Tornadoes Demolish Town “Eyesores”
A series of tornadoes struck the town Winnetamock, Wisconsin on Thursday. Most had winds speeds of 125 MPH. However, the damage was limited to a small number of ugly and unsafe structures that the town was planning to remove. Town leaders have been trying for years to save enough money to hire the specialized demolition crews needed to take the structures down safely. Now those difficult to remove structures are just big piles of rubble, ready to be hauled away. The structures included a 10-story tall bunny rabbit built in 1934 for the town’s Easter parade, a 130-foot tall house of extremely large cards made out of steel as part of a long forgotten bet with a neighboring town in 1965, and a 150-foot tall lollipop built in 1982 for the town’s first and only Candy Festival. Residents of the town were glad to be rid of the embarrassing visual monstrosities. A spokesperson for the tornadoes had only one comment: “You're welcome.”