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OM Backroads Episode 41 (Rebroadcast): The devestating Lorain/Sandusky Tornado of 1924
·27 min·2 clips
A ferry captain with 1,200 passengers watched a tornado circle them, averting disaster by sheer luck.
As heard by us
A plainspoken tornado story where regional history and human devastation land together.
This episode keeps its focus on the 1924 tornado as a regional catastrophe, and the scale is stark: 85 deaths in Sandusky and Lorraine, 88 across Ohio.
Why you'd press play
You want a blunt, local account of the 1924 Lorain-Sandusky tornado.
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