I just came back from a kayak event in Parry Sound (about a 2 1/2 hour drive north of Toronto). I was surprised to see that the risk of forest fire was listed as "high." This seems a little bit nutty because this is essentially the wet season. Things typically get MORE dry as we get into July and August! Does anyone else have any unusual "dryness" reports? Derek *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Florida, Georgia, and California are already having brush fires. BRC Quoting Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com>: > I just came back from a kayak event in Parry Sound > (about a 2 1/2 hour drive north of Toronto). I was > surprised to see that the risk of forest fire was > listed as "high." This seems a little bit nutty > because this is essentially the wet season. Things > typically get MORE dry as we get into July and August! > > > Does anyone else have any unusual "dryness" reports? > > Derek *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
--- "Bradford R. Crain" <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > Florida, Georgia, and California are already > having brush fires. How does this compare with "normal?" Florida can have winter days that are as warm as an Ontario summer! In Georgia, the daffodil bulbs are in full bloom in early March. In Toronto, they don't bloom until the end of April. Derek --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 5/6/2007 10:46 PM, John Huntington wrote: > http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/ Ooops, sorry, I thought the URL was more direct. Look at picture #17. John *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
John, I'd say it's an old Perception Carolina: http://www.kayaker.com/new/products/boat.asp?type=discontinued&ID=7 Plastic, plastic, plastic sure proved itself in all that terrible devastation. Unbelievable! Duane Southern California John Huntington <jhuntington_at_fastmail.net> wrote: On 5/6/2007 10:46 PM, John Huntington wrote: > http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/ Ooops, sorry, I thought the URL was more direct. Look at picture #17. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Maybe Perception should start building houses. BRC Quoting Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com>: > John, > > I'd say it's an old Perception Carolina: > > http://www.kayaker.com/new/products/boat.asp?type=discontinued&ID=7 > > Plastic, plastic, plastic sure proved itself in all that terrible > devastation. Unbelievable! > > Duane > Southern California > > > John Huntington <jhuntington_at_fastmail.net> wrote: > On 5/6/2007 10:46 PM, John Huntington wrote: >> http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/ > > Ooops, sorry, I thought the URL was more direct. Look at picture #17. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Yes, we need rotomolded mobile homes, then all you'd need to worry about would be oilcanning. > -----Original Message----- > Maybe Perception should start building houses. > BRC > > Quoting Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com>: > > > John, > > > > I'd say it's an old Perception Carolina: > > > > http://www.kayaker.com/new/products/boat.asp?type=discontinued&ID=7 > > > > Plastic, plastic, plastic sure proved itself in all that terrible > > devastation. Unbelievable! > > > > Duane > > Southern California *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
--- Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > Plastic, plastic, plastic sure proved itself in > all that terrible devastation. Unbelievable! Let's wait another week for the SOFs to return from the atmosphere before we pick a winner. . . . --Harvey ;-) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Kansas used to be under the ocean, so that kayak must be millions of years old. Bradford R. Crain *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
A sea kayak in Kansas? Maybe the tornado DEPOSITED it there! Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com On May 6, 2007, at 7:58 PM, John Huntington wrote: > On 5/6/2007 10:46 PM, John Huntington wrote: >> http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/ > > Ooops, sorry, I thought the URL was more direct. Look at picture > #17. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Monday 07 May 2007 04:47, John wrote: > John Huntington <jhuntington_at_fastmail.net> > Subject: [Paddlewise] Kayak in Kansas Tornado Wreckage > > http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/ Go to slide 17: See proof that kayaks survive it all! Hopefully the owner did, too! Tord PS The weathermen say this is also part and parcel of global warming: Storms and droughts! *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Nah, the kayak in the photo was GRP or plastic, so it couldn't be millions of years old...but, here are two possibly Inuit SOF kayaks that survived a heck of a wreck: http://www.bobfoote.com/picturegallery/rvwreck/Wrecked-Trailer.jpg > Kansas used to be under the ocean, so that kayak must be > millions of years old. > > Bradford R. Crain Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
So the guy missed his roll. In an RV. What? What! Jim et al On May 9, 2007, at 8:46 PM, Doug Lloyd wrote: > Nah, the kayak in the photo was GRP or plastic, so it couldn't be > millions of years old...but, here are two possibly Inuit SOF kayaks > that survived a heck of a wreck: > > http://www.bobfoote.com/picturegallery/rvwreck/Wrecked-Trailer.jpg *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
So the guy missed his roll, in an RV. But if he were driving through Kansas, there could be extenuating circumstances. BRC Quoting James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>: > So the guy missed his roll. In an RV. What? What! > > Jim et al > > On May 9, 2007, at 8:46 PM, Doug Lloyd wrote: > >> Nah, the kayak in the photo was GRP or plastic, so it couldn't be >> millions of years old...but, here are two possibly Inuit SOF kayaks >> that survived a heck of a wreck: *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Doug Lloyd wrote: > Nah, the kayak in the photo was GRP or plastic, so it couldn't be > millions of years old...but, here are two possibly Inuit SOF kayaks that > survived a heck of a wreck: > > http://www.bobfoote.com/picturegallery/rvwreck/Wrecked-Trailer.jpg Bob did a good job building those, didn't he. Here are a couple that haven't survived. Lucky Dog Springs, Idaho. http://www.savvypaddler.com/Images/06270039.JPG -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Here's a couple that faired better than the truck. Very fine roll, by the way-- a four-point landing. (Courtesy of Brian and Anton). http://www.capefalconkayak.com/tempphotos.html Best, Harvey *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I say post those on Craig's list and see what you get. Greg Dunlap Santa Rosa, CA 380 28' 672" N 1220 45' 283" W 157 feet above sea level blackey_at_sonic.net Bob did a good job building those, didn't he. Here are a couple that haven't survived. Lucky Dog Springs, Idaho. http://www.savvypaddler.com/Images/06270039.JPG -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
While looking at kayaks from above, check out: 50 42' 45.41 N 2 01' 13.20 W on Google Earth. It is the SBS (part of UK Special Forces) compound and amongst all the military vessels are what appear to be two brightly coloured kayaks. Good to see that there is time to play amongst all the serious stuff! (Or, is it the other way around?) Cheers JKA -- John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND on 11/5/07 12:52, Greg Dunlap at blackey_at_sonic.net wrote: *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
The UK Special Forces have a long and illustrious history of using kayaks for their missions. One of the most famous is during WWII when Blondie Hasler (who later invented the self-steering windvane for sailboats and was a primary mover in the single-handed races between the USA and England) led a team of commandos on a raid into France. The story was made into a feature film called "The Cockleshell Heroes". The boats were clearly kayaks although almost all references to them are of "cockleshells" or even "canoes" but they were 2-lace boats in which the paddlers used two-blade paddles. They looked remarkably like the Folboat I paddled in the early 1970s around Bowron Lakes. A cable-tv episode about Great Raids featured a 30-minute segment on this just a few weeks ago. All members of this particular raid died except for Hasler and his boat-partner. Several of the commandos were executed (illegally) on orders from Hitler when they were captured. (They should have been held as prisoners of war since they were in uniform.) If anyone has access to a DVD of this movie or knows where to buy one please get back to me. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA On 5/11/07, John Kirk-Anderson <jka_at_netaccess.co.nz> wrote: > > While looking at kayaks from above, check out: > > 50 42' 45.41 N > 2 01' 13.20 W > > on Google Earth. > > It is the SBS (part of UK Special Forces) compound and amongst all the > military vessels are what appear to be two brightly coloured kayaks. > > Good to see that there is time to play amongst all the serious stuff! (Or, > is it the other way around?) > > Cheers > > JKA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Derek wrote: > I just came back from a kayak event in Parry Sound > (about a 2 1/2 hour drive north of Toronto). I was > surprised to see that the risk of forest fire was > listed as "high." This seems a little bit nutty > because this is essentially the wet season. Things > typically get MORE dry as we get into July and August! > > Does anyone else have any unusual "dryness" reports? The Okeefenokee Swamp area is on fire. Is that what you mean? Steve *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 5/6/07, Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net> wrote: > > > > Does anyone else have any unusual "dryness" reports? > > The Okeefenokee Swamp area is on fire. Is that what you mean? It's pretty dry when a swamp catches on fire, all right. I can think of only one thing that was worse. The Cuyahoga River that runs through Cleveland, OH caught fire. Twice. It's one thing for a swamp to catch fire but when a river catches fire, I call that "dry". Craig Jungers Royal City, WA "One nice thing about living in a desert.... the risk of forest fire is greatly reduced." *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Sun, 6 May 2007 17:07:14 -0700 (PDT), Derek wrote: > I was surprised to see that the risk of forest fire was listed as "high." This seems a little bit nutty because this is essentially the wet season. Things typically get MORE dry as we get into July and August! Speaking as a local forest fire warden here in Vermont I can tell you that spring is the time of the year when the relative humidity is at its lowest. This is due to the preponderance of polar continental (non-maritime) air with generally thinner cloud cover and little greenery to add humidity at the ground level. It's generally the light fuels, grass and twigs that are the issue in the springtime. If there is a lack of rainfall later in the year then the heavier fuels and soils will come into play. I've had the exerience of standing in ankle-deep water while extinguishing an advancing grass fire (maybe I should have been in a 'yak)! See http://www.wfas.net/ for more information. --allan *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
We had a drought in the Twin Cities this past winter, and there is currently a forest fire burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in the blowdown area. The last seven miles of the Gunflint Trail have been evacuated, and at least four cabins have already burned. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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