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Rover area wind damage

August 2, 2012
T-G Photos by David Melson
Strong winds left a trail of damage in the Rover area during the early evening of Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012.
  • Part of the roof was blown off a barn along U.S. 41A near Rover.
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  • Another view of the barn owned by Alton Maxwell on U.S. 41A.
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  • Alton Maxwell, while picking up debris from his wind-damaged barn, points in the direction from which high winds blew Wednesday night.
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  • Sheet metal was blown from the Alton Maxwell barn.
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  • This large tree fell near the Alton Maxwell barn on U.S. 41A North.
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  • This utility pole along U.S. 41A North on the south end of Rover, just south of the community's welcome sign, is intact - but barely.
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  • An outbuilding was destroyed and chimney damaged at a U.S. 41A North home.
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  • A chimney was toppled at this home on U.S. 41A near Rover.
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  • This tree fell against a home on U.S. 41A North.
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  • Wade Crick of Duck River Electric Membership Corp. prepares to cut a limb from a damaged tree at the intersection of Jack Taylor and Coopertown roads.
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  • A tree damaged this truck at a Baptist Church Road residence.
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  • The storm's path is evident on Baptist Church Road.
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  • Duck River Electric Membership Corp. at work on Jack Taylor Road at Coopertown Road.
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  • Bobby Napier, a contract worker for United Telephone Co., is at the controls as he lifts utility lines while poles are being replaced on Coopertown Road.
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  • Kevin Lewis, a Kentucky resident serving as a contract worker for United Telephone co., prepares to reattach wires to a pole along Coopertown Road.
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  • Without poles to hold them up, utility lines touch the ground along Coopertown Road.
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  • Poles ready to be placed along Coopertown Road.
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  • Toppled playground equipment at a home on Holly Court.
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  • The Hall children - from left, Aedyn, Jackson, Lachlan, Ellaleigh and Cannon - with the remains of the background playground they funded themselves and helped build. Their parents are Wesley and Marian Hall.
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  • Lachlan Hall points to where a playhouse had been in his family's back yard on Holly Court.
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  • A tree rests on utility lines along Enon Church Road.
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  • A tree fell at this Enon Church Road home.
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  • Vases were blown over at Simpson Cemetery in Rover.
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  • Tree damage at Simpson Cemetery in Rover.
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  • The large tree which fell at Simpson Cemetery, seen from the other side.
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  • Fallen trees in the yard of an Enon Church Road home.
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