Original Coverage: Severe weather does significant damage in LaPorte County, tears off half Amish Structures

Amish Structures at 8555 W. U.S. 20 in Trail Creek is now out of business until owner Donnie Pawlik rebuilds his main two-story showroom and workshop. Seven display model wooden sheds were knocked over or blown around, with some of them destroyed. Large, up to 20-foot sections of the roof landed in an empty lot across the four-lane highway about 200 feet away from the property. Two families in Michigan City at Green Acres Manufactured Home Community and one family at nearby Dunewood Village Mobile Home Community were driven out of their residences by fallen trees and branches. The storm lasted for only about 15 minutes and despite the high winds, lightning off in the distance and thunder, it didn’t produce much rain.

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