Mark: Speaking of that.. i used to go fishing in the Gulf of Mexico like I said earlier... Scariest thing ever, was, My Sgt bought about a 20' tri hull fiberglass boat.. We were out about a mile or two from shore, and without warning, here came the thunderstorms.. Then, out of the clouds, a waterspout would appear,dip down.Touch water and throw water several hundred feet into the air (and a boat too, if it was in the middle of it)... Lift right back up into the cloud, come back down a few minutes later, and this happened about 5 times.. We took that 75hp Mercury and beached that boat at FULL speed LOLOL, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Bombardier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Dangerous Weather > Gee, do viloent tornadoes, thunderstorms and > hurricanes count?? > > I've been fishing off the beach on the Gulf of Mexico > and have had 3 thunderstorms heading toward me from > three different directions (retreated to the car and > got out of there), been watching a thundersotrm coming > toward me which spawned four waterspouts > simultaneously (and I forgot the camera...), that time > I retreated to my friendsbeach house until the storm > passed over in about 25 minutes). I try not to be on > the water during thunderstorms. not a good idea to be > waiving around a conductive graphite stick with > lightning around. but a t leas ti don't have to > shovel snow in Lousiana. I have had to put my waders > on to get to the class I was teaching in another > building however... > > Mark Delaney > > --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just Curious, > > > > Does anyone else have crazy weather like Wyoming? I > > mean dangerously crazy > > weather. I've been caught out fishing twice in > > weather that went from a > > beautiful sunny summer day to hurricane-like winds, > > rain, hail, and > > lightning in just a matter of a few minutes. Once I > > was caught out in my > > boat- only thing that saved me is that it is a 21' > > deep-V cuddy and I was > > able to keep it facing into the 100+mph winds and > > 10' waves (had 11 people > > on board). Twenty minutes later it was a > > 'picture-postcard perfect' > > beautiful summer afternoon again at a high mountain > > lake. > > > > Last night we had a storm move in around 7:30 and it > > just wrecked Casper. > > Power was out for a little all over town, and out at > > our place until after > > we went to bed by candle-light at 11:00. Trees were > > downed and trucks were > > blown off the interstate. Although we're in a > > drought, there was flooding > > and road closures all over, and flash-flood warnings > > in the mountains. > > > > Yeah, everybody has storms, but a half hour before > > ours last night, it was > > warm, sunny, and just breezy. We're in the peak of > > tourist season here, > > with people floating the N. PLatte and camping all > > over the place. It's > > been a record-breaking heat-wave (consec. 100°+F > > days) just ending Sunday, > > like everywhere else, but it's only 49°F today. > > Waiting to hear the > > aftermath stories. > > > > I called the local fly shop I deal with and all of > > their guides got off the > > river early, but I don't know about others who don't > > know the river and our > > weather. There will be an article in the Caser > > paper tomorrow about the > > full effects of the storm. > > > > My question to the list is this. In your area, or > > the area where you fish, > > do you have weather-related hazards, particularly > > the life-threatening ones, > > that you take special precautions for? What are > > they? > > > > I'll start- Wyoming: > > > > Weather-related: > > Hail, lightning, cold-fronts(exposure), > > flash-flooding, high winds. > > > > Just as a kicker- non-weather-related threats: > > Dam tailwater releases, large animals (moose-bear), > > small animals > > (rattlesnakes) > > > > DOnO > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
