"Batten down the hatches"

An expression used whenever I raise the mainsail. They always come flying
out of the pockets. If the don't fly into the water and sink, they go down
the hatch and are lost forever.

Hurricanes scare those city folks on the coast. The wind speeds and duration
can't compare to that of the jetstream, especially on some mountain top in
winter.

Hurricane season is time for real manly men to fly kites!

Amen!

Bob Crantz wrote:
"Batten down the hatches"
Hurricane season is time for real manly men to fly kites!
Amen!

Let me give you a little reality check. I was sitting on a firnds boat
last month at a marina on the Columbia River at Boardman, OR Yes, that
is correct Board-man Oregon. There is also a Boring Oregon too.

The power plant two miles away recorded a 114 mph gust. They dont call
that a hurricane around there. Jsut another very windy day in the PNW.

Blow Hard Bob
Dont belive me......... google it.

Bob wrote:
Bob Crantz wrote:
"Batten down the hatches"
Hurricane season is time for real manly men to fly kites!
Amen!

Let me give you a little reality check. I was sitting on a firnds boat
last month at a marina on the Columbia River at Boardman, OR Yes, that
is correct Board-man Oregon. There is also a Boring Oregon too.

The power plant two miles away recorded a 114 mph gust. They dont call
that a hurricane around there. Jsut another very windy day in the PNW.

Blow Hard Bob
Dont belive me......... google it.

Not quite just another day - it was the highest gust recorded since it
was installed.

No doubt there are some rather windy spots in the PNW, but for average
wind near a major sailing area, it doesn't come close to New England.
Boston's average wind every month is higher then the windiest month
of any major site in OR and WA (not counting Sexton Summit at 3800
feet, 100 miles inland).

Even Boobie's Long Island Sound is windier.

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/...d/avgwind.html

"Jeff" wrote in message
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Bob wrote:
Bob Crantz wrote:
"Batten down the hatches"
Hurricane season is time for real manly men to fly kites!
Amen!

Let me give you a little reality check. I was sitting on a firnds boat
last month at a marina on the Columbia River at Boardman, OR Yes, that
is correct Board-man Oregon. There is also a Boring Oregon too.

The power plant two miles away recorded a 114 mph gust. They dont call
that a hurricane around there. Jsut another very windy day in the PNW.

Blow Hard Bob Dont belive me......... google it.

Not quite just another day - it was the highest gust recorded since it was
installed.

No doubt there are some rather windy spots in the PNW, but for average
wind near a major sailing area, it doesn't come close to New England.
Boston's average wind every month is higher then the windiest month of any
major site in OR and WA (not counting Sexton Summit at 3800 feet, 100
miles inland).

Even Boobie's Long Island Sound is windier.

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/...d/avgwind.html


Judging by the wind, the sailing is much better in Wyoming than Oregon.

I'm a member of the Great Basin Yacht Club.

"Jeff" wrote in message
Even Boobie is windier.

and a foul wind it is.

SV

"Bob" wrote in message
ups.com...

Bob Crantz wrote:
"Batten down the hatches"
Hurricane season is time for real manly men to fly kites!
Amen!

Let me give you a little reality check. I was sitting on a firnds boat
last month at a marina on the Columbia River at Boardman, OR Yes, that
is correct Board-man Oregon. There is also a Boring Oregon too.

The power plant two miles away recorded a 114 mph gust. They dont call
that a hurricane around there. Jsut another very windy day in the PNW.

Blow Hard Bob
Dont belive me......... google it.


I believe you. Why shouldn't I?

I just never realized that the Pacific Northwest was so windy:

http://www.safety-council.com/news/article60.asp


It most certainly blows this away:

http://www.intellicast.com/Almanac/Northwest/January/

"downslope winds hit the eastern slopes of the Rockies in northern
Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. Boulder, CO reported wind gusts to 144
mph and 25 million dollars in property damage."
I believe your reality check has bounced.

On 17 Jun 2006 23:33:31 -0700, "Bob" wrote:


Bob Crantz wrote:
"Batten down the hatches"
Hurricane season is time for real manly men to fly kites!
Amen!

Let me give you a little reality check. I was sitting on a firnds boat
last month at a marina on the Columbia River at Boardman, OR Yes, that
is correct Board-man Oregon. There is also a Boring Oregon too.

The power plant two miles away recorded a 114 mph gust. They dont call
that a hurricane around there. Jsut another very windy day in the PNW.

Blow Hard Bob
Dont belive me......... google it.


It ain't the same. A "gust" is not the same as 12 to 20 hours of
pounding wind, pushing up a 25-30 foot storm surge, $100,000,000,000
in property damage, 2-6 weeks without power and the opportunity to
live in a FEMA trailer for a year or two while you determine that your
insurance is not going to cover and you try to decide what to do next.

Frank
Camille to Katrina, many in between, and pretty much tired of it all.

Frank Boettcher wrote:

pushing up a 25-30 foot storm surge, $100,000,000,000
in property damage, 2-6 weeks without power and the opportunity to
live in a FEMA trailer for a year or two while you determine that your
insurance is not going to cover and you try to decide what to do next.

Frank
Camille to Katrina, many in between, and pretty much tired of it all.


And you live there for what reason???
Bob

On 19 Jun 2006 12:38:34 -0700, "Bob" wrote:


Frank Boettcher wrote:

pushing up a 25-30 foot storm surge, $100,000,000,000
in property damage, 2-6 weeks without power and the opportunity to
live in a FEMA trailer for a year or two while you determine that your
insurance is not going to cover and you try to decide what to do next.

Frank
Camille to Katrina, many in between, and pretty much tired of it all.


And you live there for what reason???
Bob


Great seafood? Wonderful sailing? Great fishing? Easy living?I like
Azealas?

Then it could be that it's just a sickness.

I'm currently living upstate and was in the process of moving back
before Katrina. That plan has become subject to additional
evaluation. Every time I go down and spend a couple of nights in my
Mother in Law's FEMA trailer, I come to my senses temporarily.

Frank