The schedule for awareness/preparedness expo's in the North East/Central Ohio, Western NY, areas (y'all Pittsburghers are welcome it's only a 2 hour drive [+/-]) is as follows:

Sept 18-19 Berea Fairgrounds 1 mile west on Bagley, off I-71 (just south of Cleveland)

Oct 2-3 Hamburgh NY Erie County Fairgrounds (just off the Thruway near Buffalo

Nov 6-7 Akron, OH

Dec 4-5 Cincinnatti (for those of you who don't like to plan ahead) In the convention Center, Downtown by Reds Stadium.

Site link for promoter (if I find one) to follow.

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), August 29, 1999

Answers

Chuck:

I notice those meetings are in the eastern and southern regions of Ohio.

Apparently northwestern Ohio has a large ostrich population.

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), August 29, 1999.

Mark Twain said that Cincinnati was so backwards he wouldn't mind being there for the end of the world, as it would happen 10 years later.

-- Mabel Dodge (cynical@me.net), August 29, 1999.

And the website is:

http://www.historytown.com/survival.htm

Which will be a link:

HERE

There is a really great rant here on the economics of these shows at this site. Actually GREAT reading.

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), August 29, 1999.

I went to a preparedness expo in north Dayton, Ohio a few weeks ago. It was sparsely attended. Most of the merchandise was over-priced surplus stuff that can be purchased much more cheaply thru the mail, so it's hard to say if the lousey turnout was due to serious polly-ism or just very savvy buyers.

My advice: skip the expo & check out www.cheaperthandirt.com or even a local army surplus store.

-- been (there@done.that), August 30, 1999.