聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 A short-lived but intense storm swept across this corner of southeast Saskatchewan on the evening of Friday, June 12 causing widespread damage to homes, vehicles and crops.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 During its 15-minute duration,the storm left many without power, and produced large hailstones and intense winds which broke the windows of many area homes and vehicles, pitting siding and leaving streets carpeted in branches and leaves.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Martin Kilbuck, whose home on Stockton Avenue in Carlyle sustained broken windows and damaged siding-in some parts right down to his trailer's insulation-said, 鈥淎t first, I thought someone was knocking on the door really loudly. But when I looked outside, it was hailing pretty good. The hail I saw was pea-size to loonie-sized.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t only went on for about 10 to 15 minutes, but it was enough to do damage.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Student Victoria Flynn lives on 6th Street in Carlyle and was home alone when the storm hit. 鈥淚 was pretty scared. It was so loud. We had two front windows on our house broken and a whole bunch of damage to the front of the house.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Trent Johnson's home on Riddell Bay says, 鈥淢y front window was smashed, the siding on the west side of the house was destroyed, the boat cover has holes everywhere and the Bell dish is broken.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Allan and Sylvia Thomas of Country Garden Greenhouse in Carlyle had to suspend business for an entire year while they rebuilt after the green house was levelled during the storm of July 2008.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he damage to the greenhouse this time is bad,鈥� says Sylvia. 鈥淏ecause we'll have to replace the plastic that forms the roofs and walls of all four greenhouses. They are pitted with holes from the hailstones.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淏ut we feel so bad for all of our customers. So many of them have been planting and working so hard to have nice yards for grad.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e really feel as though we got off lucky,鈥� adds Thomas. 鈥淯nlike the last storm in 2008, we didn't lose a business for a year. But we're going to wait until the fall to replace the coverage of all four of our greenhouses, in case there are more storms like this. I hope not.鈥澛�
