Long Plain First Nation residents are still away from home following the July 20th tornado that impacted many of their homes. Kathryn Myran's one of them, and shares an update.

"From the information that we've been told and gathered, it all depends on the individual's home, because the damage was so immense in the First Nation. Certain homes were damaged in different levels of extent. So, right now they're fixing the roofs. They're trying to get all that done first. And then they'll inspect the homes, and go inside to see what needs to be done in the inside."

She says it's not easy for families with children in the hotel.

"It's frustration with the families. Really, it's hard living in a hotel, especially when you have young children, and you're in a closed room. A lot of things like this are going to happen to different communities, and I think they need to prepare a lot better, especially if you're in a hotel setting. There should be programs for the children, where they can actually participate -- things that can be happening outside -- to get a lot of their energy out. What you've noticed is there's a lot of security here, which is very hard for the families, because it doesn't feel like a family atmosphere. It feels more like a jail. If the kids are constantly seeing security, they're not going to see them in a positive light. Especially if security is saying, 'Quit running, quit doing this, quit doing that.' I think they need more workers that are coming in and actually working with the families instead of trying to police the families."

Myran adds a school bus was scheduled to transport the kids back forth to school.

"From what we're told, Long Plain Elementary School was damaged itself. So, actually getting that up and going was a priority. We were told that the 7th of this month it would be up and going. But then we were just told Monday that the bus still has issues. The original plan is that they're going to bus the students from the hotel back to the reserve and back again."