The thunder and lightning and wind may be over, replaced by the dull hum of generators, electric company crews, and saws.<\/p>\n
A two-word testimony?<\/p>\n
“This sucks,” said Kristin Riker of Pottstown.<\/p>\n
From Quail Ridge Drive in Cumru Township in Berks County, to the 200 block of Mervine Street in Upper Pottsgrove Township and a number of streets in Pottstown in Montgomery County, our cameras captured the wet aftermath and the assistance.<\/p>\n
“The north end of Pottstown experienced significant tree damage. Lots of large branches and trees down,” said volunteer Jay Kratz. “The wind I saw at my home last night, I knew there would be damage and people would be needing our help.”<\/p>\n
In these neighborhoods, people know how to help.<\/p>\n
“My kid came up, picked up the generator, he was nice enough to loan the neighbors. This generator made sure they were taken care of,” said Mike Riker of Pottstown.<\/p>\n
Until power is back on and the roads are clear, they have each other.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s great they see each other not during power outages and stuff they seem them playing in the playground walking trick or treating,” Mike Riker said.<\/p>\n
It’s a lesson worth repeating. Another lesson? That lightning can strike the same tree twice.<\/p>\n
“This is the second time this tree’s been struck by lightning. 2020 as well,” said Kristin Riker.<\/p>\n
But even when lighting repeats, so does the support.<\/p>\n
“It’s crazy. Mother Nature, what can you do?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The thunder and lightning and wind may be over, replaced by the dull hum of generators, electric company…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,6512,200,128,130,129,88341,16517],"class_list":["post-199326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-cumru-township","tag-montgomery-county","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-thunder-and-lightning","tag-upper-pottsgrove-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}