PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) – With temperatures set to drop into the teens this weekend, Brooklyn resident Pamela Boyte said she\u2019s trying not to expect the worst.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy porch is completely collapsed,\u201d said Boyte. \u201cMy kitchen is completely destroyed. It\u2019s like chopsticks in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boyte was standing in her kitchen on Monday when the cold started to set in.<\/p>\n
Then, she heard a cracking sound.<\/p>\n
\u201cNext thing I know, the roof collapses inside, and then a whole tree comes in my house,\u201d Boyte said.<\/p>\n
Boyte said the tree narrowly missed her when it fell into her home.<\/p>\n
Luckily, she was able to go outside and call 911.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey sent the fire department out, and Dixie (Volunteer Fire Department) ended up coming that night and helping the boys cut the tree off,\u201d Boyte said.<\/p>\n
Boyte said she\u2019s disabled, and her home is uninsured.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t just up and run to a shelter,\u201d said Boyte. \u201cI\u2019ve got my medicine and stuff, you know, my emergency oxygen in case I had to have it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Insulation, limbs and parts of the roof are scattered over the area.<\/p>\n
Boyte and her son are now confined to one bedroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cI lost one heater, but that\u2019s irrelevant,\u201d Boyte said. \u201cAt least I\u2019ve got the other one in the bedroom and it\u2019s pretty warm in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boyte said she\u2019s called the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for assistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey literally hung the phone up and told me Forrest County wasn\u2019t on the list,\u201d said Boyte. \u201cI told them anything would help and that we were freezing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boyte said she was told to contact Forrest County leaders.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey brought one tarp out,\u201d said Boyte.<\/p>\n
WDAM 7 called the Forrest County Emergency Management Agency and was told that they\u2019ve contacted the Southeast Mississippi Disaster Coalition to get Boyte some help.<\/p>\n
Boyte said any help would be greatly appreciated as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can do to fix that right now,\u201d said Boyte.<\/p>\n
If anyone would like to help Pamela Boyte, she can be contacted at (601) 549-2977.<\/p>\n
Boyte said if she can\u2019t be reached by phone, she\u2019ll be at home this weekend at 182 Sam Boyte Road in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n