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To: Chris Forte who wrote (8875)	7/4/2007 9:54:06 PM
From: caly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13724

Oh you would bring that up as I sit here under a tornado watch with thunder cracking in the background. : ) I remember that storm better than I care to. My sister was going to college in Springfield, OH which is just to the north of Xenia. I remember the panic when we heard how hard SW Ohio was getting hit. We were getting hit too, but not with the tornados. The next day when pictures started rolling in of the devastation, it was astonishing. If memory serves, it was an F5 tornado which Ohio rarely gets, and it cut a 3 mile-wide swath through the town. I think it was and still is the worst tornado to ever hit Ohio with regard to deaths, injuries and destruction of property. There was another storm, though, that I remember even better. It was the night of July 4th, 1969 (as coincidence would have it). We were nailed by another horrendous storm during which a small tornado touched down at the end of our street in the park. I won't go into all the gory details, but it traumatized me for life. I was absolutely petrified of bad weather as a result, and to this day, still have dreams of being chased by tornados. Strangely enough, though, I really enjoy a good thunderstorm now and even chased a dust devil last year. Go figure. <edit> Wow, I just Googled "July 4, 1969 storm" and found this page. I've never even heard of one of these things! spc.noaa.gov

To: Chris Forte who wrote (8875)	7/10/2007 11:55:00 PM
From: caly	Respond to of 13724

Darwin award nominee. And here I thought I only had to worry about about speed boats. : ) Jul 2, 2007 10:56 AM Kayaker On Ohio River Unhurt After Being Run Over By Barge Posted By: Lance Barry A kayaker was run over by a barge late Saturday night prompting a river rescue on both sides of the Ohio River. It happened around 9:15 between the Purple People Bridge and the Big Mac Bridge. 9News was the only station on the scene as the kayaker made his way up the riverbank after the incident. Miraculously, the only thing that seemed to be injured was his pride. The kayaker didn't want to talk on camera and didn't exactly seem pleased that our cameras were at the scene. It was dusk at the time of the accident, if not later, when several eyewitnesses tell 9News they saw the man trying to cross the Ohio, and beat the path of an oncoming barge that was heading up river. Moments later, the barge was seen running him over, and it did not stop according to Cincinnati Police. It's likely that the barge didn't even know it had hit anyone. It was a passing pleasure boat that brought the man to shore just moments after he resurfaced. We saw police from both Kentucky and Ohio respond, but he was already coming to shore by the time most arrived. We talked to one man who saw it all along with his family and dialed 911. "The barge went completely over top of him, both he and the kayak were both completely submerged, the kayak came out from the side of the barge, some boaters started circling around and came down, and I was on the phone with 911 by then," said Adam Blevins, an eyewitness. The man refused treatment at the scene, and we are told charges aren't likely in this case. He didn't want to give us his name other than his first name---Gary. He did however admit that it was quite dark on the water at the time of the accident. 9News spoke to several eyewitness who said they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw him resurface after being struck by something so large.