By Sara StrongShearing winds caused property damage in the Luverne area Saturday, with hail and 1 1/2 inches of rain accompanying the winds, which reached up to 90 miles per hour.The worst results in the county were probably at Denny and Kathy Gyberg’s farm where a barn and a camper are losses.Denny said, "I came out after it all ended, and all I said was ‘Aw, shoot.’ … Well, that’s not all I said."He said the cement walls on the outside are still holding up the barn, but there’s extensive damage to the rest of the structure, especially the roof.Damage just across the county line near Lismore brought a bigger loss to Brad and Jeff Lynn, who discovered their 1,300 hogs dead. The hogs suffocated when the electricity and ventilation system went out. Phone lines were also down so the alarm system wasn’t working.At about 10 or 10:30 p.m. Gyberg said he and Kathy looked out the windows to try to see what was happening."I tried to see through the light of the lightening flashes," he said.When he could see that trees were down, he went outside with a flashlight and took it to the barn to survey the animals.The barn housed 250 hogs, and Gyberg said he was surprised and thankful that the hogs weren’t hurt.Unfortunately, a Streamline camper didn’t make it after four trees fell on the roof.Big trees fell on smaller trees, too, making the total tree loss 16."All I can say is, the home is there and it’s OK," Gyberg said.The house and other buildings lost shingles and had minor damage.Cleanup will start at the Gyberg’s at the end of this week.Jack Cragoe also had damage at his home west of Magnolia Saturday. He lost a corn crib and a 28-by-108-foot barn, where the hogs remained safe somehow. "I don’t think they got a scratch," he said. Cragoe lives 1 1/2 miles northwest of Magnolia. He said the damage happened at about 10 p.m. on a very confined part of his property. "The odd part is, everything happened on the east," Cragoe said. He estimates the damage roughly at $30,000.The hogs were moved to a different building Sunday.Also Saturday, a camper overturned on the interstate, and the Adrian campground was evacuated.Pea-size hail fell briefly in Luverne Saturday, but there were no reports of hail damage to area crops.
