NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. — While Dorian's impact in South Carolina is up in the air, people in Newberry County are still trying to clean up from a major storm a few weeks ago.
Residents, like Mary Ann Wolski, are hoping they won't have to face an even bigger mess.
"We were expecting a thunderstorm, but not 100 mph winds," Wolski said.
"Several of the streets looked like pictures that you see in hurricane damage," Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said.
According to Sheriff Foster, there were power lines down, trees all over the road ways and some on top of homes after a powerful storm rolled through the area nearly two weeks ago.
"Just to see the amount of trees down to get back here was unbelievable," Wolski said.
Many residents are still facing with the aftermath, including Wolski.
"I got a call that something hit my house, so I tried to get back here and it took me 15 minutes to get back here because of all the trees," Wolski said.
She was at dinner two minutes down the road when she got a call about her home being hit by something. When she got home she saw a massive hole in her roof.
"A big branch from my pecan tree went through the house, and there was debris all over," Wolski said.
Sheriff Foster is a little on edge after the storm.
"We're just about to get cleaned up from it, but now with the hurricane coming in you have the rain and winds we're concerned about more problems that could associate with that," Foster said.
As the clean up continues, Foster is thankful no one in his community was hurt.
"From the force of the storm that hit us and the number of trees falling, we were blessed that we didn't have anymore problems then we did," Foster said.
He wants to remind people to be prepared, just in case.
"We only got a thunderstorm warning a few minutes before because with that type of storm there is no preparation," Foster said. "It builds up and it moves and it collapses, so by the time you get a warning there is not a lot of preparation. Here we have a hurricane coming in, here we have several days, almost a week to prepare."
Meanwhile, Wolski has her clean up under control, and said she is not worried for future storms.
"I just hope nothing else falls from the trees. Nothing I can do," Wolski said.
