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Tonight firefighters say a Hermitage homeowner is lucky the damage wasn't worse after his home was struck by lightning. The bolt struck this home on Stewarts Ferry Pike near the Davidson/Wilson County line. Firefighters say the lightning struck metal on the roof and the energy blew out a section of drywall on the 2nd floor of the house. Firefighters say this homeowner was lucky because lightning strikes like this have been known to destroy homes.
"Typically with these high charged storms that we see come in in the afternoons, we see a lot of stuff like that, not always with a beginning and ending like this," says Nashville District Fire Chief Jim Norman. "Where it is just kind of a charge that had to find an entry and an exit, but a lot of times it moves, significant house fires are caused by lightning."
Chief Norman says lightning rods can prevent devastating lightning damage to your home by sending the energy directly down to the ground and away from your home.
"Typically with these high charged storms that we see come in in the afternoons, we see a lot of stuff like that, not always with a beginning and ending like this," says Nashville District Fire Chief Jim Norman. "Where it is just kind of a charge that had to find an entry and an exit, but a lot of times it moves, significant house fires are caused by lightning."
Chief Norman says lightning rods can prevent devastating lightning damage to your home by sending the energy directly down to the ground and away from your home.
Thursday, August 9 2012, 09:30 PM CDT
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Houston brother will be his own attorney in court
June 18, 2013 13:02 GMT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Roane County man will face federal gun violation charges next month without an attorney.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/17VlXpM ) reported Rocky Joe Houston will represent himself on a charge of possession of a gun by a felon.
The charge came after Houston earlier represented himself in state court on charges stemming from a police chase. He was convicted of evading arrest and reckless endangerment.
Houston and his brother, Leon Houston, were tried, but not convicted, in the 2006 shooting deaths of a Roane County deputy and his ride-along companion.
In federal court, Rocky Joe Houston is claiming the officer who charged him with the felony had no legal authority.
Information from: Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
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