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When I was a young boy, I remember reading about the Xenia, Ohio tornado in our local paper. We lived in the opposite corner of the state (northeast) and had experienced bad thunderstorms and hail, but never a tornado; those only happened in faraway places like Oklahoma and Texas. And thanks to movies, Kansas. It was an unprecedented event with massive devastation. Xenia stayed in the news for some time, and I never forgot that one. Nowadays, they seem routine.
Fastforward to today, April 2, 2024 and the entire region is under threat of tornadoes, hail and flooding. The media has been hyping this storm system, like usual; but I take the possibility of it being destructive quite seriously; now living some 30-minutes from the Ohio River. We are in their red zone of severe weather likelihood, the nasty part of course hitting after dark.
My point today to highlight the 50-year anniversary of the super outbreak and Xenia. No location on earth is immune to bad weather, especially when nefarious entities seem to be controlling it. I posted it today, a day early, as power and internet have gone off several times already.