Winds damage about 10 homes
CALHOUN, Ga. – High winds damaged several homes near the Calhoun Premium Outlets along Interstate 75 in Gordon County about 4 p.m. Tuesday, Gordon County Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Paris said.
About 10 homes appeared to be damaged, including one that housed an in-home day care, Gordon County Emergency Management Agency Director Richard Cooper told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No injuries were reported.
Forecasters had warned of winds up to 40 miles per hour, part of the same storm system that dumped snow on North Georgia’s mountains.
Randall James said his two-car garage and a backyard shed were destroyed by the Gordon County storm. James, who was at work when the storms hit, said his wife grabbed their children and their pregnant dog and headed for shelter.
“As soon as she heard it, she hollered, ‘Get in the hallway,”‘ Jones told WSB-TV. “And we have a female Yorkie that’s pregnant. She grabbed her up and went to praying.”