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Wind does damage in Missouri

Storms overnight Sunday raised havoc across northern Missouri. A lot a trees were down because of high wind and many were without power.

“We’re told that it’s straight line winds and it hit our family-owned feed mill which supplies all the feed to our hogs,” said Chris Chinn, who raises hogs with her husband Kevin at Clarence, Missouri.

A half-million-bushel grain bin was destroyed, another damaged along with damage to other smaller bins. With help from their neighbors, the family scrambled Monday to save the grain from the wrecked bin.

“You really see what a local community is made of,” said Chinn. “I just can’t say enough thanks and praise for our neighbors and our friends who have offered their grain trucks and who have offered to help us clean up the mess, you know it’s just overwhelming how compassionate a rural community can be.”

Chinn is confident the bins are adequately covered by insurance, and says that even considering the damage, they’re fortunate.

“We were making feed again today by noon, which was great,” she said, “because that was our top priority, making sure that our hogs were cared for and that they were being fed.”

AUDIO: Chris Chinn (4 min. MP3)