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[Irshgrl31201]

We got that storm that hit the midwest today in NC. I live in Raleigh and we had tornadoes touch down a couple of places (the news reports are still coming in and we just got our power back on) and it ripped the roof off of a Lowes store. Traffic lights are down all over our whole county and of course the police are too busy with other calls to direct traffic at them, as there are too many down. There are accidents all over the place, I saw 5 just on my way to get milk. They said over 33,000 Progress Energy customers are without power in Wake County (where Raleigh is) and there are many other counties affected. I haven't heard yet if there were any deaths from the storm yet, but looking at the damage from my house just to the store, I cannot imagine there aren't at least a few. I am 41 years old and I have never seen a storm like this in my whole life. I mean you see stuff like this on the news but it is really terrifying to see this in person. I hope everyone is safe and sound!