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This song is based on retired Olympian reporter John Dodge’s book
of the same name. I was a kid when it happened but did not realize just
how devastating it was – we just saw what happened in Olympia. It also
marks the debut of Englishman Jason Homewood as a True Olympian. I
was looking for a “shredder” to add to the song, Nick and Virginia gave me
Jason’s info and he knocked it out. It was the last song completed for the
album, on June 30, 2022.

Dodge, John. 2018. A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm Corvallis: Oregon State University Press.

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It was a deadly wind
The 1962 Columbus Day storm

October 12, 1962, the mightiest non-tropical storm to strike the West Coast made land
North from Corvallis to Vancouver BC, with winds reaching 127 miles an hour

It was a deadly wind
The 1962 Columbus Day storm

There was little early warning, that did not much exist
At least forty-six people would die
Fifteen billion board feet of timber blown down
2.1 billion dollars in damages

I was in fourth grade
We were not scared
My mom let us go outside
We laid on the wind at forty-five degrees
Nature’s own carnival ride
Trees, they were falling
Roofs, they were flying
I knew a man with a Volkswagen bus
One tree before him, one tree behind him
He was now trapped but he was not crushed

In Eugene, death was coming
Larry Johnson took some roofing straight into his chest and died
Walli Grub broke ribs and his left arm, but the hospital let him go home
Wilber and Susan Archibald were crushed by a tree in their station wagon
In Portland, on the next day, the UW Huskies won the game

It was a deadly wind
The 1962 Columbus Day storm

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from Olympia - A True Story, released October 14, 2022
The True Olympians + Jason Homewood - Lead Guitar

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Tom Dyer and The True Olympians Olympia, Washington

The True Olympians were formed shortly after Tom Dyer moved back to his hometown Olympia in 2006. Their focus is primarily recording, though they do play yer occasional live show. Current members: Tom - vox, guitar etc,, Gene Tveden- bass, b-vox, Joe Cason - keys, b-vox, Lisa Ceazan- vocals, and Jeff Parkhurst - drums, b-vox. Jeff is the band's 4th drummer. ... more

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