The power finally came back on at Al and Susie Howerton's house last night at 8 o'clock.

"We had it better than a lot of people because we were living in our motor home," Al Howerton told News 25. "We had our own power with our generator."

"Our grandchildren came over and stayed with us in the motor home because the power was out at their house," said Susie Howerton. "They had a good time."

The Howerton's also own H & H Industries in Elmwood. But their warehouse and the other businesses that stand in the shadow of the storm–damaged grain elevator have been shut down until crews can dismantle the unsafe structure.

"Once they get the stuff off the top of it they're going to start removing sheets from the bottom," said Joe Logsdon, the foreman of the crew taking down the elevator. "The bin will actually just lower down to the ground by taking sheets off the bottom, rings off the bottom."

There are four crews doing the work, from Danville, Decatur, Pekin and Ladd, Illinois. Like the business owners in Elmwood they're hoping to have the grain elevator down as soon as possible.

"A lot of people are here working really hard," said job crew member Jesse Shepherd. "We're hoping to get this knocked down today so we can get home to our families. We've got Father's Day coming up tomorrow and most of us have kids and we're anxious to get home."

Logsdon thinks the most important part of the job will be completed in these next 24 hours.

"If we have it halfway down by tomorrow the site will be a lot more secure," said Logsdan. "The likelihood of it falling will be a lot lower. It can't fall as far when it's only half as tall."

Elmwood resident John Coulter stood two blocks away watching the crew members begin the process of dismantling the elevator.

"I wonder what they'll do with it," wondered Coulter. " Will they scrap it or reuse any parts of it? I don't know how they'll do it exactly but it's interesting."