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People in Lebanon spent part of their day cleaning up from some overnight storms. Strong winds and lightning took down a number of trees and power lines. FOX17's Justin McFarland shows us some of the damage.
"We heard it go boom," says Ruby Roberts. "I thought the house was blown away I did."
Roberts is talking about a scary overnight storm that brought 2 huge tree limbs on top of her home and she wasn't alone. Across Lebanon from Coles Ferry Pike to Oakdale Drive, huge trees that stood for decades were violently tossed on top of homes, into the street and even very close to a church.
"I was just shocked to see the trees laying against the church," says Cecil Hinton.
Hinton is the pastor at First Assembly Church.
"Then I walked around here and saw the trees against the stump and I was just amazed at what had happened," says Hinton.
He was away camping when the alarm company for his church called and said something shook the building. There was only minor damage.
"We've had several winds that have come by and knocked a few shingles off, but nothing like this," says Hinton.
The National Weather Service says the damage was done by straight line winds and not a tornado, but what caused it doesn't matter to Roberts. She's just thankful to survive it.
"I was scared, I was," says Roberts. "I thought we were going to blow away, but thank God we didn't though."
There were no storm related injuries reported. At the height of the storm, over 1000 customers were without power.
"We heard it go boom," says Ruby Roberts. "I thought the house was blown away I did."
Roberts is talking about a scary overnight storm that brought 2 huge tree limbs on top of her home and she wasn't alone. Across Lebanon from Coles Ferry Pike to Oakdale Drive, huge trees that stood for decades were violently tossed on top of homes, into the street and even very close to a church.
"I was just shocked to see the trees laying against the church," says Cecil Hinton.
Hinton is the pastor at First Assembly Church.
"Then I walked around here and saw the trees against the stump and I was just amazed at what had happened," says Hinton.
He was away camping when the alarm company for his church called and said something shook the building. There was only minor damage.
"We've had several winds that have come by and knocked a few shingles off, but nothing like this," says Hinton.
The National Weather Service says the damage was done by straight line winds and not a tornado, but what caused it doesn't matter to Roberts. She's just thankful to survive it.
"I was scared, I was," says Roberts. "I thought we were going to blow away, but thank God we didn't though."
There were no storm related injuries reported. At the height of the storm, over 1000 customers were without power.
Tuesday, July 31 2012, 07:48 PM CDT
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