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Storm rages over Adair Tuesday night By Linda Waggener As the sun set in Adair County yesterday things were peaceful and other than the muggy, intense heat, I hadn't given the weather much thought. As darkness settled, weather alerts sounded an alarm about serious storms approaching. Then it seemed like no time until the sounds of howling winds were punctuated by crashing thunder and, with electricity flickering, sheets of blowing rain were all that could be seen, back-lighted by fierce lightening. It was a major storm that didn't just bang clang and move on, it raged right overhead for nearly half an hour, jangling my nerves, sending me to the basement with a candle and a radio. Scanning the stations in Adair and surrounding counties, it was on "The Wave" in the voices of Alan Reed, Jason Ray and Daniel, that I heard continuous coverage of the storm, "up to 70 mph winds crossing Adair County, trees blown down, reports coming in about roads towards Holmes Bend and Knifley being blocked . . . rescue squad heading to Milltown . . . power lines downed in many areas, don't go near them . . . Adair County Fair Miss Teen pageant moved inside the VFW building but still going on . . . power outages in the Rice addition and in Sparksville . . . and finally around 9:45 p.m. warnings cancelled . . . thankfully, no reports of serious injuries in this storm." As the WHVE voices rightfully gave credit to all the officials who were on call across Adair County, working through the night until roads were cleared and power restored, it occured to me that there were more people to thank -- those calm voices steadily relaying up-to-the-minute information before during and after the storm had passed. In this day of auto-pilot radio stations, it's really comforting that ownership of this local station stays on the job to share information in an emergency. Every media has its strength, and 'immediacy' is it for radio. On the morning after we want pictures, but in the eye of the storm we just want someone we can trust to talk us through it. Good job, guys. Click here for more on The Wave Ed Waggener noted these specifics from a partial visual tour on the day after the storm, July 14, 2004, in the following areas: JAMESTOWN STREE AREA --Limbs down in park area, Old DQ (Diary Dip) Bottom of Jamestown Hill --Limbs down on bank in front of Trabue-Russell House. --Limbs down in front yard, Councilman Mike Neal's Yard. --Tree down next door to Councilman Joe Moore's home. --Bradford Pear down corner Miller Ave and Jamestown, in ColumbiaChurch of Christ --Heavy damage to landmark trees in the Richard Phelps (Mary LucyLowe House) corner of Jamestown and Miller Avenue (shown in photo with this article) ALL OVER ADAIR, the heaviest storm damage to trees seemed to be to Bradford Pears,Locusts, and Water Maples. --Bradford Pear down beside Five Star on Jamestown Street. RUSSELL ROAD --Tree down in Hughes Court property GREENSBURG STREET: --Limbs down between AC Regional Jail and Stotts-Phelps-McQuearyFuneral Home and across the road in Alta Garnett's yard. --Landmark Maple down at corner of Greensburg Street and Jones Streetin corner of Quality Personnel office lot. --Early Wednesday morning, World War II veteran Earl Conover was outtidying up his yard and the portion of Wall Street in front of hishouse. --Marshall Street was closed at Greensburg Street with a policeyellow tape blocking entrance. --Rice Addition was blocked by Asplundh Tree Service crews takinglimbs off power line. Traffic from Rice Edition/Crestview Loopblocked for a time before 8:30 a.m. --Tree down in corner of Tommy Grider-built townhouses at entrance toRice Addition. --Limbs down in Bill Conn yard (old Herb Taylor/Patteson Place). BURKESVILLE ROAD: --Tree split in yard of new R.L. and Marsha Walker estate. --Entrance to homes across from Walker Florist / Meadow Hill Inn areawas blocked by downed trees. FORTUNE STREET --Landmark elm, other trees damaged in Eva and David Rigney'sColumbiana (William Field/Reed House/Pete Walker place) and at MerleReeds and other points on Fortune St. CUTOFF or GREEN HILLS --Georgeous Crepe Myrtle lining Dr. Webb drive split --Roof torn off mobile home in Greens Hills subdivision. --Tree down in back yard at the Mike Mann home. HIGHWAY 206/Liberty Road. --Winds blew flowers and holders from grave markers into ditch.Almost entire length of Haven Hill Cemetery on 206 lined withFlowers, as though placed there by a gardener. --Heavy tree damage in the landmark Old Clayton Home (David Bowman's?) yard --Limbs down in the Purdy area ("Somerset" if you believe WKYU radio) HIGHWAY 551: --Lots of trees down, including at WIllard and Sharon Coomer's Egypt home, andone of the landmark trees lining the drive to the Ivan Morris homeplace. BULLRUN ROAD: --Tree down in the A.B. Corbin Cemetery FAIRGROUND STREET: --Limbs down in Jane Keltner yard. CAMPBELLSVILLE STREET: --Heavy damage to trees in Columbia Cemetery --Big Tree down in front of Adair Florist SQUARE: --Town clock was off in the Adair County Courthouse and the corner Bank of Columbia clock. This story was posted on 2004-07-14 09:55:54
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