[SEL] Findlay Show Grounds & Weather Event

[Mark Shulaw]

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





Mark Shulaw
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Bluffton, OH. 45817
USA

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