A Demorest family was awakened Friday morning to discover that a tree had fallen across two of their vehicles and was against their house. The Mobley’s never heard the tree fall. A Demorest police officer performing a welfare check on the family alerted them to the incident.
“Demorest PD woke me up this morning and told me there was a tree down and it was on both my vehicles,” Randy Mobley said.
The tree fell across the front of a 2024 Nissan Sentra and a 2018 Ford F-150 pickup truck. Mobley had cleared the tree from the car but was still clearing the tree from the truck and his house when Now Habersham caught up with him.
He estimates the damage to the vehicles at $5,000 but follows that with “It’s just a guess.” Mobley said he will know more once he removes the tree.
Unsure about the damage to his house, it appeared it was centered around the garage.
“It might have busted the window on the garage door,” Mobley said.
The family said they feel fortunate it was one of the smaller trees near their house that fell. Numerous large trees remained standing after the worst of the storm passed by.
The Mobleys are one of many families across Florida, Georgia, and the Carolina’s that have suffered property damage due to Hurricane Helene’s wrath as the storm marched across the southeast Thursday into Friday.
