-----Original Message----- From: Eddie(A.H.J.) van den Hurk <vdh_at_xtra.co.nz> To: Jonathan & Nadine MacLane <jonathan_at_lanz.com> Cc: paddlewise <paddlewise> Date: Thursday, 2 July 1998 17:03 Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Night Gear and red LEDs > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jonathan & Nadine MacLane <jonathan_at_lanz.com> >To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> >Date: Wednesday, 1 July 1998 15:49 >Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Night Gear and red LEDs > > > >>>running a strobe or LED lights on a night outing would make your >>>presence known. Maybe christmas tree lights strung around the entire >>>perimeter of your boat would do the trick. :-) >>> > snip > >>Kia Ora, > >May be this is a bit difficult,but my boat and several others round here >,have strips of white adhesive reflector tape around the gunnel and /or on >deck.Just to be sure, I also have a couple of red strips on the >bottom........It has been there for three or four seasons already. >Eddie > > >>************************************************************************** * >>PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >>Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >>Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >>Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >>************************************************************************** * >> > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I was paddling the other day on the St. Johns River here in Fla., thinking I was in England with the smoke as thick with fog,I took out my knife and cut a hole in it to watch the woods burn on both sides of the river and the brave firefighters fighting the blazes when a helicopter hovered over me and lowered a bucket to fill with water and picked me up instead. Over the flames we flew and the I was dumped with the water on the flames.What a ride , boy it was hot, and the landing wasn't any fun either. Then a fire man told me I had to leave the area so back to the river I went dodging helicopters with buckets paddling in the smoke wishing I was on the computer instead. But durn some body has to do it.I guess the old professer would know what to do. To paddle in the fresh smoke and open tree less places with rining ashe, it don't get any better than this.I am about to head south and half the roads are closed, I wander if paddling the river south would be quicker than driving? hum I wonder. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
We got a small dose of the smoke blown south yesterday and it wasn't pleasant. I hope it rains soon! cya Bob Denton *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 10:15 AM 7/3/98 -0400, Bob Denton wrote: >We got a small dose of the smoke blown south yesterday and it wasn't >pleasant. I hope it rains soon! > >cya > >Bob Denton > > > We have had fire for the last couple of weeks and everything smells like Ga., I mean smoke. I am going to try to head to Stuart today if I can find a road open heading south. We are not only the sunshine state we are also the fire and smoke state, and they thought second hand smoke was bad for you the fire before the smoke is worse. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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