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Robertson, Bracken counties sutain storm damage
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 10:31 PM EST
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| A farm building on the Appelman farm on Dutch Ridge Road was a pile of broken wood and twisted metal, blocking the road at until morning. -- Wendy Mitchell/Staff |
Electricity was briefly interrupted in the Piqua area and playground equipment at Martin's Lake was uprooted, scattering a giant multicolored plastic caterpillar 1,000 yards from where it was anchored. Siding and insulation board from Jim and Karen Brumagen's home on Shepherd Road left a trail along fence rows and broken trees dangled precariously over roadways littered with broken limbs. Large barn doors at the Elwood Myers farm on nearby Kentucky 165 were torn loose and a metal building on the Miller farm in Burika was flattened.
Robertson County Road Department crews clearing a path through downed cedar trees said the Shepherd Road area appeared to be the hardest hit. "What we have seen is mostly trees down," said RCRD crew member Avery Workman. "We also heard about some trees on the road at Pea Ridge; they're checking on it."
From Milford to Augusta, Bracken County emergency crews from Brooksville and the Augusta Volunteer Fire Department were busy all night with multiple reports of downed trees and power lines intertwined with reports of a barn in the road on Mattox Road, trees and barn parts on Dutch Ridge Road, a barn down at a farm on Hook Lane and multiple large trees downed in Augusta.
A farm building on the Appelman farm on Dutch Ridge Road was a pile of broken wood and twisted metal, blocking the road until morning. The road was reopened shortly before 10 a.m.
A barn on the Jefferson Farm on Hook Lane was also reportedly downed by the storm and remnants of a barn deposited on Mattox Road, near Powersville, created traffic problems until it too was removed.
Electrical service to residents across the county, including the water department facility near Mount Zion Road was also briefly interrupted, officials said.
On Elizabeth Street in Augusta, a large pine tree fell on the front steps of the Veterans of Foreign Wars building. Along the west end of Riverside Drive, several large trees were twisted into a gigantic pile of kindling and a small building was topped with part of a broken tree.
Damage in Fleming County was minimal according to EMS Director Dwayne Price, despite the fact the county was under a tornado warning during the night. Price said Wednesday there were reports of a lot of wind, rain and even hail during the storms and the roofs of two homes sustained damaged, in addition to several barns in the county.
Price said there were no reports of flooding in the county.
"We didn't get hit as hard as the areas around us," Price said.
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Contact Wendy Mitchell at wendy.mitchell@lee.net or call 564-9091, ext. 276.
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