Storm damage in eastern Greene County

Thursday, May 26, 2011

By Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor

A heavy line of storms moved through the eastern Greene County area Monday and Wednesday evenings. Damage in the Lawrence County area was heavy with power lines down and several mobile homes sustaining significant damage. Monday's storm downed a large tree that nearly split a meeting hall at Hobbieville Christian Fellowship Church into two pieces.

The Hobbieville Christian Fellowship Church building was damaged by high winds during Monday evening's storm.
Debris littered the roadway in Lawrence Hollow as residents Kim Byers and Carol Hoover look at a trampoline that was tangled in electrical wires.

A tree toppled on the Greg Harmon mobile home in Lawrence Hollow.
Down trees blocked this road in Lawrence Hollow. A car is under some of the debris at right.
A badly damaged American Flag still stood proud in one Lawrence Hollow yard,
Downed trees and power lines surround this mobile home in Lawrence Hollow.
The Dave Tatum residence in Lawrence Hollow was heavily damaged.
This steel barn near the State Road 54 and State Road 43 junction had its roof blown off into the roadway.
Metal garage doors didn't fare very well during the storm at this residence located just east of the Eastern Greene Elementary and Middle School campus along State Road 54.
The tree, located adjacent from the Eastern School campus, was damaged by high winds.