annie satlive part of the job of the national guard is to keep us safe here at home, and they said that's what their doing today, although not in the way they generally do. the national guard flew in from richmond to take county and state officials out to survey the damage... with all of the debris and trees down, they said it's easy to miss things when they check from the ground, but the helicopter gives them a better perspective. i asked if they are looking for houses with damage, but they said they're actually looking for things from those houses that when not in the right setting and be really dangerous. (staff sgt william hatch, army national guard)"when the wind starts blowing like this, you have no idea where things are going to land. and something as dangerous as a propane tank, absolutely you don't want somebody to just walk across that. (:10)annie satlive because the governor the national guard is able to come in and help as needed. the governor spent the day touring the areas hit by yesterday's tornados. we'll hear from him tonight at 6. live in appomattox, annie andersen, abc

annie andersen is live in the evergreen area of appomattox right now with more.annie satlive before touring the damage here in appomattox, mcauliffe surveyed the area in his helicopter. once on houses talking to people... many of whom lost everything. mcauliffe also met with phil hysell of the national weather service who says that this storm had gusts of 120 miles per hour. mcauffe said after seeing the damage, that really wasn't a surprise. sot- mcauliffe (:12)"we saw a lot of debris in trees. but you see an area with a bunch of people out on the ground going trying to find some treasured memento and hoping they can recover something" annie satlive sadly after natural disasters we always see people trying to take advantage of the people who lost everything. i asked mcauliffe how they plan to keep that from happening. he said they already have people on the ground watching out for that. live in appomattox, annie andersen, abc 13 news. 3 3 3 3 mark waverly is another area hard hit by the tornado. three people are dead there... a 2-year-old child and two men, ages 50 and 26. police say the t

annie satlive it was just sadness and shock. looking around, this tornado just demolished houses... turning them into just pieces like this (show wood from one of the houses)....take sot: "it was just amazing he length and width of this tornado that struck here. but as you go on you'll see structures totally gone and you'll see just gigantic areas of trees snapped in half, gigantic trees on the ground and you can clearly watch the wind as it obviously came here toward appomattox." annie the governor toured some of the houses that were hardest hit here in evergreen. at this house, one of the people who live here is still in the hospital after the tornado threw him about 200 feet. while in evergreen, mcauliffe also met with phil hysel of the national weather service gusts of 120 miles per hour. 3 to put that in perspective, that's a category 3 hurricane... that's what katrina was when it hit tornados hit virginia yesterday, causing the governor to declare a state of emergency.national guard can be called in to help. guardsmen help

annie andersen rode along with a claims adjuster as they went to start the insurance process.annie satlive danner, they were extremely busy. evergreen baptist church is still the command center for the tornado recovery, so that's where allstate set up their mobile catastrophe center. but along with that, claims adjusters from 3 various companies, including allstate went door to door to start the claims process. a lot of times people find out that natural disasters slip policies, but the good news here is that generally wind damage, which includes tornados is covered under basic home insurance policies. different agencies have different procedures, but the adjusters i talked to said there's a few things that people can do while they wait for adjusters to get to their houses. bryan heichale, claims service adjuster"take some photos, photos are always good for everything. so if you can take some photos take some photos, but definitely if you have shingles that are missing you want to do a temporary adjuster may not be able to get out there for a couple days or a week and you don't want anothe