Gil made a call that was way ahead of its time. Using radar for weather was brand new, and at that time the only other people using radar for the same were in Kansas and Oklahoma. He had to make the call on his own, and as a result saved thousands of lives. I attended Univ of Dayton a few years after the tornado hit Xenia and met him along with several other people in the storm.
The hook echo on radar is real, but Gil later said this clip of him in the studio was a remake for the Superoutbreak documentary. I wonder if WHIO has the original video of his warning in their library. THAT would be cool to see. He saved hundreds that day by staying glued to the radar and going live when the hook echo appeared.
@UTubeVideoBuzz And how far backward we will fall if Congress decides to cut funding for NOAA, and subsequently the NWS, just to curb a deficit that it racked up during The Bush Administration.
@PeterMayer it seems like everytime we get severe weather around here in the miami valley xenia always gets the shitiest end of the stick why is that?
The quietness makes it that much creepier! I lived in the next county (champaign) at the time, I was almost 4 years old at that point. That's for putting up this piece of history. It's a reminder of the awesome forces of nature!
Gil made a call that was way ahead of its time. Using radar for weather was brand new, and at that time the only other people using radar for the same were in Kansas and Oklahoma. He had to make the call on his own, and as a result saved thousands of lives. I attended Univ of Dayton a few years after the tornado hit Xenia and met him along with several other people in the storm.
tritonrocks 6 months ago
The hook echo on radar is real, but Gil later said this clip of him in the studio was a remake for the Superoutbreak documentary. I wonder if WHIO has the original video of his warning in their library. THAT would be cool to see. He saved hundreds that day by staying glued to the radar and going live when the hook echo appeared.
longlakeshore 7 months ago
How far we have come !
UTubeVideoBuzz 1 year ago
@UTubeVideoBuzz And how far backward we will fall if Congress decides to cut funding for NOAA, and subsequently the NWS, just to curb a deficit that it racked up during The Bush Administration.
jw870206 11 months ago
Gil Whitney...you were the best my friend. The Best!!
SteveWard3928 1 year ago
those poor people in Xenia.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
@PeterMayer it seems like everytime we get severe weather around here in the miami valley xenia always gets the shitiest end of the stick why is that?
thescootercooter 1 year ago
@thescootercooter I wasn't going to say anything but that area seems to be on some kind of line.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
@thescootercooter bcuz xenia is so flat!
riotlover97 11 months ago
@riotlover97 Only a complete douchebag would try to inject politics into something like this.
TheMn64 10 months ago
@TheMn64 actually he has a point. Safety is being cut in the name of budget reduction.
anime29 2 months ago
The quietness makes it that much creepier! I lived in the next county (champaign) at the time, I was almost 4 years old at that point. That's for putting up this piece of history. It's a reminder of the awesome forces of nature!
ppoobah 1 year ago