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14_38A_Shawnee_Lagoon_2005_Xenia_Ohio[1].jpg91 viewsXenia Ohio Shawnee Lagoon Park 2005 Kathleen Merrchant CMM
The Army Corps of Engineers rebuilt Shawnee Park after the Xenia Ohio tornado 1974 as a gift to the citizens of Xenia. Kathleen Merchant CMM photo 2005
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1577_n_texas_court_arrowhead_homes_Xenia_Ohio_1968kitty_comer[1].jpg61 viewsOur first home in Xenia Ohio was on North Texas Court. We even had lights put in the closets. It had a strong fence built in the back yard and a tall tower for a rotor TV antenna.The original price was 15,000 and we kept a photo history as it was being built by the Arrowhead Home Division.Changes in lives created moves and we sold the home.Nothing was left but a slab after the 1974 tornado.Fortunately,no one was home at the time the tornado struck. The Red Cross had a canteen station on site afterwards.
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shawnee_park_lagoon_Xenia_Ohio_tornado_1974[1].jpg167 viewsShawnee Park Lagoon in Xenia Ohio after the F5 tornado
photo of Shawnee Lagoon after the Xenia tornado April 3,1974
Tornadoes Tornado Teminology=>Tornadoes * Tornado Terminology
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Xenia Ohio tornado 1974 reconstruction urban renewal project 1979 The Dispatch paper 1979 Kathleen Merchant CMM Archive kittymerchant
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xenia_7421tornadohsclock4424031974[1].jpg106 viewsXenia Tornado 1974 April 3 4:42 PM Xenia High School Clock
the clock recorded the time the power went out in Xenia during the Xenia tornado of 1974
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xenia_daily_gazette_pulitzer_prize[1].jpg137 viewsXenia Daily Gazette Pulitzer Prize
Xenia Ohio 1974 Pulitzer Prize
facing the horrendous task and overcoming insurmountable odds
"The Xenia Daily Gazette" newspaper published the day after the tornado and kept us connected and informed during our recovery from disaster
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xenia_tornado[1].mp380 viewsXenia tornado April 3 0403 442 PM 1974 sound Xenia Tornado mp3
Xenia Tornado 0403 442 PM 1974 sound mp3
Mr. Brokeshoulder records the first known sound of an F5 tornado
Akai reel to reel tape player and tape owned by (Kitty Comer McKnight) Kathleen Merchant CMM
4412.00KB (4517888 bytes) 1st time ever played on News Brokeshoulder and I were at the YMCA (Disaster Center Xenia Ohio) with the news media covering the event,April 1974. We had both survived those terrible moments before we were in the center of the storm ( F5 tornado) and we were both still a little in shock from everything that had happened ,as many of the disaster victims were at that time in Xenia. I was at work and went beneath the first floor stairs, as the upper floors and bricks caved in around. Brokeshoulder went to his basement with his family. The tape recorder did not record the stillness inside the funnel ,nor the impact of the second wall. Every survivor has a story to tell of that day...the sound of the wind gave little time to prepare. Gil Whitney's warnings on the news and other warnings saved many lives.We had a radio on at work,across from the police station.The police were yelling at everyone to take cover in the center of town as the storm came up Main Street.
We are forever indelibly imprinted by the winds of that day . I was in my twenties, I am 60 now.
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Xenia_Tornado_4_3_1974_442_copyright_kitty_merchant_KRCMM[1].jpg124 viewsXenia Ohio Tornado April 3 1974 Kathleen Merchant
Xenia Ohio F5 Super Outbreak Tornado April 3 1974 Kathleen Merchant CMM Images of the Storm 1974
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xenia_tornado_nixon_vist_kitty_mcknight_between_hard_hats_hi_rt[1].jpg107 viewsPresident Richard Nixon and the Secret Service visited the YMCA Xenia Ohio April !974 to survey the damage and grant Federal Disaster Assistance.
I was honored to meet President Nixon and we walked out of the YMCA with the Secret Service together.I am in the upper right corner between the white hard hat and the military cap. kittymerchant
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