Folks in Cullman County still trying to clean up from last week's pummeling -- got another dose of nature's fury.

"Didn't expect it. You expected to wake up Sunday morning and have mother's day celebrations, but it didn't turn out that way," says storm victim Alex Twitty of Colony.

Winds ripped through chicken coupes and trees toppled homes.

"It was a tornado. I could hear it on one side when it would roar, then on the other side it would roar. I started hearing trees falling and lots of bangs," says Twitty.

Twitty and his mom were in their home sleeping when the storms hit Colony, leaving behind three holes in his roof, and a totalled car.

Twitty says, "Our front door slammed and jammed shut. We couldn't get out the front door. We didn't know if we could get out the back. We heard the tree limb go through the roof in her bedroom. We grabbed a flashlight, left the back door, and got my uncle's house for safety."

Down the road, Porky Hollow BBQ is a place that usually serves food, but is now taking servings instead, and help from the owner's entire church congregation.

"We didn't have power this morning so we didn't get to have mother's day service, so our whole congregation came up here and helped us clean up," say restaurant owner Christine Lewis.

Lately it seems Cullman County can't seem to escape any of Central Alabama's severe weather.

"I've lived her since I was a child. It's been circling us for years and today just wasn't our day," says Twitty.

Storm victims are also dealing with the loss of power. Some residents suspect they'll be without electricity for four days.

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