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The Joni and Mike Behrendsen Farm |
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Photos by Helen D. Gunderson. Click on any photo for a large view. |
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Mike and Joni stand in front of the ruins of their silos toward the end of
the day on Saturday. It was impressive to see how well they were holding up
after hours of cleaning the farmstead with the help of many family, friends,
and other volunteers. Mike sustained a concussion in the tornado. Joni had a
broken nose and cuts on her head and arms. |
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The Behrendsen home. The flag was torn, the trees were broken, the window on
the family room on the right side of the photograph was broken and needed to
be covered with plywood. |
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The livestock weighing shed and loading chute. The Behrendsen's raise
cattle. About 13 of them died when debris fell on them. Mike had to shoot
two of the cattle. |
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Repair trucks from the Iowa Lakes Electric Company are parked in the middle
of what was a grove of old oak trees. The repair workers put in a new
utility pole and strung a new power line. |
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| A damaged oak tree, the ruins of two silos, and debris that is scattered across the feedlot. | ||
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