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• 1tY talking to each other,
recounting what happened,we're
actually Ilt'lllinf; to heal each
other, and ourselves says London
resident Barbara Dorrington. ,r
consultant supervisor for the
National institute for`i'ratnit;t And
1 Os in Children,
"Tornadoes of 1 he magnitude
that affected G0(It'r ich are t l'r v
rare in Southwestern Ontario,"
t.)orrintong said Friday. "I never
anticipated to use &FIV \veathel
disaster intervener skills in my
own backyard
Since August 2005, just ate!
1 luri-icanes Katrina and Rita broke
land iii 1;()tal.sidna and \tississiJipi
farad also Alabama), Dorrington
lhrs spent eight ,tliffe i t.nt weeks.
offering debriefing g to sur viV()rS of
these liurricarles over a three Year
.per it)d. She said four blain \\ ays
ipeople are t•:yp(►sed to.tra.unl.a all
-apply here in (. roderich: Ihrough
being a victim ()f the storm's
destructive path: ae \'\'itllt'tis. a rela
tive, friend t;iniily, of these wllO
experienced loss; and11le1 fourth,
someone getting ri gi limn t'k1)osurt'
t(1 11(.'%Vs and Trio;ag('' of a disaster
event from afar.
".Survivor guilt can affect all of
those groups.". she said.
,1 riii.iR1R1 is it sensory' experi
erice, and ti.a.t1m at c eV('i11S
directly affect our bodies physi-
cally -as well its our brains by the
sights, so(rnds; smells., taste and
things we touched (or touched
us) during the event. L.ater,•Dor-
rington says similar sights, smells,
Arid so on, such as the second
We have a
phrase, 'what is
sharable becomes
bearable'. There is
a need for people
to talk about what
hey heard, saw and
smelled. Sharing
so that everybody
can understand
that at this stage,
that is healing. That
will happen for a
while. Then you see
rebuilding, and then
stories will change
to 'this is what's
happening now."
tot-nad) 1\:trning in tit' area only
a few day's later, can trigger ti
reaction..
Triggering of. memories, she
explains, ale common in the first
weeks after a natural disaster.
"For many, there is no getting
atvav from the trauma, as many
have lost jobs, some do not know
the fate of their jobs due to dam-
aged buildings. and many are
returning to homes with hoarded
Up tvir1do\\`s and tvltl itnit elect' 14
itV. Many worry about their par -
ents. spouses and t hiltlre'n and
marry \\itrl('ssed tht' devastating
effects of the tornado lira -hand
sand are still shocked as to how.
close they cantle to losing a pre
ciotas loved one," she said.
'Being a victim of a natural
weather disaster like this is far
from a one day event but rather
an ongoing condition that (-ctrl last
10r llt()Ilths i.ar1(I ('viii years altt'r
the ('Vent. WA'ht'rl a community
suffers stat'h a significant loss, it is
not only a.reacfiori to an. lt-ithvid
nalloss, but to tht' loss of ties
neighbourhood -:the street where
residents would take a nightly
walk on, the xlaan residents 1vould
say hello to as he walked his dog,
the main street where the
shopped, the hari1 S tht'v would
(11) business at. and the cafe tv11e're
vy(olid meet. At•ighbour-
hood harheyues maybe a thing of
the past when residents decide
not to rebuild and moveiiw a , 11
is indeed a heartfelt and but
wrenching hi_ng los; 'fora beat.itiful and
protrd'to\Vf'.
-Disaster interveners like
myself,reals/(' the magnitude of
..
these painful losses, but respect
t11at The- residents \will come to
consider themselves sorYivt)rs as
th.ey learn to rt1pair and rebuild
their lives and adjust to a 'nets
norinal'lterovery trom disaster
is complicated,:hut out.of this
traumatic event will Colne a rieW •
resilience and hope for tht
('0Ffl1'lllnity.”
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GODERICH = CHIROPRACTIC
HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRE
TEMPORARY
RELOCATION
NOTICE
Please be advised that due to the Tornado, effective August 23. 2011, Goderich
Chiropractic will be temporarily operating out of the following office location at.
160 Huron Street, Clinton, ON NOM 1L0. We can still be reached at our current
phone number 519-440-5071.
A big thank you to Dr. Carolyn Wood for welcoming my patients and 1 into her office.
We wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for your continuous
• support. We hope that everyone is healthy and safe during this tinier
Dr. Tricia Denunzlo, D.C. 1 Goderich Chiropractic Health and Wellness Centre
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