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i <br /> J r <br /> Trail of �; <br /> Yl <br /> tornado <br /> The terror hit Orange County , <br /> in the darkness.Screaming <br /> winds destroyed lives, A.' 7 Y' y > •a •_3 = ��;�.+>" A� '� wt <br /> property and dreams.The i+_ # t ' 4 w' <br /> sound of the storm was <br /> replaced by sirens as <br /> emergency vehicles arrived on <br /> the scene.Flashing lights <br /> revealed some of the <br /> devestation. But the morning <br /> >_ c <br /> light showed the full extent of <br /> the damage.(Above left) <br /> Crystal,Renn, Keisha Atwater ' <br /> and Ebonie Atwater talk with n <br /> Warren Jones in front of his <br /> m. <br /> home on Dixie Avenue. <br /> (Above right)The storm hit <br /> the Clayton residence on <br /> Riddle Road. it also hit the <br /> home of Percy Poteat and his <br /> wife and four sons on Dixie <br /> Aveneue(at right). (Below. <br /> right)Sherman Poteat and his <br /> father, Percy, are shown in r° <br /> the kitchen of their home. <br /> (Below left)A trailer of Riddle <br /> Road shows effects of the x3 <br /> e � , <br /> r 6�, <br /> z <br /> fury of the storm. <br /> Photos by Harold Moore <br /> s � <br /> R <br /> 3 as 3a, <br />