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AREA WHO WERE BUSY CLEANING UP THE DESTRUCTION. >> YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, I'M STANDING THIS THE PATH OF WHERE THE TORNADO HIT AND YOU CAN HE WHERE PEEMS PIERCED THROUGH THE ROOF. SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS THIS PARN WHERE THERE WERE THREE HORSES INSIDE. >> GOING INTO OUR 14TH YEAR HERE. IT CAUGHT UP WITHUS. >> AT THE TIME, GARY WAS IN THE GARAGE. HIS WIFE, SUE NSHG THE LIVING ROOM. >> DOORS WERE SLAMMING AND I FELT WIND INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. >> THEY SAW SOME DAMAGE LAST NIGHT BUT MORE THIS MORNING. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TRUES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. >> TWISTED METAL, BROKEN GLASS. >>> A BOARD FLEW INTO OUR BEDROOM WINDOW. >> ACRES OF FENCING WAS TORN UP. >> ALL CAN BE REPAIRED. >> ERNIE AND TO OTHER HORSES SURVIVED THIS TORNADO. >> WE WERE WORRY ABOUTED THE HORSES WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE PIECES OF THE BARN. >> AND STRANGERS WERE HELPING IN THE B

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Gary VanHousen and his wife, Sue, were at home Monday night when a tornado ripped through the metro, hitting their home near the Edmond-Seward border.Beams pierced their roof and caused significant damage to a nearby barn sheltering three horses."We're going into our 14th year here, so I guess it finally caught up with us," Gary VanHousen said. "I really thought we would escape it, though. I mean, I guess everybody does," Sue VanHousen said.The VanHousens are now busy cleaning up the damage. Gary VanHousen was in the garage when the storm hit, telling KOCO 5 he thought they had been hit by a tornado.His wife was in the living room."Doors were slamming and I felt wind inside the house, and I knew something happened," Sue VanHousen said.The two saw some of the damage Monday night and even more Tuesday morning. The tornado twisted metal, broke glass and tore up acres of fencing. "I couldn't believe all the trees that were down, and I couldn't believe the damage to the building," Gary VanHousen said."All this can be repaired and it can all be brand new again," Sue VanHousen said.The three horses survived the tornado."We were really worried about the horses when we started seeing pieces of the barn," Sue VanHousen said.The VanHouses said they are counting their blessings and neighbors they have never met showed up to help in the best way they could."It's just stuff, so we're OK," Sue VanHousen said.National Weather Service officials said the tornado was at least an EF1, but that preliminary rating might change after a full investigation.