Central Illinois Building Collapses from Heavy Winds

The winds throughout the region were fierce overnight. When the sun went down yesterday the winds began picking up and shifting steadily from the west to the northwest with an attitude.

Yes, it got cold. But as the adage goes. It’s not the cold – it’s the wind. Last night the wind was the thing.

In tiny Waggoner, Illinois just off of I-55 south of Springfield, the wind huffed and puffed and better than big bad wolf style…and blew a building in. Yes, it was brick too, well concrete blocks and mortar at least.

The structure was old and isn’t completely down as it is connected to other structures to the left and right, in what qualifies as downtown Waggoner.

There appears to be additional wind damage to overhangs on neighboring buildings. And the collapsed building doesn’t appear to have been occupied.