While I feel for those who felt the brunt of Laura, on Thursday we had an Ef1 tornado roll through less than a mile from the house, along with a bunch of microbursts. Heavy tree damage, lines down, the next town over completely without power (sub-station taken out). Verizon lost all cell service for miles around due to a fiber optic main transmission line getting taken out. Our town lost all 911 service for 18 hours until some portable equipment was brought in. Luckily I just had one big limb come down on my front steps (missed the house by about a foot)and lots of wind blown debris.
To see the devastation around here I can only imagine what happened when Laura rolled through. Prayers for all affected.