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Published: August 13, 2008 04:04 pm    print this story   email this story   comment on this story  

Felled by storm, tree crushes home

By Barbara Gill



While working in her computer room, Anita Howard heard a popping sound, a loud crack and then the lights went out and things started flying off the walls. Lightning had struck a tall oak tree in the backyard of her south county home, bringing it down across the roof, with large branches covering the front porch.

Worried about live power lines, Howard quickly found her two dogs and one of the two cats and was able to evacuate and call 911. Suwannee County Fire/Rescue marked off a restricted area and did not allow anyone back inside while awaiting Emergency Management and Suwannee Valley Electric.

Howard has local family with whom she can stay until it is safe to begin repairs, she said.

The storm did bring much needed rain, however. According to Megan Wetherington, water resource engineer for the Suwannee River Water Management District, more than two inches of rain fell on August 12 in the Branford area.

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This large oak tree, felled by a Tuesday afternoon storm, crushed a Suwannee County home on US 27. - Photo: Barbara Gill None/ (Click for larger image)

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