Storm damage
Sustained winds of 50 to 70 mph were reported from a storm that moved west of downtown Spokane along the West Plains just after 4 p.m. It then moved across northwest Spokane into the north part of Spokane County.
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Homeowner Ron Jacobs, left, looks at the giant tree that came down in his yard, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, and struck his friend’s 1999 GMC truck. A storm packing violent winds brought down many trees around the region, including to at least two giants that laid across Driscoll near Francis.
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Neighbors stop to look at the giant tree that came down across Driscoll in North Spokane, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, and struck a GMC truck parked there.
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Neighbors stopped to look at the giant tree that came down across Driscoll in North Spokane, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, and struck a GMC truck parked there.
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Homeowners Doug Finley, left, and Ron Jacobs, right, look at the giant trees that came down in their yards, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, on Driscoll in North Spokane. One struck Jacobs’ friend’s 1999 GMC truck parked at the curb there the night before.
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Homeowners Doug Finley, left, and Ron Jacobs, right, look at the giant trees that came down in their yards, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, on Driscoll in North Spokane.
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Richard Poulson carries branches from the tree that came down on his rental home, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Poulson was at the door when the tree cracked and fell across the doorway. He moved out of the way just in time to avoid being struck by the branches of the tree.
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A tree was cracked in half by the storm at Addison and Augusta in Spokane, Wash., Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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Whitworth University physics professor Kamesh Sankaran gathers information on a fallen pine tree outside Graves Gym, July 23, 2014, on the school’s campus. Sankaran plans to use the information in his mechanics of materials class. “You don’t want to let a crisis go to waste,” he said. The tree damaged the concrete sidewalk, metal fence and the outdoor basketball courts.
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Crews remove a tree blocking Government Way near Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Spokane, Wash.
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Cody Riddle runs a chainsaw through the wreckage of what used to be his neighborhood as he, Ken Corter and Chet Hyatt, work to clear a road after high winds collapsed trees in the Riverside Village Mobile Home Park on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Chattaroy, Wash.
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Cody Riddle carries a chainsaw through the wreckage of what used to be his neighborhood as he, Ken Corter, and Chet Hyatt, work to clear a road after high winds collapsed trees in the Riverside Village Mobile Home Park on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Chattaroy, Wash.
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Ken Corter carries a chainsaw as he, Cody Riddle and Chet Hyatt work to clear a road through the wreckage of what used to be Riverside Village Mobile Home Park on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Chattaroy, Wash. “I’m no logger; I’m a carpenter and live across the street” he said. “When it hit the fan, I grabbed a saw and came over to help. I’m gonna have to do the same thing at my place.”
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Gladys Wallin stands with her boyfriend Alva Lucas and her granddaughter, Ireland, 3, after their home was destroyed during a windstorm on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy, Wash.
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Alva Lucas holds Ireland, 3, the granddaughter of his girlfriend, Gladys Wallin, after their home was destroyed by falling trees during a windstorm on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy, Wash. “My car is gone and so is my home, but I made it out with what counts,” he said, holding Ireland.
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Chris Branson, left, and his roommate Nathan Rhodehouse, center, stand with Kallie Beck, in front of the wreckage of the home they used to rent from Beck on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy, Wash. “I’ve got three other places in the Village, and they made it out OK,” she said. “I think the fact that the previous owner put a winter roof on the trailer saved us.”
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Trees fell on 20 trailers at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park displacing more than 35 families on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Chattaroy, Wash.
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Chris Branson stands amid the chaos of fallen trees that destroyed the home he shares with roommate Nathan Rhodehouse, on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy, Wash.
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A tree was sheered in half by the wind on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy, Wash.
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Chris Branson, left, and his roommate Nathan Rhodehouse, right, stand in their home where a tree collapsed onto their roof during a windstorm on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy, Wash.
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Kallie Beck, carries a jack from her destroyed car to her stepson’s on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy, Wash.
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