October 18, 2007

Storm Damage

Straight line winds hit Cape Girardeau County in the early morning hours Thursday, October 17, 2007.

Chris Swan remarked to Brian Wingerter that although a tree took out the shed behind their home on Henderson in north Cape Girardeau Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, it had spared the lawn mower. "But it deflated two of the tires," Swan said. Wingerter laughed and said he thought they were already that way.

Chris Wissmann chatted with his neighbors, the McCrites, while waiting for an insurance adjuster to arrive and access the damage incurred by the large maple tree that fell into the back of his home Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, in the 1500 block of West End Boulevard. Wissmann had just recently moved a new motorcycle away from a spot where the tree hit his driveway.

Although power lines were down, both the Wissmann, left, and the McCrite households had power along the 1500 block of West End Boulevard Thursday, October 18, 2007.

Jason Michel, left, David McCrite, his wife Audrey McCrite and her father Jeff Riley inspected storm damage Thursday, October 18, 2007, while waiting for utilities personel to arrive before continuing to cut more of a downed maple away from the McCrite home on Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau.

A tree flattened a Grand Voyager van Thursday, October 18, 2007, along West End Boulevard in Cape Girardeau, keeping the owners at home as it blocked in their other vehicle.

A crushed Grand Voyager van sat Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, as owners waited for an insurance adjuster to arrive in north Cape Girardeau.

High winds early Thursday toppled a neighbor's pine tree onto a 2007 Dodge parked in the driveway of Brian Anderson's house at 2620 Marvin in Cape Girardeau. "It happened at 3:15 last night," Anderson said. The tree struck another vehicle next to it, which helped absorb the impact from the house which sustained only minor damage. Anderson's personal loss wasn't as bad as it looked. "It's a company car," he said of the Dodge, while on the phone checking on his insurance. (Fred Lynch)

Brian Wingerter lost a good portion of his fishing rods Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, when a tree took out half of his shed in north Cape Girardeau.

Brian Wingerter and Chris Swan, rear, lost power this morning but did not hear the tree that fell in their back yard early Thursday, October 18, 2007.

Brian Wingerter and Chris Swan found a tree halving their backyard shed Thursday morning, October 18, 2007.

A downed tree took out the air conditioner but left the ceiling fan in the shed of Brian Wingerter and Chris Swan in north Cape Girardeau early Thursday, October 18, 2007.

Sonny Floyd, left, and Ella Friese brought storm debris for road crews to clear along Perryville road Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, in north Cape Girardeau.

Cape Girardeau Street Department's Jerry Pledger, right, checked his mirrors while clearing tree limbs and storm debris Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, along Perryville road in north Cape Girardeau.

Cape Girardeau Street Department's Jerry Pledger pulled tree limbs out of a yard while cleaning Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, along Perryville road in north Cape Girardeau.

Cape Girardeau Street Department's Jerry Pledger, left, collected tree limbs with a shoveling technique Thursday morning, October 18, 2007, along Perryville road in north Cape Girardeau.

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Straight line winds hit Cape Girardeau County in the early morning hours Thursday, October 17, 2007.

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