Aftermath of Eighty Windstorms Hits Southern Illinois
Six months after a cluster of eighty mph winds, Southern Illinois towns report extensive damage and costly cleanup. ESDA headquarters roof peeled away and interiors damaged. Cities laid off workers, cut overtime, and spent tens of thousands on debris removal while shops reopened with repairs. Many irreplaceable trees were felled, altering the landscape and raising ongoing concerns over budgets and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Koenecke
Franklin County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
ESDA
Warren Brown
Pershing
West Frankfort
We Didn’t Live We Existed A Storm Relocation Tale
Brad Berker reports from Southern Illinois on Herschel and Winona Barnett and Harvey Gerler after a pair of violent storms. A bridge across a pond links past and present as the Barnetts rebuild from a tree severing their old home while debris piles grow and memories linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Berker
Herschel Barnett
Old du Quoin
Barnetts
Illinois
Winona Barnett
Herschel
Winona
Debra
Lena Mountain
Birds of prey star in Christmas Bird Count report
Ben Gelman notes 1,400 counts nationwide with 1980 results published in American Birds. Crab Orchard Refuge in Illinois logged 71 species and about 20,300 individuals on Dec 21, including 20 bald eagles and a barred owl, amid ice and cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
United States
National Audubon Society
American Birds Magazine
Crab Orchard Refuge
Carterville Dairy Queen
Crab Orchard
Union County
Horseshoe Lake Refuge
Ballard County
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Williamson County
Psychological effect lingers after Southern Illinois storms
Six months after twin storms, Carbondale Emergency Services coordinator Randy Jackson says attitudes remain unsettled. Community interest and calls during storm watches persist, with more presentations requested to raise awareness. City officials expanded warning information range and added three sirens, boosting total to eight at a cost of $47,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Randy Jackson
Carbondale
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Jackson
Bird Count Notes and Nomenclature List
Byline B G notes a long list of species including mouse, white breasted nuthatch, red breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, mockingbird, American robin, her mit thrush, eastern bluebird, golden crowned kinglet, ruby crowned kinglet, cedar waxwing, loggerhead shrike, starling, yellow rumped warbler, house sparrow, eastern meadow lark, red winged blackbird, common grackle, brown headed cowbird, northern cardinal, purple finch, pine siskin, American goldfinch, rufous sided towhee, savannah sparrow, slate colored junco, American tree sparrow, field sparrow, white crowned sparrow, white throated sparrow, fox sparrow, swamp sparrow and song sparrow. seven other species were seen within the week of the count but not on the official count day namely common loon horned grebe bufflehead ruddy duck northern harrier mars hawk Bonaparte s gull and Franklin s gull.
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Herrin
Mario Ottolini
Marion
Johnston City
Carterville
Bill Stevens
Williamson County Highway Department
Town and Country Village
Roger Herrin
Harrisburg
J.C. Penney
University Mall
Penney’s
Penney
Dwight Mitchum
Williams
Sam Macaluso
Interstate 57
Illinois 148
Brush
Bondale
SIUC
DuWayne Schroeder
Shawnee National Forest
Murphysboro District
Rom Neal
Frank Samuel
ED Grefr
Richard Carter
J.C. Penney’s
Gerler
Mrs. Barnett
Birds of Prey
Stars of Christmas
Audubon Society
Byline
B.G
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