Re: [Paddlewise] Anyone Been In A Thunderstorm?

I've been caught in several. On Lake Superior brief thunderstorms 
come out of nowhere. It can be a beautiful sunny day, nothing on the 
weather radio and bang, out of nowhere comes a fast moving system 
that is gone twenty minutes later.

I have been caught in heavy hail which is extremely *loud* while 
whacking your hull. And it hurts. The most terrifying is that kind of 
thunder and lightning that makes you twitch so much you're afraid 
you're going to capsize. I know people who have been caught in 
micro-bursts. I've missed those so far.

-Patrick
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