Posted on Thu, Mar 14, 2013 : 5:59 a.m.
Dexter tornado anniversary: Take a look back at the past year in photos
By Melanie Maxwell

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A tornado that hit Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter, Mich. on March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com
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A tornado that hit Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter, Mich. on March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-tornado-27_fullsize.jpg
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People move belongings out of a house on the corner of Meadow View and York St. March 15, 2012, in Dexter after a tornado struck their home. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-01_fullsize.jpg
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Houses were damaged and trees uprooted on Noble Dr. March 15, 2012, in Dexter after a tornado hit. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-03_fullsize.jpg
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A man walks by a house that was leveled on York St. and Noble Dr. March 15, 2012, in Dexter after a tornado hit the neighborhood. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-02_fullsize.jpg
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A house on Noble Dr. was damaged March 15, 2012, after a tornado touched down in the Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-04_fullsize.jpg
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A house on Noble Drive in Huron Farms neighborhood is missing part of its roof and has debris strewn across the yard March 15, 2012, after a tornado touched down. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-05_fullsize.jpg
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People stand outside of a home on Noble Dr. in Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter after a tornado touched down. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com ` /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-06_fullsize.jpg
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A house on Noble Dr. in Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter is missing an entire wall and part of the roof after a tornado touched down March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com ` /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-07_fullsize.jpg
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Police, rescue and emergency vehicles and personnel assembled at the commander center at Dexter High School after a tornado struck Dexter, Mich. on March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031512-AJC-tornado-dexter-08_fullsize.jpg
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Firemen help clear debris from a yard on Noble St. in Huron Farms March 16, 2012, after a tornado hit Dexter the evening before. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-01_fullsize.jpg
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Ypsilanti resident Leo Hepner looks at the damaged garage of his friend's house on Noble St. in Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter, Mich. on March 16, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-02_fullsize.jpg
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JCG Disaster Restoration employee Mike Hanson sweeps the driveway of Bob Bricault March 16, 2012, after a tornado damaged Bricault's house in Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-03_fullsize.jpg
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A car sits on Noble St. with debris around it March 16, 2012, in Huron Farms neighborhood after a tornado hit Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-04_fullsize.jpg
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Busch's grocery store manager Gary Winters pushes a cart with water in it around Huron Farms neighborhood March 16, 2012, after a tornado hit Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-05_fullsize.jpg
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A Dexter firefighter tapes off the most-damaged houses March 16, 2012, in the Huron Farms neighborhood after a tornado hit Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-06_fullsize.jpg
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Statewide Disaster restoration employee Dave Skoczylas saws apart a fallen wall March 16, 2012, outside of a home damaged by a tornado. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-07_fullsize.jpg
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Kelly Peters, second from right, stands outside of her house March 16, 2012, talking to her neighbors Erin Kennedy, second from left, and her children Colin, age 7, far left, Mckenzie, age 8, far right, and neighborhood friend Megan Monk, age 7, center, after Peters' house was damaged by a tornado that hit Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-08_fullsize.jpg
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Cleanup workers remove debris on March 16, 2012, and reinforce a house damaged by a tornado that hit the Huron Farms neighborhood. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-13_fullsize.jpg
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The home of Mechial White, shown March 16, 2012, was completely leveled by a tornado that hit Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-14_fullsize.jpg
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A house that was damaged is seen March 16, 2012, after a tornado hit the Huron Farms neighborhood. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-15_fullsize.jpg
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Dexter resident Sarah Savitski, 16, left; Shanon Tavares, 17, center; and Fallon Tavares, 13, clean up debris from their neighbors' homes March 16, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-20_fullsize.jpg
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A flag was draped March 16, 2012 over the side of a home that was severely damaged by a tornado. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-21_fullsize.jpg
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Griffin Bartscht, 9, feeds his guinea pig Hermione March 16, 2012, a day after a tornado tore a wall off his family's home in the Huron Farms neighborhood. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-22_fullsize.jpg
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The back of Wendy Martin's home is shown March 16, 2012. It was damaged by a tornado in the Huron Farms neighborhood of Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-23_fullsize.jpg
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The home of Mechial White, right, was completely leveled by a tornado that hit the Huron Farms neighborhood. Mechial survived by moving to the basement. He was able to climb out through the front entrance. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-24_fullsize.jpg
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The home of Mechial White was completely leveled. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-25_fullsize.jpg
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Debris lies on front lawns of houses on Noble St. after a tornado severely damaged the Huron Farms neighborhood in Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-26_fullsize.jpg
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From left: Dexter Village President Shawn Keough, Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, Michigan representative Mark Ouimet, and Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office spokesman Derrick Jackson gave a press conference March 16, 2012, at Mill Creek Middle School library about the state of Dexter after a tornado hit the previous day. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-dexter-after-tornado-09_fullsize.jpg
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Dexter Fire Chief Loren Yates, right, talks with Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, center, and Michigan representative Mark Ouimet March 16, 2012, on the corner of Noble Dr. and York St. where houses were severely damaged by a tornado that hit Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-fire-chief-Loren-Yates-01_fullsize.jpg
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Dexter Fire Chief Loren Yates talks with the Local 4 television crew March 16, 2012, while debris is cleared from a home that was severely damaged by a tornado that hit Dexter March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031612-AJC-fire-chief-Loren-Yates-02_fullsize.jpg
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Blue tarps cover several rooftops March 19, 2012, as crews work to salvage and clean up tornado-damaged homes in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_01_fullsize.jpg
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A bathroom on the second floor of a Huron Farms home is exposed March 19, 2012, after a tornado damaged homes in the subdivision in Dexter. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_02_fullsize.jpg
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A chair and window blinds were salvaged March 19, 2012, from a Huron Farms home torn apart by a tornado in Dexter. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_03_fullsize.jpg
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A worker wheels an appliance out of a garage before the rest of the house is demolished March 19, 2012, in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_04_fullsize.jpg
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A memory book is seen on the curb March 19, 2012, saved from a house in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_05_fullsize.jpg
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A backhoe pushes through the front door of a home destroyed by a tornado in the Dexter subdivision of Huron Farms on Monday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_06_fullsize.jpg
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Chris and Katie Cramer watch on March 19, 2012, as their home is picked apart by a backhoe after it was destroyed by a tornado last March 15, 2012. The Cramer's and their young son Jack have moved to a nearby condo and will have to build a new home from the basement up. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_07_fullsize.jpg
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A toilet is seen as a backhoe demolishes the Cramer's bathroom in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_08_fullsize.jpg
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A Michigan State flag is seen pinned over boarded up windows of a tornado damaged home in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_09_fullsize.jpg
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A sign looking for Apricot, a cat last seen before the March 15, 2012 tornado, is posted on a bench in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_10_fullsize.jpg
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People stand on the first floor of a home destroyed during the March 15, 2012 tornado in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_11_fullsize.jpg
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A toilet is all that remains of a destroyed home in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_12_fullsize.jpg
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Crews work to salvage and clean up tornado-damaged homes in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_13_fullsize.jpg
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Crews work to salvage and clean up tornado-damaged homes in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_14_fullsize.jpg
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Children painted a boarded up garage door on March 19, 2012 with messages and drawing of a tornado that damaged homes in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_15_fullsize.jpg
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Eight-year-old Carly Judit plays with a doll in the back of her tornado-damaged home in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Judit rode out the March 15, 2012 storm with her mom, sister and grandparents in their basement. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_16_fullsize.jpg
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The spray painted message "We love Dexter" covers a boarded up garage door in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_17_fullsize.jpg
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Crews work on a tornado damaged home in the Huron Farms subdivision in Dexter on March 19, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/031912_NEWS_Tornado_Damage_MRM_18_fullsize.jpg
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Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Yee, on March 19, 2012, recounts pulling a man out of the rubble of his collapsed home moments after a tornado passed through Dexter March 15, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212_NEWS_Flower_Bug_MRM_02_fullsize.jpg
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The foundation is the only thing that remains on March 22, 2012, of the home where Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Yee pulled a man out of the rubble of his collapsed home moments after a tornado passed through Dexter on March 15, 2012. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212_NEWS_Flower_Bug_MRM_03_fullsize.jpg
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A wood-chipper chops up logs by the side of Dexter-Pinckney Rd. on the morning of March 22, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-01_fullsize.jpg
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A man spreads around wood chips in a truck that have been chopped from fallen trees by the side of Dexter-Pinckney Rd. in Dexter on the morning of March 22, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-02_fullsize.jpg
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The roof of Janet McDole's house in the Carriage Hills neighborhood in Dexter is covered with a tarp on March 22, 2012, from the damage done by a tornado. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-03_fullsize.jpg
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A neighbor behind Janet McDole's house on March 22, 2012, burns brush as damaged chopped up trees are strewn across the yard following the March 15, 2012 tornado that hit the Carriage Hills neighborhood. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-04_fullsize.jpg
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Trees damaged by the March 15, 2012 tornado behind Janet McDole's house in Carriage Hills neighborhood on March 22, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-05_fullsize.jpg
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The pressure caused by the March 15, 2012 tornado made Janet McDole's garage bow outward. Janet has been living in the Carriage Hills neighborhood in Dexter for 10 years. This photo was taken March 22, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-06_fullsize.jpg
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Katie and Bob Jazwinski stand in front of their severely damaged home in the Carriage Hills neighborhood in Dexter on March 22, 2012. The Jazwinski's survived the March 15, 2012 tornado by hiding in a closet inside a bedroom of the house. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-07_fullsize.jpg
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The ceiling of the living room in the Jazwinski's house on March 22, 2012 after the March 15, 2012 tornado damaged it. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-08_fullsize.jpg
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Katie Jazwinski, on March 22, 2012, describes huddling in the closet, pictured on the right, with her husband and two young children while their house was ripped apart by the March 15, 2012 tornado. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-09_fullsize.jpg
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Katie and Bob Jazwinski, on March 22, 2012, look at the window they escaped out of after the March 15, 2012 tornado had damaged their house in Carriage Hills. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-10_fullsize.jpg
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Debris outside of the home of Katie and Bob Jazwinski in the Carriage Hills neighborhood, in Dexter, on March 22, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-11_fullsize.jpg
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The home of Carol Burns on Central Street in Dexter on March 22, 2012, which suffered roof damage, flood-damage, and moved three inches off it's foundation. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-12_fullsize.jpg
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The Dexter Car Care Center on Second Street in Dexter, pictured here on March 22, 2012, sustained heavy damage after the tornado struck March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-13_fullsize.jpg
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Allen Hale, co-owner of the Dexter Car Care Center, talks to a reporter on March 22, 2012, outside of the severely damaged car wash on Second Street in Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-14_fullsize.jpg
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The Dexter Car Care Center on Second Street in Dexter, pictured here on March 22, 2012, sustained heavy damage after the tornado struck March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/032212-AJC-dexter-tornado-week-later-15_fullsize.jpg
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Irish Hills resident Tom Hines, left, moves heavy tree stumps and roots on March 31, 2012, into a flatbed truck on the property of the Fike family. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-01_fullsize.jpg
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A large tree stump stands beside the chopped-up trunk of a damaged tree at the Fike residence on Dexter-Pinckney road on March 31, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-02_fullsize.jpg
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Dexter resident Barb Fike, on March 31, 2012, holds a Google Earth image of her property which was lined with tall pines (pictured to the left of the house in the lower image) before the tornado struck on March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-03_fullsize.jpg
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Doug Keen saws apart a damaged tree in yard of the Fike family on March 31, 2012. The Fikes are his next-door neighbors on Dexter-Pinckney Rd. Doug's wife, Sue, has been helping organize volunteers for the clean-up efforts around Dexter. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Doug-and-Sue-Keen-volunteer-Dexter-01_fullsize.jpg
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A pile of branches and trees burn on March 31, 2012, in an area of the Fike residence that formerly was lined with tall pine trees. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-04_fullsize.jpg
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19-year-old U-M student Ian McCarthy carries branches away from a fallen tree on the edge of Dennis Linder's property near Dexter-Pinckney Road on March 31, 2012. McCarthy, along with other students who are part of a fashion company called Merit, came out to volunteer in the clean-up effort after a tornado stuck Dexter on March 15, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-05_fullsize.jpg
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Dennis Linder throws brush on a pile of burning trees on March 31, 2012. The trees were damaged after the tornado stuck his property along Dexter-Pinckney Road. Some of the trees on the pile are ones he previously planted in his yard. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-06_fullsize.jpg
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A worker from Altec, a utility company, strips a damaged utility pole to be removed from the side of Dexter-Pinckney Road on March 31, 2012. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-07_fullsize.jpg
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Tree branches and brush line the side of Dexter-Pinckney Road on March 31, 2012, after the March 15, 2012 tornado. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/033112-AJC-Dexter-tornado-clean-up-08_fullsize.jpg
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Matt and Heather Lutz;s home was destroyed by the tornado on March 15, 2012. Here, Matt and Heather, as well as their dog Brady, stand outside their nearly-completed home on Oct. 6, 2012. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/100412_Dexter_tornado_construction (1 of 8)_fullsize.jpg
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Homes that where destroyed by the tornado on March 15, 2012 are near the end of construction along Noble Street in Dexter on Oct. 6, 2012. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/100412_Dexter_tornado_construction (2 of 8)_fullsize.jpg
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Homes that where destroyed by the tornado on March 15, 2012, are now nearing the end of re-construction along Noble Street in Dexter on Oct. 6, 2012. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/100412_Dexter_tornado_construction (4 of 8)_fullsize.jpg
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Jeff Cowell, an amateur radio operator, drives down Dexter-Townhall Road using his HAM Radio, just as he did on March 15, 2012, the day of the Dexter tornado. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/101112_NEWS_ Jeff_Cowall_CS_ (5 of 6)_fullsize.jpg
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Construction workers rebuild a house in Dexter's Huron Farms neighborhood on Oct. 6, 2012. The house, along with several other homes, was destroyed by a tornado on March 15, 2012. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Tornado/cache/101112_NEWS_Jennys_Dexter_Tornado_Follow-up_CS (1 of 1)_fullsize.jpg
AnnArbor.com is taking a look back at a year's worth of photos as Dexter marks the anniversary of the tornado that hit March 15, 2012.
See photos of the destroyed homes in Huron Farms, the damage to Carriage Hills and the efforts of the community to rebuild their lives.
More one-year anniversary coverage of the Dexter tornado:
Comments
Ann English
Fri, Mar 15, 2013 : 1:03 a.m.
The Dexter High School students posted other photos from the tornado's effects closer to Central and Second Streets. I've seen the house at that corner that had a tree fall on its roof, nicely remodeled and repainted today.
Kellie Woodhouse
Thu, Mar 14, 2013 : 7:37 p.m.
It's great to see the construction progress in the neighborhoods. It's like day and night. I'm glad families are beginning to resume normalcy again.