Severe storms quickly pushed their way through the Tri-state Tuesday afternoon causing damage to homes and cars.In Hamilton, power lines were down stretching more than two blocks. There were warnings of severe weather.”It started raining and hailing super hard. I was like, what. It looked like we was having a hurricane,” said Xyerricka Bonner, a Hamilton resident.He was playing video games when the power turned off prompting him to look outside. The storms caused fallen power lines on trees, cars and even houses.”It’s been a mess all night. We’ve got trees down everywhere. This one here the electrics down, probably going to have to shut the street down,” said Tim Creameans with public works in Hamilton.Crews worked tirelessly to restore power to homes. On one street, a power line was on top of a car, just around the corner, another car was smashed by heavy winds bringing down a tree.”There was a car that had his windshield broken out and its headlight hanging out of the car and I was like, you know, ‘Awww sucks to be that guy,'” said Kim Anderson.Not realizing her own was right around the corner.”I guess it sucks to be me more now,” Anderson said.A tree was uprooted, smashing into the front of her home. The roof was just newly completed in the fall with a price tag of $8,000.”We had a tree that we actually took down on the side of the here because we were afraid of the same thing happening,” she said.No one was inside except two kittens and a dog. Anderson thought of what it could have been.”Oh yeah, that’s scary. Even for them to hear that coming crashing down, in general. The scare of that happening and then possibly injuries too,” Anderson said.Public works crews said that no injuries were reported. Residents should expect crews back out in the morning.
Severe storms quickly pushed their way through the Tri-state Tuesday afternoon causing damage to homes and cars.
In Hamilton, power lines were down stretching more than two blocks. There were warnings of severe weather.
“It started raining and hailing super hard. I was like, what. It looked like we was having a hurricane,” said Xyerricka Bonner, a Hamilton resident.
He was playing video games when the power turned off prompting him to look outside. The storms caused fallen power lines on trees, cars and even houses.
“It’s been a mess all night. We’ve got trees down everywhere. This one here the electrics down, probably going to have to shut the street down,” said Tim Creameans with public works in Hamilton.
Crews worked tirelessly to restore power to homes. On one street, a power line was on top of a car, just around the corner, another car was smashed by heavy winds bringing down a tree.
“There was a car that had his windshield broken out and its headlight hanging out of the car and I was like, you know, ‘Awww sucks to be that guy,'” said Kim Anderson.
Not realizing her own was right around the corner.
“I guess it sucks to be me more now,” Anderson said.
A tree was uprooted, smashing into the front of her home. The roof was just newly completed in the fall with a price tag of $8,000.
“We had a tree that we actually took down on the side of the here because we were afraid of the same thing happening,” she said.
No one was inside except two kittens and a dog. Anderson thought of what it could have been.
“Oh yeah, that’s scary. Even for them to hear that coming crashing down, in general. The scare of that happening and then possibly injuries too,” Anderson said.
Public works crews said that no injuries were reported. Residents should expect crews back out in the morning.
