Recovery effort underway in Henryville, Ind.

Getting to the small town of Henryville, Ind., isn't easy now that a tornado has ravaged the town. Visitors must first pass through several checkpoints to gain access. If you aren't a resident, a member of the media, or an emergency worker, you'd better turn around.

Utility workers from Bloomington have been busy since Friday trying to restore electricity to some 2,800 homes and businesses without power. It is estimated that there were nearly 8,000 outages following the storms.

"It will be quite awhile before its back up," said JC Deckard, lineman for UDWI Bloomington REMC.

Mobile claim centers are quickly assessing the damage and helping their customers file claims.

"Our claim adjusters have been trying to reach our customers to make sure they're okay and help them file a claim as quickly as possible,"  said Jeff Ormond, AllState Regional Spokesperson.

They are people like Aaron and Melody Zollman who lost nearly everything they owned in Friday's tornado.

"This used to have our wedding invitations on it," said Zollman, holding a large wooden board painted with flowers and hearts, before throwing it down in the dirt.

Well, almost everything. Buried deep beneath piles of beams was an envelope containing all of the Zollmans' insurance paperwork.

"It traveled a little forward through the house."

Something they never expected to find.

"In fact that was one of the things we were talking about we hoped we find and there it was," Zollman said laughing.

Dry and in tact, Aaron Zollman considers the find an act of God.

"Yes it's definitely a blessing. It could be a lot worse."

Now all the Zollmans can do is wait and continue to count their blessings one day at at time.

"I think the initial shock has worn off and everybody being alright and living through it."

Tuesday morning, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct a joint preliminary damage assessment with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Small Business Association and other local agencies.  They plan to assess damage not only in Clark County, but Washington, Jefferson, Ripley and Scott Counties as well.