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Possible tornado hit my brother's place.

NorthernRedneck

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Last night we were under a severe thunder storm watch with strong winds and hail with the possibility of tornadoes. It missed us but went through where my brother lives only 4 hrs away. He had trees down on both his truck and motorhome. He also posted pictures of a local hotel who's roof was ripped off. Trees down everywhere. Power lines ripped down. This is a smaller northern Ontario community based on tourism and fly in fishing so there are many float planes in the area. Two turbo otter's were tied to a dock and were lifted up and nearly flipped over.






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pirate_girl

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Probably was a tornado, Brian.
Bad storm systems came through here Sunday night into the wee hours.
Riga Township Michigan had a confirmed F-1.
 

MNwr786

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Looks like straight line wind to me. A tornado would have tossed the garbage cans and trampoline. We removed all of the trees that could land on the cabin here. Whenever there is the slightest chance of high wind, I move vehicles and secure everything. Hopefully the planes are ok. Was it a surprise storm no one expected? Aren't there anchor points to tie wings down?
 

NorthernRedneck

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They were calling for a storm but nothing this bad. I tried to link a Facebook video to here of the actual storm hitting but it wouldn't work. Apparently the roof was ripped off the only hotel in town.
 

MNwr786

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Hope everyone is ok. Can you copy/paste the link in as text? I need to go fix a road quick but I'd love to see the video!
 

NorthernRedneck

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Guess he has privacy settings in place.

Here's the truck damage. Wonder if they can do paintless dent removal?

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Even the rv didn't get it too bad. For an older rv, as long as it doesn't leak and the interior isn't damaged, I'd just leave it. He just bought it last year to haul his racecar around to different tracks.

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NorthernRedneck

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Here's a couple screen shots of the video. It doesn't do it justice as the wind and rain was coming sideways along with severe lightning.


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