Ines Ojeda, a Dame known as "Rolling Storm 4U, " says bruises only make skaters stronger.

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At the time it came down, the weather was good with no storm rolling through or significant winds, added fellow police Constable Harrison Ford.

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About 50 yards below, three dozen surfers took to choppy six to eight foot swells rolling in from the storm that had touched ground in the Carolinas earlier in the day.

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Video footage from the height of the storm showed high, rolling waves along the coastal areas and winds blowing so hard palm trees were flattened.

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More than 24 hours before the storms began rolling across the Midwest on Saturday, the service was cautioning residents of the storm's potential damage.

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Homeowners and businessowners who suffered flooding in Sandy's record storm surge in flood zones spent much of the day either grieving or rolling up their sleeves.

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The Rolling Stones, who recently embarked on their 50th-anniversary tour, can still play up a storm but so what?

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