Bob Hartig
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Yesterday, at the Elkhart County Historical Museum in Bristol, Indiana, I attended the 44th memorial observance of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes. Since I've already provided a reasonably lengthy writeup in my blog, I'm not going to go in depth here. However, I thought I'd share one photo that I think many here will find of interest because it revolves around another, very famous tornado photo.
Anyone who is at all familiar with the Palm Sunday Outbreak has seen the horrendous, Pulitzer Award-winning photograph of the twin funnels straddling US 33 south of Elkhart, Indiana. The funnels were in the process of devastating the Midway Trailer Park when Elkhart Truth photographer Paul Huffman captured them on film from the distance of a quarter-mile.
You can see the famous image on the projector screen. The man standing next to the screen is Paul Huffman. I was elated to actually get to meet him after these many years. I had reason to think that he was no longer alive, but he is very much so, and while his hearing is poor, the man is nevertheless sharp as a tack and an interesting and humorous speaker.
Yesterday, at the Elkhart County Historical Museum in Bristol, Indiana, I attended the 44th memorial observance of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes. Since I've already provided a reasonably lengthy writeup in my blog, I'm not going to go in depth here. However, I thought I'd share one photo that I think many here will find of interest because it revolves around another, very famous tornado photo.
Anyone who is at all familiar with the Palm Sunday Outbreak has seen the horrendous, Pulitzer Award-winning photograph of the twin funnels straddling US 33 south of Elkhart, Indiana. The funnels were in the process of devastating the Midway Trailer Park when Elkhart Truth photographer Paul Huffman captured them on film from the distance of a quarter-mile.
You can see the famous image on the projector screen. The man standing next to the screen is Paul Huffman. I was elated to actually get to meet him after these many years. I had reason to think that he was no longer alive, but he is very much so, and while his hearing is poor, the man is nevertheless sharp as a tack and an interesting and humorous speaker.
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