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SnowRida · 08-25-2007, 07:49 AM

WOW! This was close! A tornado came through yestersay one mile north of us and took out a house. Wicked storm! You Michiganders might have seen it on TV. It was in Cohoctah township just north of the town of Howell.

AvroAero · 08-25-2007, 11:53 AM

Lucky you didn't get hit. Otherwise those sleds might of been in for a day!

Is the house toast?

SnowRida · 08-25-2007, 01:53 PM

The house is toast. 15 others are unlivable.

Rider X · 08-25-2007, 04:24 PM

We had two hit about 25 miles north of us in Montcalm Co and one in Eaton Co, which is also about 25 miles from me. Luckily we only got lots of rain.

SSnthe10s · 08-27-2007, 12:33 AM

weird i didnt hear anything about it and i work in livingston co. and listen to 93.5 all day.

SnowRida · 08-27-2007, 04:53 AM

If you listen to 93.5 all day, you would have heard it. My son and I took a drive to look at some of the damage yesterday. WOW! 2 houses missing there roof! BIG trees scattered all over.We even put in a 2 hr. shift helping some people clean up there yard. I ran a wood chipper. These people lost there barn and part of their roof. What a path of distruction. Clean up will take awhile.

**smallengineguy** · 08-27-2007, 07:25 AM

You'd never think a tornado would hit Michigan!!

Rider X · 08-27-2007, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SSnthe10s

weird i didnt hear anything about it and i work in livingston co. and listen to 93.5 all day.

Here is a link to a news story on it:

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news, weather, sports and video - 12 homes destroyed in Eaton County

JEFFH · 08-27-2007, 12:31 PM

I heard some storms hit up there, I knew that was your neck of the woods......or lack there of now. Glad to hear your ok. I had some crazy storms down this way about a mounth ago, but just wind and no tornado's, but it still blew down a ton of trees.
I don't know about you guys but I have had enough summer.

Rider X · 08-27-2007, 01:12 PM

Me too, bring on the snow!!

PolarisINDY500 · 08-27-2007, 01:58 PM

holy crap! i never thought one would touch down, and cause that much damage.

last week thursday, there was a tornado touch down in bolingbrook, IL. its just 20 min west of where i live...needless to say i was a bit curious to see if any damage was caused. but none was reported.

SSnthe10s · 08-27-2007, 05:21 PM

OK the reason i didn't hear about it was cuz It happened after i left work and didn't take in account that i don't listen to 93.5 on the weekend lol. I got the work today and they talked about it every hourly news update. i guess the damage was pretty hardcore. I was at home making a whole mess of jello shots for the company pig roast for the next day, And even the storms in Dexter were pretty hellacious.

SSnthe10s · 08-27-2007, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JEFFH

I heard some storms hit up there, I knew that was your neck of the woods......or lack there of now. Glad to hear your ok. I had some crazy storms down this way about a mounth ago, but just wind and no tornado's, but it still blew down a ton of trees.
I don't know about you guys but I have had enough summer.

yea we lost power in the whole industrial park i work in for 2 days right up there on 36. We heard tornado sirens, i was welding with my helmet down and the welder quit so i thought i just popped a breaker. So i flipped my lid up and i was in total darkness. Luckily i could stumble to the bay door to find some light.

JEFFH · 08-30-2007, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SSnthe10s

yea we lost power in the whole industrial park i work in for 2 days right up there on 36. We heard tornado sirens, i was welding with my helmet down and the welder quit so i thought i just popped a breaker. So i flipped my lid up and i was in total darkness. Luckily i could stumble to the bay door to find some light.

I had no powed for about four days after that storm, Im was glad I was too lazy to go shopping that week and didn't have a fridge full of food. All I lost was a half a bag of tater tots........because thats all that was in the freezer

PolarisINDY500 · 08-30-2007, 01:50 PM

^ LOL speaking like a true bachelor