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ProfessorGAC

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5. Happened To Us Once
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:59 AM
Yesterday

Pretty scary.
A tornado that touched down 6 or 7 miles west of us, then again about 20 miles east bounced over our town but blasted us with 90mph winds as it passed over.
So much line damage, including to high tension lines affecting a couple hundred thousand people, that we were low priority.
Ran the generator for a full week.
Also, we had an ice storm and that pulled a line down into our neighbor's backyard. It was still live, arcing like mad on the wet ground. You could see the flashing looking over the roof lines from 3 blocks away. Even scarier.

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