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Aug 20, 2009 8:00 pm US/Central
S. Mpls. Residents Praise City Response To Storm
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ―
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Noah Miller's house wasn't hit by just one, but by two trees Wednesday, opening a hole in his roof.
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It has been confirmed that the storm that swept across south Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon was a tornado. That announcement came as no surprise to some homeowners.
"It came out of absolutely nowhere. There were no darkening clouds, no noise, no wind, it was like a bolt of lightning," said homeowner Fred Jacob, who was still without power for part of Thursday.
The storm was not the only thing to strike fast. As cleanup continued Thursday morning, there was a lot of talk about how fast the city responded.
"I was totally impressed. I've seen a couple of these before and they responded and reacted just incredibly well as far as I'm concerned," said Jacob.
A couple streets away John See was feeling the same way.
"I've never been so glad to pay taxes in my life. I'll tell you, this is worth every single penny," said See, who lost a tree in the storm.
A police report shows the first storm-related 911 call from the neighborhood was taken at 1:58 p.m. The report shows that two minutes and five seconds later, the first unit was on scene.
"It seemed to me that they did a really nice job of triage. They worked up Portland [Avenue] here real quick and real well and they got things blocked off," said See.
Noah Miller's house wasn't hit by just one, but by two trees Wednesday, opening a hole in his roof. He was forced to stay at a neighbor's house and was worried about looters, so he and his wife were happy to see police in the area patrolling the storm-damaged neighborhoods Wednesday night.
"At one point there was some guys looking up on our roof and she hadn't contracted with them yet. The police drove by and said 'Are you the owners? Do you have permission to be up there?' I came out and told them they should not be on our roof," said Miller.
The city will be picking up tree debris across much of South Minneapolis beginning Friday. As long as the debris is placed neatly on the boulevard, public works will pick it up until Aug. 26.
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