When the TV station reported a coming cold storm in southeast Idaho, farmers immediately took1. Most of the farmers had to work 16-18 hours a day to get their potatoes, before the cold air fell deep into the soil. Snow was2hard and fast. However, one farmer in Hamer, Idaho, about 32 miles north of Idaho Falls, was3to gather all of his crop in time.
Realizing his4, his neighbors, working unitedly with their fellow farmers, sent their workers to5his crop. With trucks loaded with equipment, 6workers and farmers didn't think twice about reaching out to a farmer7.
Dozens of members of the8also joined in the help. They all showed up just in time as temperatures hit 29 overnight. Jason Larson, a farmer who lived nearby, sent 25 workers to10in the emergency operations. With the crisis averted (避免), it is11that the community worked hand in hand to save several hundred thousand dollars12of potatoes.
Larson witnessed (见证) all this and said, "It was just kind of neat to see everyone help. It was pretty13to help someone in need. What people do is that they help their neigh-bor. There14wasn't a second thought about it. This kind of thing15every day."
