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A damage assessment team from the National Weather Service will be in town tomorrow, surveying the damage from Sunday morning's storm. The big question, of course, is whether or not the storm ever actually reached tornado status.
If so, it would be the second tornado in Baldwin County in less than a year. Prior to that, Baldwin County went five years without a documented tornado.
Regardless, Baldwin County EMA Director Wayne Johnson said that "this is certainly the biggest storm that I can remember to actually come through Milledgeville."
Added Johnson: "We've had some major storms come through the county, but we were fortunate that they were centralized to rural areas. But, never anything like this."
The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office on Sunday shared the story of the local Chick-fil-A, famous for not being open on Sundays, making an exception and preparing hundreds of chicken sandwiches for first responders, linemen and others.
Meanwhile, it was an especially tense moment on Sunday morning for patients and staff on the third floor of Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin, where strong winds broke out glass windows and tore off roofing.
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Monday was a big cleanup day for business owners along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, as well as for city of Milledgeville maintenance crews.
"Everything is pretty much passable now. That's the good news," Johnson said.
Georgia Power had service restored to all but a handful of homes as of 3 p.m. Monday, as out-of-town bucket trucks were a very common sight around town.
Five floodgates remain open at Sinclair Dam, although Johnson hadn't heard any reports of low-lying flooding, as of Monday evening.
Everything sounded so lovely until the end.
“We tried”
If that’s not disheartening idk what is. I feel the need to quote my mom here. “I can’t have nothin nice”. Wiser words were never said.
Oh! And for gods sake STAY HYDRATED if you want to save on hospital bills. I hate summer.
Member when the river was fun and didn’t get angry and take lives? You could float down hopefully by sunset with only burnt skin that was a problem for later you? Member when your biggest fear were all the scary gar lingering about?
Partly Cloudy , with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees. Partly Cloudy for the morning, clear overnight.
loving that suit! That hippie has style and wears it well.
I member hearing about this. So incredibly sad. The lady I spoke with couldn’t have spoken higher of the man he was.
"unless someone wishes to make some sort of far-flung statement about their dissatisfaction with both major political parties" omg! YES PLEASE! There's no choices, and they will never allow an independent a fighting chance. Other countries have multiple candidates to choose from.
Any reason why the sheriff rarely makes a statements its alway another Deputy isn’t the sheriff, the elected official in our county?