Not sure if this is the right place to start this topic, but here goes.
Heavy duty tornado damage to the Hara Arena in Dayton Ohio last night. I know there are a lot of Ham operators on Batwing and have been to the Hara many times in the past for Hamvention before it was moved to Xenia. If there was ever even the slightest glimmer of hope to resurrect the Hara, I am certain it is gone now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UwUn7uFxSQ
Andy
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Hara Arena Tornado Damage
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Re: Hara Arena Tornado Damage
Best thing to happen.. now there is no question that it will be torn down and with that the hopes of the hams who in their fantasy that the Hara would be resurrected and the fest be brought back....
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Re: Hara Arena Tornado Damage
From what people tell me, it didn’t look much worse before the tornado hit. GARY.
Re: Hara Arena Tornado Damage
To quote a certain acting character: "She's dead, Jim".
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Re: Hara Arena Tornado Damage
There are several videos on Youtube of "urban explorers" who went into HARA around 2018 and explored the entire facility. There were offices and apartments that I never knew existed.
Interesting and eerie, seeing the state the facility was in before the tornado damage.
Search youtube for:
hara arena abandoned
Interesting and eerie, seeing the state the facility was in before the tornado damage.
Search youtube for:
hara arena abandoned
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Re: Hara Arena Tornado Damage
It was due to be bulldozed later this year, there has never been a inkling that it would reopen from the new owners.
Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that?
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing in the world smells like that.
Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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Revelation 6:8
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing in the world smells like that.
Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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Revelation 6:8
Re: Hara Arena Tornado Damage
I saw this video on the P25 board. Check out the Motorola bank charger at 7:52
https://youtu.be/wBPVB_xnJnU
Skip to 7:52 here:
https://youtu.be/wBPVB_xnJnU?t=472
https://youtu.be/wBPVB_xnJnU
Skip to 7:52 here:
https://youtu.be/wBPVB_xnJnU?t=472