1985 Tornado Series #8 Crossing the border Traditional Geocache
1985 Tornado Series #8 Crossing the border
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This is a traditional cache with sort of a TWIST so its listed as a mystery.
The 1985 United States – Canadian Tornado Outbreak was a major tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, on May 31, 1985. Forty-one tornadoes were counted including 13 in Ontario, Canada. It is the largest and most intense tornado outbreak ever to hit this region, and the worst tornado outbreak in Pennsylvania history in terms of deaths and destruction.
The outbreak lasted roughly from just before 3 PM EDT, when the first tornado touched down in Wiarton, Ontario, until around 12 AM EDT when the last reported tornado struck Tobyhanna, PA. The peak of the outbreak took place during the early evening hours where the strongest and deadliest tornadoes formed across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
The first of two F4 tornadoes to affect Erie County touched down just west of the Pennsylvania state line around 5 p.m. The tornado moved across the northwestern tip of Crawford County and then entered Erie County near Pennside. After causing considerable damage there, the tornado slammed into Albion leveling the town. A ten-block area was completely destroyed with nine people losing their lives. The tornado killed three more people in Cranesville before finally lifting. There were also 82 injuries with a total of 309 buildings destroyed. The second F4 to affect Erie County touched down between Wattsburg and Corry in eastern Erie County. This tornado stayed on the ground for 45 miles but fortunately hadn't killed anyone.
The most famous tornado of this outbreak touched down in Portage County near the Ravenna, OH National Guard Amory at about 6:30 PM and cut a 47 mile path through Newton Falls, Niles, and Hubbard, OH before entering Pennsylvania. This was a violent F5 tornado; the only F5 in the United States in 1985, and became the deadliest Ohio tornado since the Xenia F5 during the Super Outbreak of April 3, 1974 .
The deadliest tornado of the day touched down near Jamestown, Pennsylvania along the Mercer and Crawford County line around 5:20 p.m. This tornado was rated an F4 and killed 23 people. The tornado stayed on the ground for over an hour and produced a 56 mile long damage path. Along the way, the town of Atlantic was virtually destroyed. Cochranton, Cherry Tree, Cooperstown and Tionesta were also hard hit. Fatalities occurred in all five towns and also at mobile home park north of Franklin. The tornado finally lifted near Tionesta (Forest County) after destroying 371 homes.
So you’re probably wondering what the TWIST is by now…..There are 10 stages to this cache in order to get the FINAL cache coordinates. Each stage is a regular traditional cache placed in normal fashion. At each stage will be a letter on the log in which you must answer the question below by reading the information above. Once you get the answer find the letter on the log and replace it with the number for the final location. Once you have the 10 numbers from the stages then you’re off to find the last and FINAL cache .
Question: The total number of tornadoes in the outbreak
FINAL CACHE LOCATION
N C B . A D E
W H I . F G J
Additional Hints
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