Jim Turner received a call Sunday afternoon that the Oklahoma Masonic Lodge Number 4 in Atoka had collapsed.
"I was a little bit sick to my stomach. I'll be honest with you," said Turner, worshipful master of Oklahoma Masonic Lodge #4. The building is expected to be a total loss, but other Masons have reached out to help the lodge continue operations.
"Offered us their buildings as temporary meeting locations. So that is in progress. So we won't have a break in service," Turner said. In Pottsboro, Wilson's Farm lost 15 greenhouses during the winter storm. Kendall Wilson, general manager at Wilson's Farm, said crews attempted to save the structures by cutting out ice sections.
"On Saturday night, probably around like 9 o'clock, this is the first greenhouse that we attempted to save. We had to cut out each square and break out the ice," Wilson said. When that method proved too slow, crews switched tactics and used poles to beat down the ice.
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