[OKDXA] Severe Storms in Jones County

[N5PA]

We had fairly rough weather yesterday afternoon and in the north end of =
the
county was the worse part.  I had an oak tree on the back of my lot that =
was
snapped off about 3 feet above the ground.  The tree was about 70 feet =
tall
and about a foot in diameter.  It appears that there were straight-line
winds up around Billy Gray's (KB5FET) house yesterday.  Billy lives =
about
2-3 miles north, northeast of me.  Billy said it pulled his 4 foot guy
anchor with a six inch auger about a foot out of the ground.  He said =
that
it moved his two meter and six meter beams out of alignment with his HF
beam.  It took the roof off of one of his neighbor's house about 100 =
yards
away and then it blew a tree down on the house.  They had to cut him out =
of
the house because he was wheelchair bound.  Sounds like that part of the
county got pretty rough.  Allen (KB5VLA) and Lee Matthews (KB5IXI) went =
over
and secured his guys to a tree temporarily to keep the tower secure.  He =
is
going to borrow my come-along and guy grips to redo his anchor and guys =
this
weekend.  You never know when a disaster will strike.  I talked with =
Billy
and Betty (KB5ICE) several times last night and it sounds like their =
area
took the blunt of the storm.  All I have to do is cut up the tree that =
came
down and see if someone wants to get firewood out of it.  I checked my =
guys
and anchors at my house this morning and all appears to be fine.  We got
about 1 3/4 of rain out of the storm, also.=20
=20
73's
Alan, N5PA


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