The heavy rain and snow that has been occurring along the West Coast has caused problems for onion handlers in Idaho and Oregon, according to The Packer this week. Deep snow on top of packing and storage facilities was then saturated by rain, which added enough weight to the onion packing structures to cause them to collapse. Estimated dollar amounts of overall damage will be significant, with facilities costing hundreds of thousands of dollars even before losses of product or equipment are tallied. In addition to the agricultural buildings, other commercial buildings have been destroyed, including a tire store and a bowling alley. You can read about it here.
