{"id":113550,"date":"2024-10-13T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113550"},"modified":"2024-10-13T04:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:30:12","slug":"resident-describes-having-dumpster-land-on-his-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113550","title":{"rendered":"Resident describes having dumpster land on his roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 Across our viewing area, we saw so many lives changed in seconds during Wednesday&#8217;s tornado outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>One of those tornadoes was so powerful that it tossed a giant dumpster \u2014 which typically weighs a couple of tons \u2014 onto the roof of a home <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/region-n-palm-beach-county\/palm-beach-gardens\/palm-beach-gardens-assessing-citywide-damage-after-tornado-touchdown-in-avenir\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">in the Avenir community of Palm Beach Gardens.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The owner of the home, John Ventrella, said the dumpster was located three houses down, but the fierce winds of the storm picked it up, tossing it like a Frisbee and depositing it onto his roof.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"Figure\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d67e283\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/1280x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb2%2Fe9%2F3f6593bb4032a531bc6953c5553b%2Fvintrella.jpg\" alt=\"John Ventrella talks to WPTV about what it was like being inside his home at the time of the tornado.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d67e283\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/1280x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb2%2Fe9%2F3f6593bb4032a531bc6953c5553b%2Fvintrella.jpg 1x,https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/5dc1a1e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/2560x1440!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb2%2Fe9%2F3f6593bb4032a531bc6953c5553b%2Fvintrella.jpg 2x\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WPTV<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">John Ventrella talks to WPTV about what it was like being inside his home when the tornado struck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of the storm, Ventrella and his wife, Bonnie, were trying to move into their new home. They were painting walls and decorating when Ventrella said he heard a loud noise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we saw it, it was stunning,&#8221; Ventrella said. &#8220;When we saw (the tornado) coming at our backdoor, it was just mesmerizing. You got frozen for a second just looking at this funnel [cloud].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the storm, he was shocked by the damage.<\/p>\n<p><b>WATCH BELOW: Video of the destruction in the Avenir community<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VideoEnhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Tornado leaves trail of destruction in Avenir community of Palm Beach Gardens<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We looked up and the dumpster [was] sticking into the room,&#8221; Ventrella said. &#8220;It&#8217;s crazy. We couldn&#8217;t believe what we were looking at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crews were able to get the dumpster off his roof.<\/p>\n<p>Ventrella said he&#8217;s facing a hurricane deductible of $24,000, but he said he and his wife are just happy to be alive.<\/p>\n<p>Before the dumpster landed on Ventrella&#8217;s roof, it was swirling around and also smashed into a neighbor&#8217;s home, taking out a corner of that house.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"Figure\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/7f40b0b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/1280x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbe%2Fac%2Ff6277e494876b6b139eedffb239b%2Fhomehitbydumpster.jpg\" alt=\"A home in the Avenir community of Palm Beach Gardens sustained damage after it was hit by a dumpster that was picked up by a tornado.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/7f40b0b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/1280x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbe%2Fac%2Ff6277e494876b6b139eedffb239b%2Fhomehitbydumpster.jpg 1x,https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/c482e03\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/2560x1440!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbe%2Fac%2Ff6277e494876b6b139eedffb239b%2Fhomehitbydumpster.jpg 2x\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WPTV<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">A home in the Avenir community of Palm Beach Gardens sustained damage after it was hit by a dumpster that was picked up by a tornado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Multiple homes in the recently constructed Avenir community were damaged by the EF3 tornado, which the National Weather Service estimated had winds of 140 mph.<\/p>\n<p>The storm left broken windows and pieces of debris scattered across the neighborhood. <\/p>\n<p>Many residents of the area told WPTV they had moved in within the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the destruction, no one in this community was killed by the tornado.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '207362756082470',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/weather\/hurricane\/it-was-stunning-palm-beach-gardens-homeowner-describes-having-dumpster-land-on-his-home-after-tornado\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 Across our viewing area, we saw so many lives changed in seconds during Wednesday&#8217;s tornado outbreak. 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