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Re: Off Topic: FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
By:Kevin M
Date: 9/12/2011, 9:00 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: FREQUENT LIGHTNING... (Will N To Go)

: Yikes! Close call.
: I think the people I spoke to on Saturday who still went out,
: probably think they were making a rational decision, and because
: nothing happened, they probably think they were right, and
: they'll do it again.

: Given the exact same circumstances I'd still get off the water. I
: think I'll also make sure I listen to NOAA radio weather before
: I launch. Usually I just checking the web page before I leave (
: I think this report is updated at 2 am and 8 am. I'm usually on
: the water by 6. ) In Southern California, the weather is pretty
: much the same, but when it storms it's almost random where it
: actually happens.

: Seems to me if you're on the water and a meteorologist says a storm
: is coming but the experienced coach says no way--get off the
: water.
: Or if the experienced coach says get off the water and the
: meteorologist says, naw--- get off the water.
: If weather-optimists are wrong--you could die. If the 'worrier' is
: wrong, you miss out on paddling, but you can always go again
: another day.

: And always consider what they're going to say at the funeral....
: What a dummy, paddling in a thunderstorm.

: W

: Do fish like barbeque sauce, think about them for the cook out anyway, carry a bottle of Cookies with ya, Kevin

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Will N To Go -- 9/10/2011, 1:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2011, 1:34 am
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Mike Savage -- 9/11/2011, 10:52 am
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Kevin M -- 9/11/2011, 5:41 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/11/2011, 6:01 pm
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Will N To Go -- 9/11/2011, 7:31 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/12/2011, 6:53 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/12/2011, 6:47 pm
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Will N To Go -- 9/11/2011, 7:19 pm
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thomas duncan -- 9/11/2011, 7:19 pm
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Will N To Go -- 9/12/2011, 8:12 pm
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Kevin M -- 9/12/2011, 9:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/13/2011, 1:30 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/13/2011, 12:00 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/13/2011, 4:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2011, 2:08 am