GUNTOWN • Stepping slowly over splintered boards, twisted metal and low dangling wire, Brad Poynor opened his back door and stood among the debris scattered by a tornado’s fury.

The sky was overcast and weather cold Tuesday morning as Poynor inspected the task before him at the home he rents in the northern Lee County subdivision of Guntown Hills.

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