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PORTAGE, MI -- The smell of pine from downed trees lingered in the air Tuesday night as residents emerged from their homes on Lovers Lane to inspect the damage. Two suspected tornadoes ripped through the Portage area around 6 and 7 p.m. respectively on Tuesday, May 7. Yards were littered with uprooted trees and downed power lines. Some residents were glad they escaped with their lives. Others had just watched everything they own be ripped away. Lynne, who declined to provide her last name, was standing in her front doorway...