I agree, construction standards had little or nothing to do with the damage,it was an over whelming amount of rain on top of all the rain we had already had right before the storm. The winds were not bad at all, at least not here. I got 17mph winds up to 25mph. No worse than many thunder storms but couple that with all the water and trees went down and took things with them. I know several people just getting power back today and others still without. The streams were very high and some flooded. I saw a bridge near me that had debris block the center opening forcing all the water to go through the openings on both sides. It held to my amazement.

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