Hundreds without power, roofs damaged by storm

  • Crews from Bright Star Solutions were working along Hwy 92 Friday morning to repair downed power lines which had left more than 600 homes without power. A sawed up pine tree in lower left of the photo had fallen on the power lines during a brief but strong thunderstorm the night before. Dan Eakin PHoto
    Crews from Bright Star Solutions were working along Hwy 92 Friday morning to repair downed power lines which had left more than 600 homes without power. A sawed up pine tree in lower left of the photo had fallen on the power lines during a brief but strong thunderstorm the night before. Dan Eakin PHoto
Hardin County got a little unexpected rain Thursday night which was good, but the thunderstorm caused a lot of roof damage and downed power lines just north of Silsbee. The Silsbee Fire Department began getting calls shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday that power lines were down at different locations in the area. About a mile and a half north of Silsbee, a large pine tree fell on a power lie on theā€¦

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