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ARANSAS PASS - Heavy winds on Sunday caused some major damage to a popular bait stand in Aransas Pass.
The owners of the Fin and Feather are trying to figure out how to pay for the damage and how to keep looters out. All of the damage is going to cost shop owners $20,000 to fix, including replacing plumbing and electrical wiring.
One more thing they are worrying about is people helping themselves to items without paying.
"It all happened in about two minutes, three minutes and it was all over and done," Virgil Conner, owner of Fin and Feather, said.
"It just hit like that. I mean, it didn't give us any warning or anything," part-owner Sharon Conner said.
Conner said he had no idea that two or three minutes of Sunday's passing storm would leave him with $20,000 worth of damage.
"All the plumbing's gone. You can see everything left and went into the parking lot...it's all gone," Conner said.
Conner also said, right now, he's devising a plan to pay for all the damage.
"We're going to have to replace an electrical panel, when it cooked this off, it took all the electrical with it and all the plumbing...everything," Conner said.
Conner added that there used to be roof with crabwire going across but now there's nothing left.
Surveillance video of the room shows part of the fence starting to blow away. The strong winds eventually knocked out the camera.
"You just heard this loud whoosh sound and that was the roof, and you heard it flip-flop and come off into the parking lot and then the power went out," Conner said.
In addition to repairing the wiring, the plumbing and fixing the water damage, Conner has also put up signs and caution tape to ward off any potential looters until he's back open. He also said being closed for any period of time in this economy is not good for his business.
"We'll lose this week, but hopefully we'll be back up by Friday," Conner said.
Though Conner said it will be pricey to fix the shop back up, he's glad his family is safe.
"We're just glad nobody got hurt, it isn't anything we can't repair," Conner said.
A national weather service investigator was also out here Monday. He calculates Sunday night's winds were at least 70 miles per hour
ARANSAS PASS - Heavy winds on Sunday caused some major damage to a popular bait stand in Aransas Pass.
The owners of the Fin and Feather are trying to figure out how to pay for the damage and how to keep looters out. All of the damage is going to cost shop owners $20,000 to fix, including replacing plumbing and electrical wiring.
One more thing they are worrying about is people helping themselves to items without paying.
"It all happened in about two minutes, three minutes and it was all over and done," Virgil Conner, owner of Fin and Feather, said.
"It just hit like that. I mean, it didn't give us any warning or anything," part-owner Sharon Conner said.
Conner said he had no idea that two or three minutes of Sunday's passing storm would leave him with $20,000 worth of damage.
"All the plumbing's gone. You can see everything left and went into the parking lot...it's all gone," Conner said.
Conner also said, right now, he's devising a plan to pay for all the damage.
"We're going to have to replace an electrical panel, when it cooked this off, it took all the electrical with it and all the plumbing...everything," Conner said.
Conner added that there used to be roof with crabwire going across but now there's nothing left.
Surveillance video of the room shows part of the fence starting to blow away. The strong winds eventually knocked out the camera.
"You just heard this loud whoosh sound and that was the roof, and you heard it flip-flop and come off into the parking lot and then the power went out," Conner said.
In addition to repairing the wiring, the plumbing and fixing the water damage, Conner has also put up signs and caution tape to ward off any potential looters until he's back open. He also said being closed for any period of time in this economy is not good for his business.
"We'll lose this week, but hopefully we'll be back up by Friday," Conner said.
Though Conner said it will be pricey to fix the shop back up, he's glad his family is safe.
"We're just glad nobody got hurt, it isn't anything we can't repair," Conner said.
A national weather service investigator was also out here Monday. He calculates Sunday night's winds were at least 70 miles per hour