Two Rapid City residents who lost the roof of their mobile home to Monday night's winds have been assisted by the Black Hills area chapter of the American Red Cross

Roberta Marske and Blake Whealy awoke late Monday night to the sound of the roof blowing off their mobile home in Prairie Acres Estates, just off Seger Drive. The mangled roof cleared another mobile home before landing in the yard of a third.

Whealy owns the mobile home but does not have insurance on it.

Tuesday morning, Marske said Whealy was trying to find help.

Richard Smith, executive director of the Black Hills' Red Cross chapter, said agency workers drove to the site to assess the situation, and Marske and Whealy received a gift card for supplies to temporarily patch the roof.

"We're able to do things like this because of the generous donations of people in the community to the Red Cross," Smith said. "We respond to both single-family disasters as well as major disasters."