[SEL] Findlay Show Grounds & Weather Event

[Dave Rotigel]

Thanks for the Update (and the good news re: the show grounds Mark.) Many of us are looking forward to the show! Glad that you finally decided to TAX the butt buggys. People should keep in mind that handicapped and FAT are NOT the same!
	Dave
PS, Glad that you came through it OK!

On Jul 1, 2012, at 12:35 AM, Mark Shulaw wrote:

> 
> I was able to get to the Fairgrounds today and the facilities north 
> of the creek as a whole looked pretty good. Could not get a good look 
> at either of the grand stands. The cattle building which is the 
> building furthest to the north over on the east side is flattened. 
> All the other buildings looked pretty good from a distance. At least 
> they all appeared to be standing ok.  They were busy about the 
> grounds cleaning up so we only poked around the edges looking in so 
> to keep out of the way.  Did see to my surprise that the big trees in 
> the engine area were still standing.
>  Findlay seems torn up the worst right through the heart of town 
> then on south.  When you get up to the upper end of town north of 224 
> or Trenton Ave. the damage diminishes quickly. From Trenton south is 
> where the worst appears to have occurred. The storm here was 
> traveling in a east-south easterly direction. The majority of town 
> appeared to be out of power. But to the extreme east and north side 
> there was power. We did not venture to the south side. From what we 
> seen most of the towns troubles seems to be with rotten old trees 
> taking down utility lines. There was lots of roof and window damage 
> all over but other then the cattle barn we seen no other buildings 
> utterly destroyed on our brief tour. Looks like we are ok for the show.
> Findlay has a mind boggling amount of clean up. Our little town of 
> Bluffton took a hard hit too but it did not appear quite as bad as 
> Findlay. To be honest with you from the storm damage we have seen on 
> the news from Hurricanes and direct tornado hits we got off better I 
> think. We had a major ice storm go through here several years ago and 
> I believe the tree damage in some respects was worse then.  Its a 
> different kind of damage compared to wind but with the ice storm 
> almost every tree took moderate to heavy damage.
>  Our clubs Vice Pres- Richard Williams lost a 40X80 machinery 
> storage building to the wind. Everything we seen today and so far has 
> looked like straight line wind, not tornado damage.
>                      Mark
> 
> 
> 
>> Hi All,
>> Between the fires in Colorado and the storms that went through the 
>> Midwest to Eastern US last night it has been eventfull to say the LLLLeast.
>> As for the engine show at Findlay I will have to keep you all 
>> appraised. The Fairgrounds sustained damage. But the extent of the 
>> damage is not yet fully know by me. Reports claim at least one 
>> building is down (a cattle barn) and damage to the others. Trees I 
>> am sure have seen damage too.  I will try to get over there today 
>> and see if I can get a look myself at the damage. Once I get a look 
>> maybe I can get a feel for whats to come. Show time is one month 
>> off.  The show is The Northwest Ohio Antique Machinery Association .
>> 
>> Mark
> 
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> 
> Mark Shulaw
> 454 County Road 33
> Bluffton, OH. 45817
> USA
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