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I can't even imagine what you guys must be going through down there or the magnitude of that storm at landfall. I'm a thousand miles away from where Ike hit Texas and we got walloped yesterday!
The remnants of Ike blew through Ohio yesterday and the winds still packed a punch. 80 m.p.h. gusts knocked out power to a half-million customers, ripped off roofs and downed tress throughout the area. And the center of the storm was a couple hundred miles north of us!
My yard is littered with debris and fallen branches. Sections of my neighbors six foot wooden fence were knocked down and a gate was ripped away from my fence.
Surprisingly, we were far enough away from the center that little rain fell- just a few sprinkles. It isn't uncommon for hurricanes to come inland, then stall out over the midwest, staying in one place and dumping rain for several days.
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