This morning at the Advertiser we were scattered across the county to record the havoc of the storm that brought 70 mph winds and quarter-size hail around midnight.
Unfortunately the storm took a life while damaging countless numbers of homes and yards. 29 year old Clinton native, Kimberly Taylor Alexander died on impact when her car was smashed by a tree as she attempted to get to her home, which was only minutes away.
Despite this tragedy everyone we spoke to uttered the same thankful phrase, "It could have been worse."
Some 3,000 residents are still without power. The massive amounts of damage to utilities forced Duke Energy to call in reinforcements from NC to the area.
One of the other reporters, Cory Engle got this shot at the Laurens District High School. The metal was from a roof nearly a football field away from the utility pole.
These pines couldn't stand the pressure of the 70mph winds that tore through the Mountville area of Laurens County.
Several residents said that there must have been tornadoes that went unconfirmed in the area.
I took a walk around the root-ball of this 110 year old white oak that was planted on the property at the time the house in the background was erected.
Utility workers, moved carefully and quickly to free power lines felled by the storm.
The storm was able to change landscapes in a matter of minutes, like this home that lost the majority of their front yard pine trees.
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