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High Winds Knock Out Power in at Least 6 States
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by JeffHuang | February 12, 2009 at 09:28 am
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High Winds almost reaching forces of a hurricane has knocked down trees and power lines in at least 6 states across the United States.
A 92 mph wind gust was recorded at Allegheny County Airport. A construction worker was killed at Staten Island when winds sent a cinder block wall down on him. Hundreds of thousands are still without power with trucks and trains tipping over in Mansfield.
About 255,000 customers were without power in alone. There were also about 52,000 outages in Michigan, more than 30,000 around Buffalo, N.Y., and about 80,000 in. Outages are also reported in Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Maryland and other states.
About 200 people in the county were evacuated from homes and an assisted living center because of a storm-related gas leak.
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at 10:52 on February 12th, 2009
I'm on the east coast in the U.S. and my power has been winking in and out for hours.
Gusts have been around 50 mph. I'm keeping an eye on my largest maple in the yard.
at 10:21 on February 14th, 2009
Our last remaining oak tree blew over Feb.12 at about 1 AM. It fell into a Beech Tree and splintered it to the ground. Both trees will have to be professionally removed. Thank heavens that it didn't fall on our neighbor's home.
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