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Show , x w F': 'sp-S-?' "Sr Sg?jlaS& ( 1 3- - v ,v", A. 3 A Ttfhfrrn s ' ifev- - ii 1 jL&7 Jjarr ' s Vt- -- : v 4 -- j?.. f 7ViX, i ''i.tatf.'.t, , gsgga5gg&- TT" - iHf The top of the Air Force Billets was ripped back by the force of the storm. i t Wild wind ttiraollir fl Wind in excess of 68 mpfi roared across the desert June 30 leaving in its wake disintegrated house trailers and downed trees. The squall took only twenty minutes to reap its toll to the dismay of Fire Department, Emerald Maintenance, the Logistics Directorate and Facilities Engineers personnel. THE STORM first left its mark in the Ditto Technical Center where a house trailer being used as a temporary motor pool was twisted like a pretzel, ripping out walls and tossing appliances like toys. ! , precariously. Cost for removal and replacement has been estimated at over $19,000. (An additional 10 trees wer damaged in other areas of the post as well.) THREE government owned - , Roof damage in Family Housing was caused by both winds and falling tree limbs. No estimate of that damage was available. Four other buildings received substantial wind damage; the Bowling Alley, two Air Force Barracks and the pumphouse. Estimate of permanent repairs IN ADDITION to the damages, downed power lines started one small grass fire near the Provost Marshalls Office that was .quickly MIRACULOUSLY,nobody. was hurt. The damage list reported to higher headquarters shows the true measure of the storms fury: In Family Housing Areas approximately 46 trees with limbs to be removed and 14 trees either knocked completely over or leaning is $104,000. and stop until it passed. opener. trailers at a cost of 10,000 each total- ly destroyed. Losses to the contents was not available at press time. Ope other trailer was blown off its supports without any apparent damage. Damage to power lines, though not extensive, was placed at about $1,000. Two other trailers, located at Michael Army Airfield, also became casualties as. both were lifted from their frames and smashed several Yards away on the inactive runway. All that was left of one was splinters. The onslaught on English Village was preceded by a huge cloud of dust that 'reduced visibility to zero causing some drivers to pull over The remains of the motor pool trailer spilled from the fractured roof as if the roof had been pried off with a can i extinguished themselves. The storm picked up steam as it headed for Salt Lake City where it ripped some of the copper plating from the roof of the Capitol Build' ing, bent flag-pole- s and downed large trees. Damage estimates there are in the millions of dollars. : " ! . One did and one didn't. : . .nobody knows liow the one trailer could have been toppled, from its blocks and 1; - n .. s. - .. - .... another right next door experienced only a slight shift. 1 |