Four days after a tornado ripped through Cherokee County, homeowners are still cleaning up and wondering what will happen to all of the storm debris on their curbs.

The tiny tornado that cut a 24-mile path of destruction through Cherokee County has  turned out to be terribly expensive.

Cherokee County officials estimate damage at more than $15 million to the more than 500 structures damaged or destroyed by the Labor Day storm.

After receiving reports from more than 400 insurance companies, Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens reported "There were 3,646 claims. The total together was $15 million."

That's only for insured losses, Hudgens said.

In the Ball Ground community, damage to homes and businesses was especially severe, according to Cherokee County Emergency Management Director Robby Westbrook. Many older trees were felled in an area where many of the residents are older, some without insurance, he said.

The storm also ripped the porch roof off Uncle Peppers Pizza Kitchen on Highway 5.

"When it picked it up, it blew us the whole length of the building," said Mark Holcomb.

Pizza Kitchen owner Chris Carter told Channel 2 Action News that the storm also flipped his walk in freezer and tore out his entire ventilation system.

"What's keeping us out of business right now is the hood system," Carter said.  "You can't cook if you can't vent."

In Woodstock, where homeowners have gathered up storm debris and dragged tree limbs and leaves to the curb expecting the sanitation department to pick it up, comes word that wont' happen.

"That is not something that they are going to clean up at this point in time," said Gordon Grant with Evergreen Tree Service.