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Xenia's Darkest Day Adventure Lab Bonus Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/27/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The coordiinates for this cache are NOT correct - to obtain the correct cooridantes you will need to complate the Adventure Lab:

Xenia's Darkest Day - April 3, 1974  https://adventurelab.page.link/mohV

April 3, 1974 was the day where time stopped in Xenia, Oh. A deadly F5 tornado struck Xenia at 4:40 pm.

The tornado killed 32 people that day and led to the death of 2 Ohio National Guardsmen a couple days later as a fire broke out in a furniture store they were guarding. The tornado injured hundreds more and damaged or destroyed over 3400 homes and nearly half of the business and industry.

It would continue to move to the east and hit Central State University, damaging or destroying most of the campus.

 

Xenia has a history of severe storm activity. According to local legend, the Shawnee referred to the area as "the place of the devil wind" or "the land of the crazy winds" (depending upon the translation.

April 25, 1989, Xenia was hit by an F2 that caused over $2 million in damages. Fortunately, no one was killed in this tornado. Then again on September 20, 2000, an F4 tornado struck killing 1 and injuring 100. This twister followed a path parallel to the 1974 path. Xenia currently has a system of tornado sirens.

After the 1974 tornado outbreak, the city purchased a system of five Federal Signal Thunderbolt sirens for warning. During the 2000 tornado strike, the lack of backup power silenced the sirens, so the city purchased five Federal Signal 2001-SRNB series sirens with battery backup.


Congrats 2eTango for First to Find 6/9/2022!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

unatvat

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)