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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 08:03 AM
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so how's the weather there currently? i can never trust weather.com
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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I've been wondering the same thing.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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It rained hard early this morning, (Friday) then cleared out around noon. The road stayed wet for a couple of hours, making it a great time to play in the cars since there were hardly any bikes/cruisers out there. It dried off almost completely by around 5pm, then a storm came through about 7pm. It's supposed to rain some more tonight and early tomorrow.

One yellow S went off-road and nailed a tree about 20 feet down the bank. Everyone was ok, looked like he got on it a little too hard coming out of Parson's Branch turn (heading south, a right-hander) and the rear came around and shot him off the inside. (right side on the exit of the turn, you can see skid marks where the tail stepped out)

A lot of folks out having fun though and driving great in the so-so conditions. More to come!
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by killboy,Apr 21 2006, 09:01 PM
(right side on the exit of the turn, you can see skid marks where the tail stepped out)
Any pics? Glad to hear the driver is ok!
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 08:38 PM
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I didn't get any pics of the car, didn't seem like the right thing to do. No one was around, car was empty. Kinda eerie really.

I did shoot a couple thousand action shots today, and so did my partner David, but those won't be sorted and uploaded until around Wednesday.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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Overall the weather was nice from about 2 PM Saturday onward.

Good to meet you Killboy, nice talking to you and Dave on Friday. Thanks for helping out Danny on Saturday night.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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[QUOTE=JerseyGirl,Apr 21 2006, 10:13 PM]Any pics?
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ZeroPsi,Apr 23 2006, 08:19 PM
Ouch!!
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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It seemed to be usual WTD weather, early rain and then beautiful skies from noon on. Some of us went through nasty storms- note to self and others- do not pull into a mobile home sales park during tornadic weather!!

Jersey Girl we missed ya!!
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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Glad he is ok
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