Well at opening of the Fair we had the worst weather! The Winds started at 30 to 40 miles an hour. The Fair opened at 5 p.m. At 5 the winds got worst and than worse...80 mile an hour and gusts to 90 miles an hour...The banners on the bannerline were like sails...I couldn't let anyone in the tent, to dangerous.. I wanted to drop the tent, however if we did that the bannerline would have blown down...So we took down the banners with 80 mile an hour winds. Not to easy to do with that kind of winds...Than we had to get all the attractions out of the Show...Than had to take down the sidewall....Than as we were dropping the
center poles, the wind gusts hit the hardest...As we dropped the third center pole the tent ripped in half....Than the 25 foot centers started dancing and hitting the ground real hard...Very dangerous We were very lucky to get everything out of the tent just in time.....If the 90 mile an hour winds hit when everything was in the tent, everything would have been destroyed!

This has happen to our show twice before in all the years I have owned my own show...I tend to forget about these bad times, and focus on the good times...However when this happens again, you remember those bad times...When things our good they are real good...When things our bad they are real bad...This was a real bad time...Us sideshow guys put up the largest kites in the sky....Wind loves kites...And when it start to blown at 80 miles an hour and doesn't stop all night you have major problems...Lucky the tent that was ripped in half, ripped down a lace line... so it can be repaired pretty easy...Now we have to clean up the mess and erect another tent in its place...We are suppose to have 30 to 40 mile an hour winds today....This will be a all day 

Job...However we will do it and make opening today...

John Strong III