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>> TAKE A LOOK AND LISTEN AT THAT IT WAS RECORDED BY MIKE WHITE MAN WHO LIVES ON
CLEAR LANE. THE STORM SHOOK UP
WHAT MANY HOPED TO BE A
PEACEFUL
CHRISTMAS EVE, DOWNED POWER
LINES AND TREES ROADS BLOCKED
AND SOME HOMES WITH DAMAGE AND
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE
WITH SAID THEY NEVER SAW IT
COMING.
GOOD EVENING PEOPLE
AROUND THE AREA STARTED CALLING
AND EMAILING THE NEWS 4 JAX
NEWSROOM AS THE STORMS WERE
PUSHING THROUGH.
>> TO REPORT THE DAMAGE TO AND
NEAR THEIR HOUSES, MANY PEOPLE
WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE
MORNING TO SEE HOW MUCH DAMAGE
THEY HAVE BUT TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS
ARE CREWS FOUND AROUND THE
MANDARIN AREA. SO FAR THOUGH WE
HAVEN’T HAD ANY REPORTS
ON INJURIES NEWS 4 JAX TEAM IS
IN THE MANDARIN AND IS MORE
AREAS TONIGHT. BUT WE’VE BEEN
TRACKING DAMAGE FROM
JACKSONVILLE ALL THE WAY TO
LAKE CITY WE BEGIN WITH NEWS 4
JAX REPORTER ERIK AVANIER
IN MANDARIN WE’RE A FALLEN TREE
IS BLOCKING HOOD ROAD IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS, ERIC.
>> YES, I’VE GOT
AN UPDATE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW
WE’RE AGAIN WE’RE ON THE HOOD
ROAD ABOUT ONE MILE
EAST OF SAINT AUGUSTINE ROAD
AND WORK CREWS HAVE JUST PICKED
UP THAT TREE IT APPEARS THAT
THEY ARE NOW ABOUT TO OPENED
REOPENED THIS A ROADWAY WHEN WE
GOT HERE THERE WAS A MASSIVE
TREE THAT HAD
FALLEN ONTO THE ROADWAY AND IT
WAS BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF
DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC HAD TO BE
REROUTED BUT AS I JUST
JUST MOMENTS AGO THEY HAVE JUST
PICKED EVERYTHING UP THEY
CHOPPED UP THAT TREE THEY PUT
IT IN TRUCK THERE AND IT’S NOW
BEING HAULED OFF AND JSO HAS
NOW REOPENED THE ROAD WHICH
MEANS THEIR WORST START TO SEE
MORE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH IF
WE CAN SWING THE CAMERA THAT
WELL I KNOW IT’S A LITTLE HARD
TO SEE THAT IN FACT LET’S TRY
TO GO ACROSS THE STREET REAL
QUICK BEFORE THE NEXT TROPICAL
OVER BUT I WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
RIGHT OVER HERE. I KNOW IT’S
PROBABLY HARD TO SEE BECAUSE
IT’S PRETTY DARK OUT HERE,
THERE’S ANOTHER TREE THAT HAS
FALLEN DOWN OVER THERE AND IT’S
NOT THE SITTING ON AN RV NOW
ACCORDING TO POLICE THERE WAS
NO ONE HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED SO
OF COURSE THERE WERE NO
INJURIES TO REPORT IN JUST
AROUND THE CORNER OFF FROM THIS
LOCATION. YOU HAVE A
SUBDIVISION CALLED
NATURE’S WAY IS FIGHT THAT
SUBDIVISION YOU’VE GOT A SMALL
TREE THAT IS DOWN ALONG
WITH A POWER OF A LIGHT POLE
THAT IS DOWN THAT BLOCKING THE
ROADWAY LUCKILY, A JSO IS OUT
THERE THEY’RE BLOCKING THE
ROADWAY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM
RUNNING INTO THAT AND NOT TOO
FAR FROM THAT LOCATION IN THE
SAME SUBDIVISION YOU’VE GOT A
TREE THAT IS NOW SITTING ON TOP
OF A HOUSE THAT WHEN I SPOKE
WITH THE HOMEOWNER. HE SAYS HE
WAS INSIDE WHEN IT HAPPENED AND
HE SAID THAT THE STORM CAME ON
FAST AND FURIOUS.
>> I FIGURED YOU KNOW, HEY IT
SOUNDS LIKE A TORNADO SO I
HEADED FOR YOU KNOW A BATHTUB,
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE BATHROOMS
AND THEN SEEMED TO
DIE DOWN AND I CAME OUT AT THE
SAME TIME I WAS COMING OUT MY
NEIGHBORS WERE WE’RE COMING OUT
TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND WE SAW THAT.
>> NOW AS BAD AS THAT DAMAGE LOOK THE DAMAGE WAS VERY MINIMAL BECAUSE THAT TREE
ACTUALLY LANDED ON A SUPPORT
BEAM THE THING THAT SEPARATES
HIS GARAGE FROM THE OTHER AREAS
OF
THE HOUSE. SO HE HAS VERY
MINIMAL DAMAGE AND ALSO
LUCKILY, NO ONE INSIDE
THE HOME WAS INJURED REPORTING
LIVE FROM THE MANDARIN AREA
ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>JOY PURDY: THANK YOU AND
WASN’T THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD
HIT HARD BY
THIS STORM.
>> SOME PEOPLE SAID IT FELT AND
SOUNDS LIKE A TORNADO CAME
THROUGH EVEN THOUGH
IT WAS LIKELY JUST AS STRONG
WINDS THAT HIT THE WATER BROOKE
FALL SUBDIVISION THAT’S IN NORTHWEST JACKSONVILLE NEAR THE TROUT RIVER NEWS, 4 JAX
REPORTER CORLEY PEEL IS IN THAT
AREA TONIGHT. CORLEY WHAT
DAMAGE HAVE YOU FOUND SO FAR.
>> THEY WERE AT ONE OF 3 HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THIS STORM YOU CAN
SEE THIS LARGE TREE THAT
FELL OVER AND KNOCKED DOWN A
FENCE AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
OVER HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE
STORM DAMAGE THIS.
SOME OF THE CHAIRS HAVE BEEN
KNOCKED OVER IN THE PAULOS ARE
ALL OVER
THE PLACE NEIGHBORS TELL ME
THAT THIS STORM RIPPED THROUGH
IN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES.
>> THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWS THE MOMENT, STRONG WINDS
AND RAIN SENT PATIO FURNITURE
FLYING AT A DENS MORE HOME.
ANOTHER SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
SHOWS WHAT LOOKS LIKE 2 FINALS
COMING FROM THE WATER IN A
NEARBY POND. IT WAS LIKE A
NIGHTMARE, I KNOW THE
SCENE IN.
>> OR HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT
I JUST THINK GOT ME IN THE
CHILLED WAS OK DEBORAH DEMPSEY
HEARD THIS STORM ROLL IN WHILE
COOKING CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER
WITH HER FAMILY WE COULD HURT
IS
WHISTLING SOUND.
>> AND AT THE LAST CLASS AND
EVERYTHING WITH THIS PLANT AND
WATER CAME THROUGH HERE AND IT
WAS JUST TOLL OF EVERYTHING OUT
THERE AND IT
WAS JUST WE DON’T KNOW IF IT
WAS OVER A WET BECAUSE
EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST.
>> THE STORM RIPPED OFF AND
SAYS RUTH KNOCKED OVER DOOR IN
DAMAGE OUTSIDE PATIO
NEXT DOOR THE WIND’S LIFTED THE
TOP OF
THIS CHIMNEY.
>> ANOTHER HOME HAD A LARGE
TREE PHONE THE BACKYARD AND
APPLE IS GOT WHAT I HATE
LOOKING AT IT LIKE THIS AND IT
DAMAGED, BUT. >> IS MATERIALISTIC STUFF SO IT CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF.
>> DEMPSEY SAYS SHE’S GRATEFUL.
NO ONE WAS HURT.
DESPITE THIS DAMAGE FORTUNATELY, THE NEIGHBORS POWER IS ON YOU CAN SEE THE
LIGHT IS ON HERE.
>>MARY BAER: ABOVE THEIR PATIO
AND AGAIN THANKFULLY. NO ONE
WAS HURT. REPORTING LIVE CORLEY
PEEL CHANNEL 4. THE LOCAL
STATION.
>> CORLEY THANKS FOR THAT
BEFORE THE STORM REACHED
JACKSONVILLE, IT WAS CAUSING
DAMAGE IN LAKE CITY, YES, JERRY
NORDBERG I TALKED TO HIM BY
PHONE HE WAS GETTING READY
TO GET HIS DINNER FOR THE NIGHT
WITH HIS ROOMMATES WHEN A TREE
CAME CRASHING THROUGH
THEIR HOME. THESE ARE PHOTOS
FROM INSIDE THE HOME WHERE YOU
CAN SEE
THE TREE COMING THROUGH THE
ROOF AND YOU CAN SEE THE TREE
FROM THE OUTSIDE. WHEN IT
CRASHED
NORENBERG SAID THEY HAVE TO
LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AS THE TREE
AND THE RAIN KEEP MAKING THE
DAMAGE WORSE INTO THE NIGHT.
>> NOT TO STEP OUT
THE KITCHEN AND THEN NEXT THING
YOU KNOW IT’S JUST START THE
CAR
COMES AROUND. IT SHOOK ME SHOOK
EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE A TURN
BACK AROUND AND NOW IT’S BIGOTRY STICKING TO THE HOUSE FOR TRYING TO SALVAGE
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO WHAT WE
CAN TO
CHRISTMAS NOW AND ACCOMPLISHES
IN A BANK THEY SPEND OUR MONEY
ON CHRISTMAS NOT THINKING THE
TREES NOT COME 3RD.
>> NUNBERG SAYS THAT THEY WILL
STAY WITH FRIENDS TONIGHT BUT
WILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE
TO STAY FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.
AND ALSO NEWS 4 JAX NEWSROOM
RECEIVED PLENTY OF CALLS FROM
VIEWERS WHO SAW THE DAMAGE ONE
VIEWER SENT US. THIS
INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN MANDARIN.
>> AND BACK YEAH WATCH OUT.
>>JOY PURDY: THIS WAS ON CLEAR LANE ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER LIKE WOMEN SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE
WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A TORNADO
OR
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS HITTING
THAT AREA IN AND AROUND 7
O’CLOCK THIS LIMEWIRE HIT THE
GROUND WHERE A TREE WAS
SPARKING A POWER OUTAGE.
AND FIRE.
AND THIS IS VIDEO OF A TREE
THAT WAS DOWN ALSO UNCLEAR LATE
IN MANDARIN YOU CAN SEE
THAT’S BLOCKING THE ROAD JSO
OFFICERS WERE THERE AND PUT
YELLOW CAUTION TAPE IN FRONT OF
THE TREE UNTIL IT COULD BE
REMOVED. AND JUST A FEW BLOCKS
OVER WE FOUND MORE DOWNED POWER
LINES AND CLAIRE BOREL RODE THE POWER WAS OUT IN THAT PART OF MANDARIN FOR A PART OF THE
NIGHT AS WELL THIS ISN’T FAR
FROM WHERE THAT LIVE WIRES
SPARKED THE FIRE.
>> AND THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN IN
THE PARKING LOT OF THE REEDY
BRANCH WINN-DIXIE THAT’S OFF
BAYMEADOWS ROAD. LOOK AT HOW
THE DECORATED PARKING LOT POLES
WERE SNAPPED AT THE BASE LAYING
ON THE PAVEMENT IN THE RAIN
THERE.
SEVERE WEATHER KNOCKED OUT
POWER TO NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE
HERE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
HERE’S A LOOK AT THE MOST
RECENT OUTAGE NUMBERS, JTA
HAD NEARLY 2900 PEOPLE WITHOUT
POWER, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT
NEARLY 100
AND CLAY ELECTRIC IS REPORTING
OVER 200 OUTAGES
FOR A LOOK AT THE UP TO THE
MINUTE OUTAGE NUMBERS FOR YOUR
UTILITY COANY
GO TO NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM WE’VE
POSTED THE INFORMATION ON OUR
HOME PAGE RIGHT NOW.
THE OUTAGE CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR
AT LEAST ONE CHURCH SERVICE
TONIGHT WHICH HAD TO START IN
DARKNESS.
A BEAUTIFUL WRITE A BRIEF POWER OUTAGE IN MANDARIN DID NOT STOP THE PRAISE PARISHIONERS AT
MANDARIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WENT ON WITH THEIR 7 O’CLOCK
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES BY
CANDLELIGHT. THIS VIDEO IS FROM
THEIR FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM AND
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
A MIRACLE THE 24 MINUTES INTO
THE SERVICE, SOMEONE SAID LET
THERE BE LIGHT.
>> THE HUMILITY. HIS SACRIFICE.