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What To Do If One Appears
The Threatening Spectre Os
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Tornadoes Looms Over Perry
The black funnel loomed
threateningly in the sky as
it moved toward Perry.
Like a fire, it consumed
everything in its path, and
like a vacuum cleaner, it
spewed them out, broken
and dead. The Perry police
department, fire depart
ment, and county Civil
Defense moved quickly,
but too late to evacuate
many residents from their
homes.
The above scenario is, of
course, fiction, but the
threat of tornado or
hurricane volume winds
has hovered over Perry
like a pesky fly which will
not go away. Ever since
the tornado struck Fort
Valley, devastating the
neighboring city, each
Ttorm has struck fear in
the hearts of Perryans, as
they wondered, "Is it our
turn this time?"
Although no black tunnel
cloud has yet been sighted,
high winds have never
theless battered sections of
Perry this past summer
handing Tolleson Lumber
Company a $15,000 loss,
and damaging over a
hundred trees and a few
buildings in the area east
of Perry on Houston Lake
Road. The vision refuses to
die, and interest in the
winds is at an all-time
t«Vjh.
Last summer a team of
WHY YOUR ELECTRIC
BILL HAS RISEN
Straight Talk from jp***
Bob Scherer *
President
Georgia Power Company
I have received a good deal of response to
my request for your questions and sug
gestions on how we can better meet our
obligation to serve your electrical needs.
Some letters have been critical, but all
have been helpful to me in learning more
about what our customers think and what
concerns them about their electric service.
Possibly the most asked question is
"Why has my electric bill increased
so much?”
That’s a fair and basic question.
Despite conservation efforts, many peo
ple are simply using more electricity than
in past years. But the real answer is that
x. all of the costs of providing your electric
™ service have risen sharply and —like any
other manufacturer of a product or ser
vice—the price of our service must meet
all those costs of doing business.
The chart below shows some examples
of how the costs of manufacturing elec
tricity have risen.
Although cost of service is a subject of
concern, I'm glad that reliability of ser
vice has not been questioned in the letters
1 have received. That's because Georgia
Power people have been dedicated to pro
viding dependable electric service in the
past as well as today. And I am proud of
the job they are doing!
If you have questions or suggestions
on how we can better provide for your
future electrical needs, I would like to •
hear from you.
Write
Bob Scherer
P.O. Box 4599
Atlanta, Georgia 30302
1970 1975
Coal (avg. price per ton
purchased) $ 8.90 $ 22.06
Conventional generating
plant, per kilowatt 118.31 152.27
Nuclear generating plant,
per kilowatt 228.00 472.84
0. Wooden poles, 40'
for distribution 45.23 98.40
Wooden poles, 75' for
transmission 233. w lO 582.00
Transformers, 25 kva
overhead distribution .. 225.00 286.06
Aluminum conductor,
per 100 lbs 42.93 66.91
Georgia Power Company
a citizen wherever we serve*
seven university
professors visited
Emanuel County in
southeast Georgia, and
while in the county's seat
of Swainsboro Issued a
report to the local officials
there. Their findings and
theories of how to defend
body and home against
tornado effects are
summarized.
Their recommendations
to the Commerce
Department agency are
based on numerous on site
inspections of schools
damaged or destroyed by
tornadoes during the past
few years. Their key
finding is that the worst
effect of a tornado on a
school building is a savage
blast of wind from the
portion of the rotating
funnel augmented by the
tornado's forward speed.
Since most tornadoes come
from the southwest, this
means the extreme blast
usually will come from the
and that school
rooms on upper floors
facing south and west
usually will be hardest hit,
and most dangerous to
occupy.
The safest places in a
school with no basement
usually will be interior
corridors on the lowest
floor that open to the east
and north, where the wind
force usually will be'least.
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If the school has a
basement, that, of course,
remains the safest place of
all.
Previously, it had been
thought that a possibly
greater effect than wind
was the explosion of air
trapped inside a school
building when the low
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First and second grade Tucker Elementary Halloween Carnival Poster
winners are pictured above. Left to right, front row, by homeroom, are: Mrs.
Suber- Ist- Stephanie Pope, 2nd- Phillip Thomson; Mrs. Peavy- Ist- Deidre
Collins, 2nd- Victor Mizell; and Mrs. Harding- Ist- Jennifer Horton, and 2nd-
Mitch Longino. Back row, left to right, are: Mrs. Harell- Mike Longino, 2nd-
Merri Morrow; Mrs. Bourne- Ist- Dana Davis; and Mrs. Lane- Ist- Dawn
Thompson, 2nd- Robbie Aromatorio.
Third and fourth grade Tucker Halloween Poster winners are pictured
above. Left to right, homeroom given first, are: Mrs. Horne- Ist- Stuart Bogue,
2nd- Danyne Connell; and Mrs. Talton- Ist- Cynthia Gladu, and 2nd- Kenny
Lamberth. Back row, left to right, are: Mrs. Collins- Ist- Mike Parker, 2nd-
Laura Smith; Mrs. Holland- Ist- Lee Purser, and 2nd- Hoke Morrow.
Fifth and Sixth grade winners at the Tucker Halloween Poster contest are
pictured above. Left to right, homeroom given first, are: Mrs. Bennett- Ist-
Mark Fendley; and Mrs. Nixon- Ist- Elizabeth Arledge, and 2nd- Veronda S.
Griffin. Back row, left to right, are: Mrs. Sanders- Ist- Dena West, 2nd- Jen
nifer Clayton; Mrs. Ibim- Ist- Jeannie McLendon; Mrs. Watson- Ist- Jane
Hendrix, 2nd- Ray Stapleton.
Tucker Halloween Carnival
Scheduled Saturday, Oct. 18
The Tucker Elementary
School Halloween Carnival
costume contest kicked off
the beginning of events
leading up to the carnival,
set for October 18 from
10:30 A.AA. to 3:00 P.AA. at
the school.
Three free passes to any
carnival event, excepting
food, will be awarded to
the Costume and Poster
first place winners, two for
. each second place winner,
pressure "eye” of the
tornado passed overhead,
causing all the walls to fall
outward and the roof to
blow off. Actually, it
seldom happens that way,
says the team. In their
investigations, walls and
windows on south and west
sides of schools were most
and one for each entrant.
The posters are being
placed in Perry businesses
and other public places as
publicity.
Al and Andrea Lasseter
are chairpersons of a bike
raffle, with the bike being
purchased at a local store.
The bike is a 10 speed, boys
bicycle and tickets are on
sale for titty cents each, or
three tor a dollar.
Mrs Sue Arnall and her
often pushed in, not out,
while a north wall
sometimes would fall
outward, but rarely.
As the accompanying
illustration shows, the
wind force of a powerful,
fast-moving tornado may
be 100 miles per hour
stronger on the right side
than the left.
Combining this
knowledge with the fact
that 90 percent of all major
U S. tornadoes come from
a direction somewhere
between south southwest
and west-southwest, you
get a guide by which school
administrators and other
institutional officials can
select, in advance, the
portions of their buildings
that are likely to be safest,
and those most dangerous,
if a large tornado makes a
foods committee are
selling barbecue tickets tor
$2.00. At the door they will
cost $2.25.
The following are booths
which will be at this year's
carnival: Cake walk, fish
pond, spin art, grab bag,
ring a coke, duck pond,
bingo, hoop toss, baseball
toss, country store and
sweet shop, clown bean
bag toss and dunking
machine.
direct hit on their building.
The researchers said the
principal effects of the
peak tornado winds are, in
order of Importance; first,
the disintegrating pressure
against walls, windows
and doors; second, the
devastating effect of
missiles propelled by the
wind; third, the collapse of
high portions of buildings,
such as chimneys, into
lower parts which would
otherwise suffer little
damage, and last, the
explosive pressure dif
ferential when air pressure
inside a building is
momentarily higher than
outside. They said school
buildings designed to meet
usual code requirements
seldom fail because of
explosive decompression,
but usually because of
some combination of the
other three.
The analysts reported
that time and time again
they found tornado
devastated schools with
south and west walls
knocked inward, and that
shattered window glass
frequently was inbedded in
interior walls of south
facing rooms, illustrating
the extreme danger of
remaining in such areas.
Windows on north facing
rooms were often intact.
They cautioned that
large rooms with free span
roofs are particularly
dangerous because of the
likelihood of roof failure,
and subsequent showering
of debris on people huddled
below. They said roofs of
rooms such as gym
nasiums, cafeterias, and
auditoriums fail because of
aerodynamic "lifting" by
winds passing over the roof
plus "ballooning" from
within caused by inrushing
air through openings in an
exterior wall a dynamic
duo of destruction.
Other places to be
avoided besides rooms on
the windward side and
rooms with broad roofs are
listed as areas with lots of
glass, corridors and spaces
likely to become "wind
tunnels", and areas with
load bearing walls. "All
buildings have one or more
of these undesirable
features,” they wrote.
"Pinpointing them is
helpful in predicting
portions that will be most
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severely damaged."
The "wind tunnel" effect
occurs In corridors and
spaces in line with the
tornado's travel. Class,
gravel, dirt and all kinds of
debris will actually move
horizontally through these
tunnels. So it's vital for
people caught in such
locations to sit, crouch, or
lie flat and cover their
heads. Better still, avoid
using corridors with
openings that face south or
west. Interior corridors
facing north are usually
Our Men In The
Revolution
Recognition of the Revolutionary ancestors of residents
of Houston County is the Bicentennial project of Com
modore Perry Society, C A R. Anyone living in Houston
County with a Revolutionary ancestor may contact Mrs.
Carmen Smyth at 987 3536
BROOMFIELD LONG
Broomfield Long was born in 1730 in St.
George's Parish, Va. He married Sara Brown.
According to the St. Mark's Parish Book, he was
a Colonel in the Virginia Militia from 1775 to his
death in 1778.
Colonel Long had his only son, Reuben, 6
grandsons, and many nephews fighting in the
Revolutionary War. It is said that as he sent each
away he ordered each not to return until he had
killed at least 1 Red Coat. His father, Samuel,
had spent 13 years in Ireland before emigrating
to Virginia.
JOHN APPERSON
John Apperson was too old to fight in the
American Revolution and had only daughters.
However, he is known as an American Patriot as
he contributed generously from his Virginia
plantation food and supplies to the cause of the
American Revolution.
Descendenis of these men now living in
Houston County are Mrs. W.B. Evans, Miss
Martha Cooper, Mrs. F.M. Houser, Mrs. James
Duggan, Mrs. Alton Timmons, Hugh Lawson,
Hugh Lawson, Jr., PC. Lawson, and Byron
Etheridge.
TUGGLE & JENNINGS
INS. AGENCY
1013 MAIN STREET
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safest, followed by those
facing east. Also stay away
from doorways that open
into south- or west-facing
rooms If it's necessary to
occupy a corridor with a
door facing an ap
proaching tornado, stay
well back from the door.
The warning against
load-bearing walls applies
to rooms where roofs and;
floors depend on walls for
their support. It the wall
collapses, the roof or floor
also fails a very
dangerous combination.