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Des Moines Buccaneers lose arena roof in destructive storm

Des Moines Buccaneers lose arena roof in destructive storm
OF DESTRUCTION. THE BUCCANEERS ICE ARENA HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE. KCCI’S MARCUS MCINTOSH IS LIVE IN URBANDALE TO SHOW US. MARCUS? MARCUS: THIS IS THE SCENE AT THE BUCS ICE ARENA ALMOST 6 HOURS AFTER THE STORM ROLLED THROUGH. THERE ARE PIECES OF THE ROOF ALL OVER THE PLACE. I PICKED UP THIS PIECE JUST IN ITS AGO. ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE THE ICE ARENA IN THE STORM ROLLED THROUGH, IT PROVED TO BE A VERY SCARY FEW MINUTES. NATE TOYT, PRESIDENT OF THE DES MOINES BUCANEERS HOCKEY CLUB, SAYS HE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIS WIFE TALKING ABOUT THE STORM WHERE SHE WAS WHEN THE HEAVY WINDS AND RAIN STARTED TO ROLL INTO URBANDALE. >> MOVED IN PRETTY QUICK AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW PIECES OF THE ROOF WERE FLYING OFF AND CANS WERE FLYING AROUND WE ALL TOOK OFF INSIDE THE BUILDING. MARCUS TOYT SAYS LOOKING AT THE : AFTERMATH OF THE STORM IS JUST INCREDIBLE. THE ROOF NOW LAYING IN THE PARKING LOT AND ON THE STREET JUST EAST OF THE BUILDING. HE SAYS EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET INSIDE THE BUILDING TO A SAFE AREA BEFORE THE STORM TORE THE ROOF OFF THE BUILDING. TOYT SAYS THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE ON THE ICE WHEN THE STORM HIT. BUT SAYS THE GREAT NEWS IS. >> EVERYBODY WAS SAFE AND THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. MARCUS TOYT SAYS NOW THE FOCUS : IS ON CLEANUP AND FIXING THE ROOF. AN EFFORT THAT STARTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM PASSED AND IT WAS DETERMINED NO ONE WAS HURT. >> IT IS JUST A MATTER NOW OF WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO
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Des Moines Buccaneers lose arena roof in destructive storm
The roof of the Buccaneer Arena in Urbandale sits in the building’s parking log Monday following a destructive storm.Nate Toyt, president of the Des Moines Buccaneers hockey club, said he was on the phone with his wife talking about the storm when the heavy winds and rain started to roll into Urbandale. “(It) moved in pretty quick, and the next thing you know, pieces of the roof were flying off and some outside debris and garbage cans were flying around,” Toyt said. “We all took off inside the building.”Toyt said everyone was able to get inside the building to a safe area before the storm tore the roof off the building. “Everybody was safe and that is the number one priority,” he said.According to Toyt, cleanup efforts began almost immediately after the storm passed and it was determined no one was hurt.“It’s a matter now of … what’s the first step to take in the cleanup process? Toyt said. “And we've got those processes going on.”

The roof of the Buccaneer Arena in Urbandale sits in the building’s parking log Monday following a destructive storm.

Nate Toyt, president of the Des Moines Buccaneers hockey club, said he was on the phone with his wife talking about the storm when the heavy winds and rain started to roll into Urbandale.

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“(It) moved in pretty quick, and the next thing you know, pieces of the roof were flying off and some outside debris and garbage cans were flying around,” Toyt said. “We all took off inside the building.”

Toyt said everyone was able to get inside the building to a safe area before the storm tore the roof off the building.

“Everybody was safe and that is the number one priority,” he said.

According to Toyt, cleanup efforts began almost immediately after the storm passed and it was determined no one was hurt.

“It’s a matter now of … what’s the first step to take in the cleanup process? Toyt said. “And we've got those processes going on.”