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Old09-16-2008, 11:34 PM #1
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Did anyone else get hit with the damaging windstorm on Sunday afternoon? I live in Indiana and we got a lot of down tree limbs as well as up-rooted trees. Kentucky has declared state of emergency in some parts with Kentucky National Guard deployed. We had 85 MPH winds, thought my F-150 was gonna turn over in the yard. I got blown off the road twice in the truck.

I was just wondering how much of the country got high winds off 'IKE' or was it just in this area.
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Old09-17-2008, 10:38 AM #2
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We had some wind Sunday night, but nothing as bad as you describe. Lots of branches and some trees down. About 6000 people lost power.
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Did anyone else get hit with the damaging windstorm on Sunday afternoon? I live in Indiana and we got a lot of down tree limbs as well as up-rooted trees. Kentucky has declared state of emergency in some parts with Kentucky National Guard deployed. We had 85 MPH winds, thought my F-150 was gonna turn over in the yard. I got blown off the road twice in the truck.

I was just wondering how much of the country got high winds off 'IKE' or was it just in this area.
You should have been here when Ike hit landfall as a CAT 2.
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I live in Michigan. Saturday it was 70 and 3 inches of rain. 4 F-O tornadoes hit the Klamazoo area mostly west. Kind of a surprise. Some damage to business. My brother is waiting to go to Houston as he works for a company that distributes power line goods and meters to electric co-ops.
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I live in Michigan. Saturday it was 70 and 3 inches of rain. 4 F-O tornadoes hit the Klamazoo area mostly west. Kind of a surprise. Some damage to business. My brother is waiting to go to Houston as he works for a company that distributes power line goods and meters to electric co-ops.
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He will be VERY BUSY down there!
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