City of Marietta Street Department worker Ken Thomason cuts branches from a large tree out of the roadway Sunday at the intersection of Whitlock and N. Woodland drives after lightning, winds and rain pelted the area.
City of Marietta Street Department worker Ken Thomason cuts branches from a large tree out of the roadway Sunday at the intersection of Whitlock and N. Woodland drives after lightning, winds and rain pelted the area.
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Official: Lightning sparks three house fires
by Megan Thornton
May 19, 2013 11:59 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
With rain and stormy weather blanketing the metro area Sunday, numerous reports of downed trees and power lines came in throughout Cobb County, as well as reports of three house fires in the southwest Cobb area that apparently resulted from lightning strikes during the strong but short-lived thunderstorm.
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