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August 25, 2007 Storm causes power outages, other damages Trees downed, long power outages occurred, heavy hail fell, and one vehcle totalled by storm, marked by remarkably efficient power restoration and roads clearance. But football game proceeds in Green County, and the marching bands played on at Adair County High School, two blocks from storm damage epicenter With photos By Ed Waggener A thunderstorm accompanied by high winds and hail caused serious damage in Columbia yesterday, Saturday, August 25, 2007. The storm hit at about 3:45pm and lasted about 15 minutes, but during that time it destroyed at least one vehicle and caused spotty power outages, mostly centered around Greensburg & Dillon Streets and in the Russell Heights neighborhood around Bramlett ST. The intersection of Dillon Street and Greensburg was blocked at Bluegrass Estates to West Frazier on Greensburg and at Smith Street on Dillon for over two and one-half hours as crews from Kentucky Utilities worked to restore power and from the Kentucky Highway Department to clear Greensburg Street. Sam Genakos' newly purchased S-10 looked to be totalled The storm heavily damaged a 1996 Chevy S-10 belonging to Sam Genakos. The vehicle was parked on Smith Street when limbs fell on it. Genakos said that he had worried about some styrofoam blowing away, only to come out and see the pickup he had bought only a couple of weeks ago smashed. According to Assistant Columbia Police Chief Terry Hadley, Genakos' truck was the only vehicle to suffer damage, so far as he had heard. Smith Street near Dillon was strewn with limbs. Repair, clearance work impressive Over on Dillon Street, resident Bobby Beard watched the clean-up from his four-wheeler. Some one dozen workers were on the scene. Beard said he was impressed by the speed and dedication to get the job done shown by both the utilities workers and the KHD. Trees were down in his father-in-law's yard, in the landmark Dillon House yard, and in the Flowers' House yard as well. As power came on and off in much of Columbia, a sustained black-out was experienced out Dillon Street, Assistant Chief Flatt said. The other focal point for damage and power outages was in the Russell Heights area, he said, but clean-up and power restoration there came much more quickly. Russell Heights has many trees down Trees were down at the corner of Bramlett and West Page, and on the private road at the Withers' Geothermal equipment barns and warehouses. Earlier in the day, the hailstorm rained on the Adair County Football Caravan as it left for Greensburg, but weather permitted the game to take place. Nickel size hail on tin roof sounded like terrists' attack The hail was as large as a nickel, and was right intimidating as it hit windshields and car roofs. "On our tin roof," one resident said, "the pounding hail sounded like we were under terrorist attack." On the bank slope in front of Columbiana, the residence at the corner of East Fortune and West Reed Streets, hail accumulated in the grass, but quickly withered as temperatures clung to the mid-80s, which left like arctic climes compared to the withering heat earlier in the day. And, just a couple of city blocks from the storms epicenter, the Mark Twain Pre-Season Exhibition was a hugely successful event, conducted practically oblivious to the storms' ire. See also: Hailstorm drops temperature 30 degrees on Bull Run This story was posted on 2007-08-26 06:55:38
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