Tornadoes damage farms in Indiana

Aug 25, 2016

Twisters destroyed crops and homes

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

Some farmers in Indiana are trying to rebuild after tornadoes swept through parts of the state, destroying everything in their paths.

In Montgomery County, Meredith Mangus’s corn crops were damaged and a 100-year-old barn was destroyed.

When the storm hit, Mangus and his family weren’t home. The house was spared and he understands how lucky he is. The home is currently without power and the family is using donated generators.

“We got three sheds here that are destroyed and that’s everything on the property but the house,” he told WISHTV. “We were wondering about the house and then we found out about the house. We praised God that we had a house.”

John Frey, also from Montgomery County, told Fox59 his farm was damaged by multiple tornados, but the outcome could've been much worse.

"It’s just crops, you know, it’s not people’s lives and we’re just fortunate nobody that I know of so far has been hurt," Frey said.

“They just come right through here, but that’s just crops,” he said. “You know, it’s not people’s lives.”

Earlier in the month, tornadoes ripped through properties near Zionsville, Indiana, forcing some farmers to alter their harvest plans.

(W)e’ll go very slow in the combine and (we’ll be) diligent to watch, probably make sure we’re doing it in the daylight so that we can see all the debris and not run it through the head,” Georgi Kaser told WISHTV on August 16.

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