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Strong Wind THt TREES FALL ON HOMFS Peels Roof Off Shallotfe Video Store BY DOUG RUTTKR Strong winds associated with thunderstorms were blamed for tear ing the roof off a Shallottc video store and knocking trees over onto two homes in western Brunswick County last Thursday. Wind peeled the roof off Video Voltage in Shallottc and left it up side down in the front parking lot. Two mobile homes in the Occan Isle Beach and Ash areas sustained mi nor damage when trees fell on them early Thursday. An outdoor shelter at Lloyd's Oyster House at Shallouc Point was blown about 30 yards along the bank of the Shallottc River, said Brunswick County Emergency Man agement Coordinator Cecil Logan. "We came out of it preuy good I think. I haven't heard of any damage at the beaches," Logan said. "That was just a little freak storm that came through. It was a weird storm." Meteorologist Jackson Canady said the storm dumped 1.44 inches of rain at his Shallotte Point home. He estimated that sustained winds ranged from 20 mph to 35 mph dur ing the storm. The National Weather Service of fice in Wilmington recorded gusts up to 47 mph Thursday morning at New Hanover County Airport. Besides the property damage, some residences and businesses in and around Shallotte were without power for a couple of hours. Based on a description of the damage at Video Voltage, Canady said it was likely caused by a strong downburst of wind, not a tornado. 'There were some strong, gusty winds," he said. "This was probably a very isolated downburst of wind associated with a thunderstorm. It STAFF PHOTO BY ?IC CAJILSON THIS MOBIIJE HOME at the corner of Beach Drive and Spruce Ixrne at Ocean Isle Beach sustained minor damage when a tree fell on it last Thursday morning. Civietown Trailer Fire Blamed On Smoking Careless smoking was blamed for strayed. Nord estimated the value of an early morning fire that swept the 8-by-40-foot trailer at about through an unoccupied small storage $5,000. trailer in Civietown Tuesday. Responding to a 911 dispatch at about 2 a.m., Civietown volunteer firefighters arrived at the trailer on Flctchcr-Hcwctt Road within about ten minutes, Chief A1 Nord said. They quickly brought the fire under control with the help of a tanker from Shallotte Volunteer Fire De partment. Nord said the owner, Rhonda Mooncy, had been working in the trailer earlier that night and may have left an untended cigarette in side. She was preparing to move it to another lot, he said. Much of the trailer remained standing, but most of the personal belongings stored there were dc Keiserhaus Kennels In Supply 'Boarding Dogs & Cats ?Basic Grooming 'Indoor Runs Heated & Air Conditioned 'Outdoor Exercise Area 1403 Makatoka Rd. 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"911 called and told us our roof was in the front parking lot," Ste wart said. "1 thought the worst. I thought all the movies would be gone. I thought for sure I'd come in and everything would be muddy and all blown around." The business owner was pleasant ly surprised when she arrived at the Main Street shop and found no dam age inside. With the roof lying Hat in the parking lot, Stewart said she was lucky her business wasn't de stroyed. "This just amazed me how it could just flip off in one piece," Stewart said. "It's so strange be cause it's not pieces scattered every where, just one big block." The roof was constructed follow ing Hurricanc Hugo in 1989, when the original roof was damaged. Stewart said the building is owned by JoAnn Simmons and repairs would be made as soon as possible. When the roof blew off, Stewart said it pulled down power lines and knocked out electricity at the north end of Shallotte. The roof also dam aged a sign in front of the business as it crashed to the ground. Canady said a downburst, also called microburst, probably peeled STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG KUTTH VIDEO VOLTAGE lost its roof in last Thursday's storm. Officials believe a downburst of wind lifted the roof off the building and left it upside down in the front parking lot. ihe roof from the back of the build- debris field, it probably wasn't a tor ing, flipped it over and dropped it in nado." the front parking lot. The meteorologist said a typical "I doubt that it was a tornado," roof structure should be able to Canady said. "If you don't have de- withstand winds up to hurricane bris that was laid out in a circular force. "This was probably above hurricane force." Downbursts aren't unusual during storms. "It's almost hard to imagine it happening in such a small area, but it's not infrequent," Canady said. 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