Camille was bad in 1969(?). Some of the Guardsman I knew were sent to help
with the clean-up. I missed being in the Fort Worth tornado by about 30
minutes. The Carter-Burgess Building where I worked was seriously damaged.
The glass was blown out on the entire west side of our offices. We all
worked remotely for a little over a month until the offices and building
were re-opened. Repair work on the building continued for at least a year
(along with the rest of downtown Fort Worth). That was serious and sad.
My only death wish is to have my ashes dropped over the Deschutes River.

G
Beware of the dog...& the cat is not trustworthy either.

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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:51:57 -0600, "Guy Thornberg"
wrote:

Wow,
I was there the 1st time app. 1980 and could see the eruption from Sandy
OR.
Might still have the VHS tape we took laying around in some box. Gigantic
plume, lightening all around the base. Scary. We also saw the total
eclipse
of the sun about that time. Awesome. Now I'm waiting to see a tornado in
TX
and heading to the gulf for the next hurricane.

I've been through several strong hurricanes, including Camille, Frederick,
Andrew, and the group this past season, and I've been within a mile of
several
tornados, including the big one that tore up the DFW area a few years ago,
and
while "awesome" in the "power of nature" sense is appropriate, "awesome"
in the
"that's REALLY cool" sense absolutely isn't. If you seriously _want_ to
go
through any of that, you may wish to talk to someone about your death
wish...

Love that stuff.

Yeah, well, come back and say that AFTER the fact...if you and your
belongings
are healthy enough to do so...

TC,
R