File:Xenia damage.jpg

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This media file has been nominated for deletion since 24 September 2024.
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Reason for the nomination:
This image was previously published on the website of the National Weather Service Wilmington office. The link is now dead, and the version of the source page in the Internet Archive preserves the text from the page, but not the images.[1]

The attribution on the page says:

"These photographs originated from the Public Safety Communication Center of Berrien County, Michigan. They were taken by a former Berrien County Emergency Management Coordinator who likely aided in recovery efforts. It is believed that these photographs have never before been published. The NWS Wilmington would like to extend our appreciation to the PSCC of Berrien County, Michigan, for sending us these photographs."

I therefore contacted Berrien County to investigate the copyright and licensing status of this file. Berrien County Emergency Management told me:

  • they have no record of these files
  • Berrien County did not contribute to the disaster response in Xenia, over 300 miles away
  • the "former Berrien County Emergency Management Coordinator" referred to is now deceased, and the County did not name them.

I forwarded this advice to the VRT. (ticket:2024092310011697)

Since these images do not belong to the County, they were presumably the personal property of the former Coordinator.

If the NWS is correct that these photos had never before been published when they published them circa 2008,[2] then they will be protected by copyright for 70 years after the photographer's death.

With no evidence that its creator released it into the public domain, and now no way to contact them, we need to delete this as a precaution under COM:PRP.

Closing admins should familiarise themselves with the evidence and discussions at this RfC when closing this request.
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English: View of some of the structural damage caused by the Xenia, Ohio, tornado during the 1974 tornado Super Outbreak of 3-4 April, 1974. This F5 tornado killed over 30 people, and injured over a thousand.
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Source http://www.erh.noaa.gov/iln/Xenia1974/08pics.php
Author Public Safety Communication Center of Berrien County, Michigan. The National Weather Service in Wilmington, OH, acquired in 2008 this picture from the Berrien County, Michigan.

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Thus, all* images on NWS servers are public domain (including "Courtesy of ..." and “Photo by ...” images) unless specifically stated otherwise through a copyright (©) watermark.
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