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Friday, June 17, 2005 BY NICKI CRUICKSHANK POST REPORTER BROCKTON â€" Life can change in a matter of minutes, especially at the hands of Mother Nature. Bryan and Margaret Crispin's lives changed in seconds when their farm property was torn apart by what Environâ€" ment Canada has confirmed as a tornado Tuesday evening. The MO Hanover natives have owned and operated a cash crop farm for the past 30 years, and the farm belonged to Bryan’s grandfaa ther before they took it over. The storm blew through the Hanover and Walkerton areas in the evening oflune 14. ’I looked out (the window) at 7:07 pm and it was getting dark,“ saianargaret. "it happened at 7:30 pm. The {sky hurl turned . Storage barn destroyed Storm thrashes through family black and winds became violent. The wind snapped the tree in the Crispins’ front yard along with two hydro poles at the road and near their barn. The Crispins also fought to Close the windows in their home against the gusty weather. “Bryan was downstairs trying to close the windows . . it was suck~ ing the screen right out of his hand," said Margaret “1 have never seen anything like this, You only see this in movies." The couple’s barn next to their home also came crashing down under the veloctty of the winds. "All I could we was dark. 1 saw titt- tree come down . . . i didn‘t see lhr' harn come down,” explained Marâ€" garet. Neighbours Allan and loan l’oL-rli» man, hHWL'VL‘I, witnessed the dostrutlmn ol lllL' LilHIllllN' ham lirtl hand. "We were heading to the base- ment when we looked out the win- dow and saw the barn go,” Joan recalled. "We heard an awful crack» ling . . . the barn boards were flying off, it was just like in a movie" The boards and scraps of the barn’s metal roof were crumpled and twisted Off, and Wch blown several feet into the Field behind the house. Lawn chairs and other articl in the immediate area were also lined oil the ground and throer Only a por» tion nl‘ a straw storage ham and thr- Silt! were lull standing intat‘l. Juli Hudson. a warning propart-rt nesn meteorologist tor Environment Canada, was on \ilc \‘\"udtlc\tl.l\‘ afternoon to (ttllllllil tlw rauw ot the damage. , “WNW t’ttlllll‘lllt‘tl it .t\ .I tornado dlll|tl.l\|.l|('t1ll\‘tt| powluh \lr'llt two," t'\[)l.|lnut| t «Itilwil. t‘ntllson \airl lln- tornado \lllirlx the Crispin property with winds gusting at 160 to 190 kilometres per hour. Margaret said the incident hapâ€" pened in about 30 seconds, but the damage will take much longer to I'L'L'l‘lft“ "it's hard to see your livelihood tome down like that," Margaret said, “With llll\ short, now we’re not ililL' what to do. ltight now, we're just picking up the pieces and mm'ingnn.” "It's Irmtratlng lie-utilise lhr‘ farm- ing has lwen hard as d o, and this ill£l\ haw tilmht-d us." added llnan. MaIgart-l‘s parrots Lani:- to t‘l'ti‘t'lt out llll' damage, and \\lt.ll they no stunned llmm,"lt\' \ttt‘h a \lnnk.‘ rulannul \t'ilnra kt'ikllt‘l, \Iai- gait-IR llltilht‘l "it's ttnllt'llct'ahlr " lirvan and Margartii and \ml lulljt‘ \[n-nt the da\ tit-airing up tlrhm and rtllllng down thr It‘l'll.ltlt\ ol [hr- litull lrr'i- “Illll' ltatiot l\lltlt Inigr l\t'1it|‘lil\trl rvtlritil [in l.Ititila grin-laud to mi lilllll [inn I‘t'Utl |\. ll'\ltilt't‘ \ll‘tllll oi lll\|\ltl;.tlwl\ than i mt lttlllllt‘lll l anada two “dint l.‘ I m lltliL‘t tilitl tilt llllt'\ I” III. tl mmui illilll ht lllt'\lultlll lllt‘i.IiIII|t\Ill\it1.it\\t unlit-am um It'lltdt tt‘il hot n.» damain « «it out. I\ .ItaIlaI-l- n itm lllllt farm