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The Great Coastal Gale of December 1 - 3, 2007

 
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Onad

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PostThu Jan 17, 08 7:28 pm    The Great Coastal Gale of December 1 - 3, 2007 Reply with quote

Arrow http://ocs.oce.orst.edu/storm_king_site/December2007.html

Home Site of article. Lot's of cool stuff here Arrow Arrow http://ocs.oce.orst.edu/storm_king_site/index.html

edit: added home site URL & some pictures


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FlyDunes

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PostThu Jan 17, 08 10:31 pm     Reply with quote

Amazing article! Thanks for the post.

The entire hillside on hwy 26 with all the trees snapped in half and completely stripped of their branches amazes me every time I drive by it.

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Wind Slither

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PostFri Jan 18, 08 8:01 am    Thanks! Reply with quote

Onad, thanks for posting this. Dec. 2 was my 40th birthday. Of course I prayed to the Wind Gods for wind on my birthday, but maybe I prayed a little too hard!

We partied till 2 the night before so needless to say, the next day, and despite the warnings, I did not feel like packing up and heading inland.

Waking up on the 3rd, the wind was still howling. We found out all roads out were closed and power and phones were out indefinately. Mrs. Slither was not happy!

To escape her wrath, I grabbed my camera and headed out into the storm where I met up with Barfly. You can see a couple clips of our patrol at the beginning of LAUNCH WAR SMACKDOWN. The footage doesn't adequately capture what we saw.

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Onad

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PostFri Jan 18, 08 10:46 am    Re: Thanks! Reply with quote

That's a BIG 40!!! Shocked

Now we just have to figure out how to harness that potent praying power to bring steady 12m North Winds all summer??

Perhaps we could Sacrifice the TROLL to appease the Wind Gods?? Razz


Wind Slither wrote:
Onad, thanks for posting this. Dec. 2 was my 40th birthday. Of course I prayed to the Wind Gods for wind on my birthday, but maybe I prayed a little too hard!

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