Swift severe thunderstorms left thousands in Lorain County without power and left many homeowners in Grafton like this one with a mess of downed trees to clean up.
Coming home from work is often the best part of the day, but for Dave McLellan, Tuesday, it was the opposite.
“It was kind of a shock,” said McLellan. “I saw the branches down and I figured maybe we will have some tree limbs down and I pulled in and see this.”
McLellan’s 35-foot oak tree fell onto his house after severe thunderstorms swept through Lorain County and other parts of Northeast Ohio.
“Structural damage to the top of the roof there’s a hole in the roof too so the roof is probably shot and these two trees got to be removed,” McLellan added.
The strong winds also knocked down dozens of power lines in Grafton and Eaton Township, causing thousands in the area, like Terri Kelly and even the Grafton prison to lose power.
“We heard thunder,” said Kelly. “I didn’t see any lightning, but thunder then it calmed down. Then all at once around 2:00-2:30 P.M. we have been without power ever since. We don’t know why, I couldn’t tell you it rained two or three times after that, but we still haven’t had any power.”