When a band of tornadoes cut across the Midwest last spring, one of the hardest hit communities was Henryville, Ind. There, one resident died and nearly 100 homes, several businesses and the community's school were heavily damaged or destroyed.
Matt Shields, superintendent of Rural Membership Water Corp. (RMWC) in Henryville, saw the system essentially shut down by the March 2 storm, which damaged a booster pump station, the main control building, and a 280,000-gallon storage tower.
After the F4 tornado hit town on Friday at 3:30 p.m., the water system was out of service.
