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Surveying the wreckage

Surveying the wreckage

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06 Oct 2010 178
Doug Witham points out the damage to his 110-year-old house.
Firemen search for the injured

Firemen search for the injured

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17 Sep 2010 118
While residents search for their belongings.
At Athens High School

At Athens High School

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17 Sep 2010 128
There was substantial damage at and around the school's athletic field. A soccer game was underway there when the storm hit, but there were only a few injuries, all minor.
Power lines were a tangled mess

Power lines were a tangled mess

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17 Sep 2010 164
Yes, that's a transformer at eye-level.
The world's biggest cartop carrier . . .

The world's biggest cartop carrier . . .

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17 Sep 2010 133
. . . had been a doublewide mobile home a few hours earlier.
Not even new structures escaped

Not even new structures escaped

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17 Sep 2010 143
Residents began the job of cleaning up and rebuilding.
What used to be . . .

What used to be . . .

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17 Sep 2010 147
. . . the bleachers at the high school.
The high school's scoreboard

The high school's scoreboard

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17 Sep 2010 146
The trunk held . . .

The trunk held . . .

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17 Sep 2010 147
. . . but the roots didn't.
Like dominoes

Like dominoes

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17 Sep 2010 1 154
The front window was blown out of Lindsey Johnson's collectibles shop, and it sent glassware on shelves at a side window toppling.
This is a 110-year-old house

This is a 110-year-old house

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17 Sep 2010 108
It held strong -- until a neighbor's garage smashed into it. If you look closely you can see how the wind peeled away the very paint on the house's front.
There was a lot of this

There was a lot of this

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17 Sep 2010 102
The stuff stuck to the front of the house is debris; part of its roof was also gone.
This was more typical

This was more typical

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17 Sep 2010 109
A fellow tries to find his possessions amid what used to be his home.
And this house got off easy

And this house got off easy

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17 Sep 2010 119
Just part of the roof missing and a tree down.
Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

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08 Sep 2010 1 196
East of Amarillo, Texas. The radio was going crazy -- yup, there is a tornado in there someplace. Nikon F3, 18mm Nikkor, Kodachrome