Winds reach 89 mph in Fall River County, even higher elsewhere in Black Hills
Jake McClure and his family retrieve their trampoline from in front of The Mammoth Site on Thursday morning, following the wind storm the previous night. The McClures live about a block away and were not the only ones whose personal property ended up trapped near the prehistoric sink hole, as a large steel carport was also found upside down nearby as well. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
HOT SPRINGS – Thousands of Black Hills Energy and Black Hills Electric Cooperative customers were without power for multiple days last week following a wind storm which hit the Black Hills on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 17, and into morning of Dec. 18.
Peak wind speeds in Fall River County during the storm were in the upper 80s, while many other parts of the Black Hills saw gusts in the 90s and ev…
