Re: [Paddlewise] Coast Guard rescues 2 bay kayakers

Interesting to hear from you as I was just thinking this morning that we had
gone through a "Doug Lloydian" storm here in central Washington. I'm sure it
was blowing close to 50mph last night. It blew my Nimbus across the yard,
blew down the Christmas yard decorations (a snowman, a penguin (I'm a Linux
guy, after all) and the wire-trees with LEDs on them), and blew the
improvised winter-habitat off the fish pond ("hey man... look.... sky!!!").
My son said there was an aurora and a meteor shower.

So this is the new standard for storms: They are either DougLloydian or
not.  :)

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA


On 12/15/06, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >I'm glad they made it home safe. The Coasties are a commendable lot.
>
> Cheers as always, Rob  G<<
>
> I hope they aren't too busy tonight; it's gusting to 100km/hour or so
> outside my window right now (2:00am, Friday). Woke up worried about the
> neighbor's big oak tree. This is the third storm this week. No night storm
> paddling for this dude though, as my cardiologist absolutely irrevocably
> forbade me paddling a couple of weeks ago. Seems it's been blowing bad on
> and off since November, with snow and sub-freezing weather too.And some
> big
> swell. Lots and lots of tree damage and folks without power for days on
> end.
> Must have sold $20,00000.00 worth of generators at my evening job at the
> big-box hardware store. Lost most of my Cherry tree. No blooming good,
> man.
>
> I don't have any inside info on the Bellingham incident. We did have a BC
> ferry turn back to find "someone swimming in the water" as reported by a
> passenger. Turned out to be kayakers - their heads only visible above the
> unruly waves. They declined assistance. Hey, hey.
>
> I did get my old roof racks on my "new" Safari van this week, and an
> upscale
> Pioneer/Infinity sound system with full alarm installed and will be also
> installing running boards next week for easier kayak tie-down access.
> That's
> if I survive my wife's witch hunt for an unthrifty spending-spree spouse.
> I
> will be back on the water one day. My ride's ready at least. And there
> will
> always be more storms. Be safe.
>
>
>
> Dougie dude,
> Victoria BC (there go the shingles!)
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