Peter Hendra wrote in
:

Also FWIW - I once saw a gathering of homeschoolers on Boston Common.
I was interested to note that many said that they homeschooled their
children for religious reasons whereas in New Zealand and Australia it
is generally because we believe we can better educate our kids.
Peter



Not long ago the local Weather Bureaucrats had the NOAA Hurricane Hunter
aircraft come to Charleston for show and tell. A bunch of us hams went out
and stood in the pouring rain all day to help with crowd control and
communications because they bussed school kids in from all over eastern SC
and Savannah schools to take the tours. About 800 kids showed up.

In the pouring down rain, it WAS noteworthy that less than 5% of the kids
from the awful SC public schools had any raingear at all, while 90% of the
homeschooler group that came in later were all dressed out in their
slickers, boots, useless umbrellas in the 30 knot winds blowing the rain
and umbrellas all over. In a practical sense, the homeschoolers were much
better prepared....and much more interested in the meteorologist's
presentation (given over my stepvan's DJ sound system because they didn't
have one).

Homeschoolers - 90
Public Schoolers - 5

(c;

PS - The navigator and I were talking about his comm problems inside the
storm, so I got a little more detailed tour than the kids did...(c;
Yes, they DO have HF SSB on the plane and yes, I did make 4 ham contacts on
20 meters from a hurricane hunter aircraft...(c;

DE W4CSC/Aeronautical Mobile

Plane needs more antenna.....(sigh)


--
Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and you're outlined in
chalk.