Tornado?
Anybody hear anything about the storm that hid Hines Creek last Friday.
There was some talk of there being a tornado with that storm. Haven't heard anything since Tuesday at which point it still wasn't clear if it was a tornado or something else.
I was about five minutes from Hines when it hit. Where I was the winds weren't too bad but the rain was incredible.
I had to pull off the road and wait it out. Visibility was only around ten feet.
Once it was over I went on into Hines to fuel up but the road was blocked by locals who told me there were power lines down all over town.
I could see trees snapped off in every dirrection and some sheds overturned including a big open faced shed at the museum.
There was no power on anywhere so I couldn't fuel up. So I headed west hoping I could make it to FSJ on the fuel I had.
About ten miles west I came upon a downed power pole on the main line.
The line is a primary line so the pole was big, maybe 20 inches at ground level. It was sheered off right at the ground. no other poles were down as far as I could see which lead me to suspect a twister hit that one.
I called it in then went on my way.
So I'm wondering if there really was a twister in that storm.
Anybody know?
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