Tom wrote: > > Has anyone been caught in a thunderstorm? What did you do? > Were you still on the water when it hit? Tom Briefly. The main events were off a couple miles or so, we thought, until a strike nailed a cottonwood on the bank some 100-200 yards off. We had no place to hide, so we stayed about 50 feet off the bank, figuring its 75- to 100-foot tall trees would be the main locus for any more strikes, and paddled like the dickens to a pullout. Got out of the yaks, and went into the open and crouched on our Thermarests with raingear over our heads until the cell passed. And, yes, we did have to change our underwear! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 26 2001 - 05:07:09 PST
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