Partsnado

On the night of July 22nd 2015, an unusual storm threatened Northern Illinois.  Luckily, 2 unlikely dudes stepped up to the plate to save the community.  In Northern Illinois, there is a small community called Lakemoor, IL.  This town is home to one of the largest used powersports parts shops in the midwest.  Big Kid Powersports was the center of growing story this morning.  We spoke with owners Mike Missak and Doug Hein about their pretty crazy experience last night.  "It got really dark, really quick.  I didn't realize it was so windy until it was too late.", states Missak, "Luckily, we had prepared ourselves for a situation like this."  

What Mike is referring to is categorized as a type of Micro burst by meteorologists.  A swirling, tornado like storm that is centralized over one area.  The storm cultivated over the Lakemoor parts shop at about 7.30pm Wednesday evening.  "Something felt unusual, but I just could not pinpoint what", reflects Hein.  Talking with Missak and Hein, you can tell that it was a traumatic incident.  Missak says that the storm quickly grew a funnel cloud and slammed straight down into the shop.  "The storm took all the parts out of the shop almost immediately", Missak states.  "Once it happen, we knew what we were dealing with", Hein adds.  "Partsnado", the heroic duo say in unison.  That's right, the powerful funnel storm, now known as "Partsnado" was littered with powersport parts and it was threatening the town.  

"I armed my self with the impact wrench and Doug took a 10mm", Mike reminisces.  "We took to the roof and we parted the storm almost as quickly as it started."  Doug states that he was yelling, "Get some" and "not in my house" as the storm dissipated. 

When asked about the damage the dudes proudly share that it was cleaned up late last night.  "People need parts and we need to be here for them", Doug says.  

Missak and Hein are open for business and will gladly share their story with anyone that wants to hang out and listen.  It was a crazy night that, luckily, no one will ever know about.