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Alex Cabrero Reporting With winter now here, it's hard to think of what it was like back in August. But for some Utahns, just a few minutes of violent weather were enough to never forget.
The big summer storm that struck the Wasatch Front makes the list of KSL's top 10 news stories of 2006.
In Utah's summer months we hear thunder and get rain all the time, just not usually like this.
Dean Jarmin, Milcreek Resident: "It was almost going sideways. Completely sideways, and it came in waves."
Andrea Claussen, Holladay Resident: "There are trees just, like, getting blown over and split in half."
Salt Lake City was hit hard, especially in the Holladay and Millcreek areas. Hundred year-old trees were down everywhere, bringing power poles and power lines with them. Some smashed into houses.
Resident: "Oh, it's just terrible destruction. It makes you sick."
Two young boys were playing in a shed when the storm hit, and got out just in time.
Boy: "I was running and I turned around and I saw the trees fall and land on the shed. We would've got hurt really bad."
South Salt Lake got lots of water, turning roads into near rivers.
UDOT employee: "Just making sure all the drains are open."
Provo was hit by strong winds. Buildings and airplanes at its airport were tossed around like nothing. Lots of power lines went down all across Utah County as well. Even farmers were hit hard.
Barry Finch, farmer: "We lost all our tomatoes, maybe we can salvage a few. Lost our cucumbers, lost our beans, pretty much lost everything we had planted."
In all, 85-thousand people were knocked off the power grid.
Crews worked for days to get it running again, reminding us how fragile everything really is.
Resident: "I sure hope we don't get another one."
Andrea Claussen: "Yeah, it was scary."
