Tornado Hits Ohio PSAP, 911 Out

One of a series of seven tornadoes struck Wood County (Ohio) southeast of Toledo on Saturday night, killing at least seven persons and destroying scores of homes and commercial buildings, including a PSAP in Lake Township where the roof was torn off. None of the Lake Township police dispatchers was reported to be injured, but the center’s 911 system was not working, and calls had to be routed to other centers for handling. Township police chief Mark Hummer was on the phone with a police dispatcher when the tornado hit.”She started saying, ‘The building is shaking,’ and then another dispatcher came on and said, ‘The roof just blew off,” he told a reporter.