Storms that woke many of us on Monday morning are having a lasting impact on one North Texas business.
Rain and strong winds caused a costly mess at Cobbins Family Pumpkin Patch in Denton County.
“I feel like the pumpkin patch is just not going to happen this year,” owner Tonya Cobb said during an emotional video posted to social media.
She says the family-run pumpkin patch is the reason they moved to Sanger.
“It was literally in the contract when we purchased the house — We have to be able to open a pumpkin patch,” said Cobb.
Cobb says she started Cobbins Family Pumpkin Patch to give other families the experience she got going to one with her kids.
“It was the most rewarding family feel thing we could do and locally support a business,” said Cobb.
Four seasons, thousands of visitors and countless memories later, this week Cobb hit a breaking point.
“Devastated, feel like a failure probably, like I failed the community,” said Cobb.
Between snapped trees, debris and a broken gate, storms early Monday morning left their mark on her property.
“Almost sounded like a train coming through,” she said.
The potential for costly repairs on top of rising pumpkin and hay prices has Cobb reconsidering whether to open at all this season.
“This pumpkin patch has been a part of our life since we moved to this property, and I don’t even know what an October looks like without the pumpkin patch, without surrounding ourselves with all the love and support from our community,” said Cobb.
Cobb had been in full preparation mode but is now weighing her options, and with the deadline to order pumpkins next week, she hopes repair estimates she gets this weekend don’t bite too much into her budget.
“It’s my baby. It’s my heart and I’ll do anything to see it open and be successful,” said Cobb.
Monday morning’s storm produced the highest wind gust ever recorded at DFW Airport.
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