Community builds shelter for resident

When a location wasn't available for a community storm shelter in Carlyle, Kenny Arbuckle volunteered his property. Another spot was found for the shelter, so the community rallied to build a shelter on Arbuckle's property. He uses a wheelchair because of a muscle wasting disease.

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June 24, 2022 - 3:47 PM

Kenny Arbuckle offered to allow the county to put a community storm shelter on his property. It didn’t happen, so volunteers built one for him. Courtesy photo

CARLYLE — Kenny Arbuckle had a plan for what he would do if a tornado was headed toward his home.

He’d roll his wheelchair into the garage, where he had a chain connected to a pipe which was secured in cement. 

“I’ll just chain myself to that and ride it out,” he thought.

His neighbors had other ideas.

A group of Good Samaritans, including area businesses, joined forces to build a tornado shelter on Arbuckle’s property. Arbuckle is disabled because of a muscle wasting disease and spends all of his time in a wheelchair.

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