Over 100 barns blow down in 1930 Winter Storm

     The following comes from, 150 Years of Prince Edward Island Weather: Some weather we're having! 2015 PEI Weather Trivia Calendar by Don Jardine and Adam French with David Weale, and the Climate Research Lab at the University of Prince Edward Island.
     February 16, 1930: "A terrific gale, reported as the worst hitting this area in many years, blew down over 100 barns in Kings County.  Winds hit a maximum of 65 km/h at Charlottetown and 37 cm of snow fell.  Two young sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Noade of Launching Place narrowly escaped death when they were feeding cattle in the barn and the barn collapsed.  Large pieces of the barn roof were found on Boughton Bay and shingles were found on Boughton Island, three kilometers away."  

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     It's always nice to have an image with a story - since we don't have one from 1930, here's an old barn at the Stetson's on the O'Leary Rd. in Union (between O'Leary Corner and O'Leary) destroyed by a wind storm in the fall of 2009.

Old barn, O'Leary Road, Unionvale

     Here's an old falling down barn and outbuildings on the Stetson homestead located on the O'Leary Road in the community of Unionvale (located between O'Leary and Woodstock).  
     I took these photos on February 2nd.

     The big barn roof was lifted off during a big wind storm about five years ago.  
     The O'Leary Road has some great old barns as you drive on it - I have to photograph them sooner than later - they're disappearing fast.  Just like the farms and farmers - there's hardly a cow or pig to be found in the countryside in western Prince Edward Island anymore.

Below:  likely a machine building located to the left/west of the old barn. 

     Below:  This is a great outbuilding - probably a hen house. Located to the right/east of the big old barn.