Severe storms affect infrastructure

“It was like an ice storm”

  • The bulk of a massive tree lies across a front yard on Steele Street in Cushing, Sunday, the morning after sever storms brought winds in excess of 80 miles an hour to the area. More photos inside. Photo by MaryLee Meisner
    The bulk of a massive tree lies across a front yard on Steele Street in Cushing, Sunday, the morning after sever storms brought winds in excess of 80 miles an hour to the area. More photos inside. Photo by MaryLee Meisner

    “Likely be a multi-day event similar to our previous ice storms”

    CUSHING - Severe storms swept through Payne County over Father's Day weekend starting late on June 17 into the early hours the next day leaving many without power as the longest day of the summer looms over us. Reports from the National Weather Service in Norman showed wind gust over 60 miles per hour – Payne County District 1 Foreman…