Friday, May 9, 2003
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Friday, May 9, 2003 |
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Minor damage, no injuries reported in Fayette after Wednesday storm By JOHN MUNFORD Fayette County managed to escape major damage during the heavy thunderstorm that struck the area Wednesday night. Most of the damage was limited to several homes that flooded or were struck by falling trees, according to emergency officials. No major injuries were reported, officials said. In Peachtree City, several apartments in the Tinsley Mill subdivision were damaged by flooding as several cars in the area were trapped underwater, said Fire Chief Stony Lohr. Two trees were also downed on Ga. Highway 54 one just east of the CSX railroad bridge and the other near MacDuff Parkway blocking part of the roadway. Only one home was partially damaged by limbs from a tree that fell, Lohr added. The heavy rains also made roads impassable in some places, he said. The city's radio tower was hit by lightning twice, Lohr noted. "There was no significant property damage," Lohr said. Fayette County's emergency operations center was partially activated as representatives of the Sheriff's Department, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the Emergency Management Department and the Marshal's Office were on hand to handle calls that came in. The county responded to a home struck by lightning on Castlewood Road in Tyrone that received minor damage, homes on Mercedes Trail and Hickory Avenue that had trees fall on them and one home on Hawthorne Place that had a flooded basement. Flooding problems were also reported on Hickory Avenue, Christy Lane, and the intersections of Jeff Davis Drive and center Drive and south Jeff Davis Drive and Lake Drive. "We got lucky," said Capt. Pete Nelms, the county's emergency management coordinator. In Fayetteville, damage from the storm was limited, with one home possibly struck by lightning and another which had a tree fall onto it, said Fire Chief Alan Jones. Damage was extremely limited in both cases, Jones said. "We had a lot of heavy rain and a lot of lightning but we didn't have a lot of wind and I think that saved us," Jones said. "If it had been really windy I think we would have had some bad problems."
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