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Re: Other: Are you prepared for the unexpected?
By:Todd O
Date: 1/7/2011, 5:16 pm
In Response To: Other: Are you prepared for the unexpected? *PIC* (Malcolm Schweizer)

: Today was a beautiful sunshiny day. Water fairly flat, a few puffy
: clouds here and there. We got one of the typical Caribbean
: showers passing over. The cats scattered back inside. No big
: deal. No wind, just rain for about five minutes and then sunny
: again. I was sitting at the computer about 4:45 PM and looked
: out my window and saw what appeared to be a waterspout forming.
: We ran outside to watch it. Amy went to the front yard for a
: better view and spotted what is pictured below- another spout
: fully formed and touching down. Seen pictured is a mega-yacht
: out on the south apparently (hard to tell) much closer to it.
: Not seen, there was a motoring sailboat closer this direction
: and the ferry boat both heading that direction (east). The
: sailboat stopped and waited it out. The ferry pressed on. Note
: that the picture was taken zoomed in. The sky is only dark in
: that area. If I had zoomed out you'd see pretty much sunny sky.
: If you look reeeealy closely behind and to the left of where
: it's touching down you can see another smaller one touching down
: as well. Not the white spot- that's a boat. To the left- a faint
: white blur.

: Now, imagine you're out in a kayak. A quickly passing shower goes
: over, no big deal. You're out there about a mile offshore, when
: suddenly this thing lands on top of you. What would you do? I'll
: throw in my thoughts, but don't take this as expert advice on
: what to do in this situation, but rather just my thoughts.... I
: say stay in the boat, lay low, and in worst-case even tuck and
: roll but don't wet-exit unless absolutely nescessary or the boat
: can ram you in the head or get away. What would you do?

What would I do? That's an easy answer.....I'd pee my pants.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Are you prepared for the unexpected? *PIC*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/7/2011, 4:36 pm
Re: Other: Are you prepared for the unexpected?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/7/2011, 5:03 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 1/7/2011, 6:47 pm
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Todd O -- 1/7/2011, 5:16 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/7/2011, 5:44 pm
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John Roberts -- 1/7/2011, 6:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2011, 12:48 am
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JohnK -- 1/9/2011, 5:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 12:30 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/10/2011, 2:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 4:19 am
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Matthew Bastian -- 1/11/2011, 4:05 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/17/2011, 12:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2011, 2:10 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/17/2011, 2:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2011, 3:44 pm