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On April 3 1974 over 140 tornadoes caused havoc damage and death across 13 states in the Midwest. With 20 tornadoes in Indiana 26 tornadoes in Kentucky killing 330 people and injuring 5484. Xenia Ohio one of the most remembered towns witnessing devastation that fateful April day saw a tornado that some say had wind speeds that were approaching 300 miles per hour. The Xenia tornado alone killed 32 people and damaged more than 1000 homes.
Cincinnati OH was hit on the same day with the tornado hitting the Sayler Park area causing large amounts of damage. The powerful storm destroyed homes cars uprooting trees across Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Both tornadoes hitting Xenia and Cincinnati were both F5 on the Fujita scale.
The National Weather Service called the April 3rd and 4th tornado outbreak as one of the worst in U.S. history. As the Midwest was plagued with storms and tornadoes for more than 16 hours across a path cover more than 2500 miles. This rash of storms and tornadoes spawned up 30 tornadoes that were rated as F4 and F5.
Thankfully over the last 40 years massive technological developments have been made in weather forecasting and tracking abilities. Ken Haydu the meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Wilmington states “We were still using hand-me-down military radar in 1974”. With communication much slower back then in comparison to now Forecasters had to wait for visual confirmation of a tornado before issuing a tornado warning.
Technology since the outbreak has vastly improved while communications systems offer significant enhancements.
“This type of storm has happened before “ Hayu said. “It will happen again.”
Xenia Ohio had over 1000 homes destroyed. Of the 12 schools in the community seven of them were damaged beyond repair.
Middletown Ohio based Tornado Shelter manufacturer Granger Plastics Company is taking time today to remind families to be prepared and have a safety plan in place for your family. “Unfortunately many families wait until after a bad storm or tornado before they get a safety plan in place. Be proactive rather than retroactive in providing a safe place for refuge and shelter during a tornado or inclement storm” stated Shawn Cravens General Manager of Granger Plastics. “We have seen increasing numbers over the last few years of families purchasing storm shelters during the off-seasons however it’s always heart-breaking to hear of anything or anyone hurt injured or worse- because they didn’t have a place to seek shelter “ exclaimed Cravens.
The Granger ISS is a seamless rotationally molded unit consisting of a double-walled construction and foam filled which allows for superior strength and reduced or eliminated condensation. Because of the unit’s innovative design and foam filled construction the unit can be installed virtually anywhere and does not require an additional anchoring system and installs in as little as 4 hours.
Granger Plastics holds a quality control certification issued by the Federal Aviation Administration which forces strict adherences to the highest quality standards. Granger Plastics provides a number of rotationally molded safety solutions to a wide variety of industries including Defense Aerospace Automotive Manufacturing and so much more.
Granger Plastics specializes in custom designed products that require excellent design. A world renown rotational molding leader and in business for over two decades Granger Plastics has never seen a greater interest in safety products including the Granger ISS – In-ground Tornado Shelter. To learn more about the Granger ISS please visit http://www.grangerplastics.com/shelter.html or contact at 513-424-1955.
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