SEYMOUR, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – It’s now been three days since some severe storms hit the state, causing a lot of damage, and a lot of power outages.
Seymour was one of those communities hit severely.
“We’re just helping out the community,” said Seymour resident, Wanda Bostwick. “Helping the guys that are helping us get our electric back going.”
She spent Saturday morning behind the grill, cooking up lunch for utility workers on Vanden Heuvel Road, as they try to get residents’ lights back on.
“We watched them all conjugate and tried to get the plan together,” said Bostwick. “So, I thought you know what, we should feed them. What better way to get to a man’s heart, right?”
Diane Hoffman is the assistant store leader for a Kwik Trip in Seymour.
The store donated the food.
“We got together, we got the buns, chips, some ice, condiments,” said Hoffman. “I love seeing how they’re pulling together and being helpful.”
But in a nearby Seymour neighborhood, where you’d hear the hum of generators, Jackie Halvorson is just trying to keep herself busy.
“Word puzzles, reading, going to bed early,” said Halvorson. “But other than that, it’s been a challenge and an experience.”
Seymour was one of the cities in Northeast Wisconsin to have a confirmed tornado. The National Weather Service’s Green Bay office confirmed it as an EF1.
“We’re running the generator for our refrigerators, her freezer, my sump pump because I was getting up every two to three hours bailing that out,” said Halvorson. “We’re not running a lot on our generator. ”
It’s all Halverson, and many others, can do.
WE Energies saying Friday it could be several days before some get their power back.
And evidence of the severe weather could still be seen across the city.
From split trees littering lawns, to power lines needing repair.
For now, it means even after four days, the work for residents and workers, continues.
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