Adam Eggertsen — owner of Just Add Water: Bait, Tackle, and More — said he’s had a lot of help from friends after his business was struck by an EF-2 tornado last month.
Triple ‘E’ Bar-B-Q owner Travis Wissinger said as his business continues to make repairs after last month’s tornado, customers don’t mind the mess. They just want good barbecue.
A tarp covers the roof of Triple ‘E’ Bar-B-Q in Lake of Egypt, Illinois, on May 3. The restaurant is continuing to make repairs after it was damaged by a tornado in April.
Just Add Water’s roof and walls were heavily damaged in the tornado that touched down on April 2 in Lake of Egypt, Illinois.
JASON THOMASON | The Sun
Adam Eggertsen — owner of Just Add Water: Bait, Tackle, and More — said he’s had a lot of help from friends after his business was struck by an EF-2 tornado last month.
JASON THOMASON | The Sun
Triple ‘E’ Bar-B-Q owner Travis Wissinger said as his business continues to make repairs after last month’s tornado, customers don’t mind the mess. They just want good barbecue.
JASON THOMASON | The Sun
A tarp covers the roof of Triple ‘E’ Bar-B-Q in Lake of Egypt, Illinois, on May 3. The restaurant is continuing to make repairs after it was damaged by a tornado in April.
Just one month after an EF-2 tornado ripped through the Lake of Egypt area in southern Illinois the community is well into the rebuilding process — and owners of two local businesses are hard at work getting things back to normal.
“We got a lot of great friends and had a lot of help with this, and we feel like we have to put it back,†said Adam Eggertsen, owner of Just Add Water: Bait, Tackle, and More.
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