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Downed Tree415 viewsAnother downed tree. They were everywhere in the storm area.
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Raising a downed pole309 viewsHere a truck was lifting one of the poles which had snapped off.
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Snapped Power Pole284 viewsA new replacement pole sits on the ground next to a snapped off one.
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Fernbrook Business Center sign269 viewsThis sign was damaged pretty badly (the other side was completely missing).
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Flagpole257 viewsBent flagpole at the Fernbrook Business Center
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Replacement power poles256 views
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Downed Tree242 viewsThis is a small tree, but one of the dozens that broke off or were uprooted (including many much bigger than this). In the background, you can see one of the sets of bleachers that were picked up and moved by the storm. This ballpark also had some major fence damage.
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Raising another power pole240 viewsEvidently the were rasing up the old poles, holding them in place, and transferring the lines to the new poles (which hadn't been installed yet). Locator crews were scrambling to mark underground utilities so the new poles could be installed.
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Tipped trailer231 viewsThis trailer was overturned by the. Many of the trees in this area were damaged as well.
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Broken Pole216 viewsThis pole was one of the luckier ones -- only the top portion broke off. I overheard a lineman say that the pole itself didn't need replacing.
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Power Line Work206 viewsAdjacent to Parkers Lake, many trees were down, as well as a whole line of power poles. County Rd. 6 was shut down and Xcel Energy had many trucks and linemen working on the problem.
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Roof Damage203 viewsThis office building's roof was blown apart. The building is adjacent to the freeway (I-494) and the news said that the debris blew onto the road and several cars had their windows knocked out by it.
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