[Rhodes22-list] Tornado

[Wally Buck]

Ed,

Well if I had some kind of race boat Tornado might work, but not for the 
Rhodes 22.<grin>

The area that got hit the hardest is about 40 miles N/W from house. A very 
rural area and of course a bunch of trailer homes. They had recorded wind 
speeds of over 200 mph! I think there is something like 18 dead across TN 
and a bunch of people now homeless.

On the other side of the coin - I hade a great sail Sunday with a couple of 
hours of great weather. The forecast was for a windy partially Sunny day 
with 20% chance of rain. I got rained on for 15 minutes and then it cleared 
back up. The last time I got caught in a rain/hail storm I tried to make it 
back to slip and lost the race. This time I was smarter and by the time the 
rain cloud reached me my sails were furled and I was in the closed cabin. I 
was in the center of the lake so I didn't bother anchoring. The tiller was 
tied down and I hardly moved at all. The wind was blowing upriver. As I sat 
inside I  had time to spot some leaks in ports, I guess I am going to have 
to reseal ...

It is amazing how fast weather can change. Kind of sobering thought, mother 
nature provided me one of the nicest sailing weekends of the year, she also 
changed the lives of many others 40 miles away by providing Natures's 
version of hell on earth.

My heart really goes out to these folks.

Wally










>From: "Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net>
>Reply-To: kroposki@innova.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: <paul@mi.chtechnology.com>,"'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" 
><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Attn: Wally - New Business Venture
>Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:18:34 -0500
>
>Wally:
>        Someone above was suggesting a name -- Tornado!
>                                   Ed K
>


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