring communities are the ones hardest hit. they are our direct neighbors. we are here supporting them. offering all of our resources we can bring in into these communities. so the city of madisonville was fortunate. it s given me the opportunity to be able to help serve here in this town. and did they reach out to you