Re-planting, re-building shuffles priorities after series of damaging storms

Amy Hadachek
Aug 12, 2022
Aug 12, 2022

Rebuilding storm damage 5.jpg — Irrigation pivots sustained storm damage in Clay County, Nebraska June 7.
Submitted photo

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It’s been a summer of farmers working backward, in order to go forward in parts of storm-ravaged Nebraska and South Dakota.

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Rebuilding storm damage 4.jpg — Irrigation pivots sustained storm damage in Clay County, Nebraska June 7.
Submitted photo

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Road tripping through a toddler’s eyes

"If there was a tractor working in the field we would know within seconds if it was red, green, blue or orange and if it was cultivating or perhaps baling hay. Yes, this farmer’s grandson knows his farming terms quite well."

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Damaged grain bin — A grain bin on the edge of Beaver Creek, Minn., is damaged from spring storms.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Rebuilding storm damage 2.jpg — The newest generation Mesonet station is like this one near Oacoma, S.D.
Photo courtesy of Genna Langum, SDSU

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Rebuilding storm damage 1.jpeg — A photo sequence from May 12 shows the derecho approaching Beresford, S.D., as the intense squall line of severe storms whips up dust.
Images courtesy of Mesonet at SDSU

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Picking up and pushing forward

It started off as a beautiful, sunny day in northeastern South Dakota.

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Rebuilding storm damage 3.png — This map shows the maximum wind gusts recorded May 12 in South Dakota with fierce winds indicated in the southeastern part of the state produced by a derecho.
Image courtesy of Mesonet at SDSU

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Reporter Amy Hadachek is a two-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and a storm chaser who earned her NWA and AMS Broadcast Meteorology Seals of Approval. She and her husband live on a diversified farm in Kansas. Reach her at amy.hadachek@midwestmessenger.com.