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$1.50 RETAIL WEDNESDAY, 09.06.17IIBUCYRUS, OHIOIIBUCYRUSTELEGRAPHFORUM.COMII Telegraph-Forum HEALTHSYSTEM avita sfootandanklesurgeon caresforpatients ofallages! www.avitahealth.org Dr.Barkisfellowship-trainedto diagnoseandtreatdeformity, traumaofthefootandankle. 419-468-7059 NORTH ROBINSON A tornado touched down at least once in Crawford County late Monday night, a team from the Cleveland office of the National Weather Service determined Tuesday afternoon. have tornadic damage said Robert LaPlante, a meteorologist with the weather service, as he stood next to a pile of rubble that was once a garage. The team arrived in North Robinson just before noon Tuesday, and need long to agree that a tornado did touch down in the small town. determine the category later when we get back to the said Cory Mattice, another meteorologist on the weather team.

The team said all of the damage in town was clearly caused by a spiraling tornado, rather than straight-line winds. branches and boards got stuck in buildings and LaPlante said. not all of the trees are falling in the same direction all indicative of the circling of the LaPlante said the trunks of some trees were twisted, and other had branches wrapped around the trunks, both tell-tale signs that those trees had found them- ZACH Robert LaPlante, left, and Cory Mattice, meteorologists with the National Weather Service, determined Tuesday that a tornado touched down in North Robinson late Monday night. NWS: TORNADO HIT NORTH ROBINSON Cleveland team determines damage was caused by spiraling winds ZACH TUGGLE REPORTER CRESTLINE Outside her heavily damaged home on Tuesday afternoon, Susan Cooper look like someone who had been sucked out of her home by a massive storm the night before. She had some scratches on her face, and said she lost her eyeglasses when the storm ripped off the roof to her bedroom and threw her and 4-year-old Alyse into the backyard.

out there she said of her glasses, pointing to the property next to the CSX railroad, where two trains sat idled on either side of the crossing gates. God had to be watching over the mother and daughter at 11:30 p.m. Monday when a storm ripped the roof off their 5511 Hook Road house, husband John said. The mattress that mother and daughter were sleeping on was found close to the CSX railroad tracks, John said, standing outside his 5511 Hook Road house early Tuesday morning. When the storm hit, John said, he was in a front room watching the Georgia Tech vs Tennessee football game on TV.

Their son, J.C., 7, was asleep in a front bedroom. Susan was with Alyse. Storm sucks Crestline mother, child out of home LOU WHITMIRE REPORTER JASON J. TODAY NETWORK OHIO John Cooper, 5511 Hook Road, Crestline, talks on the phone among the rubble left behind after storm. WINDSOR, Conn.

Insurance adjusters are bringing more drones with them than ever before as they head to Texas to assess the damage from Harvey. Companies are using the drones on a much larger scale to record images, save time and spare human adjusters from venturing into potentially unsafe areas. Insurers have increased their fleets since the Federal Aviation Administration eased some restrictions a year ago, and tried them out in areas of the southeastern U.S. hit by Hurricane Matthew last October. Travelers Insurance, based in Hart- fied drone operators and expects to have about 600 by early 2018, he said.

Instead of making two or three trips to a house, often with an outside contractor trained in setting up scaffolds and ladders, the adjusters will now be able to do detailed exterior inspections in one trip. The camera is linked to an application on the phone, allowing them to take measurements and shoot high-definition photos and videos, often while the customer looks on. The drones do have limitations. They cannot fly in heavy wind or rain, and they cannot go inside homes to inspect damage. ford, had 65 certified drone pilots as of Friday among the 600 employees deployed to the Houston area.

Claims specialist Laura Shell, who will be in Texas this week, spent last week at the training center in Windsor, Connecticut, learning how to pilot drones. is said Shell, 55, of Lexington, Virginia, whose job typically has involves climbing a lot of ladders. going to allow me to get a look into areas that easily accessible and onto roofs and do it The drones will dramatically cut the time it takes to assess damage, according to Jim Wucherpfennig, vice president of claims for Travelers. The company has trained 300 employees as certi- After Harvey, insurance drones take to the skies in Texas PAT EATON-ROBB ASSOCIATED PRESS PAT Adrone waits for a practice session Wednesday at the Travelers Insurance training center in Windsor, Conn. The technology has become so inexpensive and so helpful in the field that many companies are using it.

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