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To: metmom; All

Not fun:

https://www.facebook.com/wxbradWCNC/posts/1676433719095744

I actually had almost the same thing happen to me, years ago, except that I had time to get slowed from 50-55 mph to about 30-ish. And, there was little wind - it was just an old tree that chose that moment to come down. I broke the trunk into 2 sections(!) - granted that it was partially decayed.


1,265 posted on 09/14/2017 7:52:19 AM PDT by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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To: Paul R.

OUCH....

Another couple seconds and she would be in much worse shape than a little hurt.

That was too close a call.


1,266 posted on 09/14/2017 9:02:14 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Paul R.

Not to diminish your experience, or the woman in the video, but a few years ago we had a brief storm blow through in Columbus with strong gusts. Imagine that tree being a power line instead. It happened for real and it came right through some man’s van as he was driving, through the windshield and severed his leg or foot. It was a pretty crazy thing. His rescue was incredible. It was pouring rain, still windy, and those poles were live. (There were about 10 of them all strung together, and this one in the middle toppled and pulled all the others towards it.) Amazing courage for the first responders and the Good Samaritans who stopped to help, well, I guess they were stuck around him. At any rate, it was nothing short of a miracle that the man lived. If I’m not mistaken, I think his surgery to reattach the severed piece went well, and he is alive to tell the remarkable tale.


1,270 posted on 09/14/2017 12:26:14 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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