‘We didn’t know it was going to be like this': Firsthand account and video of powerful storm over Lake Lanier - Gainesville Times

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‘We didn’t know it was going to be like this': Firsthand account and video of powerful storm over Lake Lanier

A powerful storm that passed through Hall County on Monday afternoon felled trees, sunk docks and damaged boats. (Courtesy of Karen Watts)

Lanier Storm 1 — A powerful storm that passed through Hall County on Monday afternoon felled trees, sunk docks and damaged boats. (Courtesy of Karen Watts)

Karen Watts says in her 15 years living in Gainesville, she’s never seen a more powerful storm blast its way through the marinas at Lake Lanier than the one that passed through on Monday, Aug. 3.