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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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Russo and Steele had an auction recently in Arizona. Before the auction could take place, a storm came threw and destroyed many cars. Something like 50+ million in damages.

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http://picasaweb.google.com/tjmyers769/Rus...ele2010Damages#

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http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/22/strong-...ts-to-collapse/
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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I don't doubt that for a second. That storm was CRAZY and totally unusual for this time of year. poor cars
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 02:00 PM
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aww man... that sucks!!! the General Lee got f***ed! they shouldn't have had the tent set up!
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 07:05 AM
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 11:03 AM
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What the hell, was it raining freaking boulders or what, lots of damage.
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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dude it was blowing over trees, whole blocks dark from power outages, roads flooded over the sidewalks. it's weird though those storms sually come during monsoon and not the middle of winter
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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I remember the monsoon season very well when I lived in mesa. The streets would turn into rivers.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 06:56 AM
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you lived in mesa?

I grew up in chandler and I lived in ahwatukee until a few days ago. where ats in mesa?
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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I lived in a couple places in mesa, West second street were I attended Webster elementry and Des Moines st. were I attended Poston Jr high.
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