GREENE COUNTY, N.C. - It's been six months since deadly tornadoes touched down in Eastern North Carolina and county officials tell us they've learned a lot in the months that followed.
One of the hardest hit areas, Greene County, suffered extensive damage in the April 16th storms.
County Manager Don Davenport says among the things the county needs to work on when dealing with storms is debris removal and communication over debris pickup.
Davenport says they did have a storm plan in place at the time, but with a tornado there are a lot of variables.
"You can't really prepare for them. You can prepare, but they come with such devastating force you don't have the lead time of a hurricane and when they come they're here."
Another problem was the vast number of volunteers. Davenport says it's a good problem to have, but in the future they will have to coordinate better.
Also hit hard by the tornadoes was Bertie County.
County Chairman Lewis Hoggard feels they handled the situation as best they could.
One of the things he says officials are discussing is how to better warn residents, saying they are looking into a phone or text message warning system.
He feels they also need to educate people better for when it comes to different potential disasters because the best laid plans don't always work.
"When something like this happens… you just want to see things fall into place… and when disasters happen… things are not going to just fall into place because it's never something that you've gone through before every disaster is different."
One thing that came from the tornadoes is the Bertie Relief and Recovery Team.
Hoggard says it is made up of county and community members and their goal is to help people get through these disasters.
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