Historic drought in the Southeast U.S.

[Berry[_2_]]

The southeast U.S. is in the midst of an historic drought. How dry is
it? Well, we had two weeks of continuous glider flying at Cordele, GA,
including a Regional contest and a Nationals, AND Frank Paynter was
there, and it DID NOT RAIN!

[vontresc]

On Jun 20, 11:23*am, Berry > wrote:
> The southeast U.S. is in the midst of an historic drought. How dry is
> it? Well, we had two weeks of continuous glider flying at Cordele, GA,
> including a Regional contest and a Nationals, AND Frank Paynter was
> there, and it DID NOT RAIN!

Well I think Frank left all the rain up here in north :-(

Another solid week of rain forecast here in WI.

Pete

[Robin]

On Jun 20, 2:21*pm, vontresc > wrote:
> On Jun 20, 11:23*am, Berry > wrote:
>
> > The southeast U.S. is in the midst of an historic drought. How dry is
> > it? Well, we had two weeks of continuous glider flying at Cordele, GA,
> > including a Regional contest and a Nationals, AND Frank Paynter was
> > there, and it DID NOT RAIN!
>
> Well I think Frank left all the rain up here in north :-(
>
> Another solid week of rain forecast here in WI.
>
> Pete

The historic drought produced some historic speeds as well.
In eight days of racing at the Standard Class Nationals the slowest
winning speed was 71.5 mph. This fastest was 81.5.
For Cordele, for any contest east of the Mississippi, that's one for
the record books.

Robin

Robin

[bildan]

On Jun 20, 12:21*pm, vontresc > wrote:
> On Jun 20, 11:23*am, Berry > wrote:
>
> > The southeast U.S. is in the midst of an historic drought. How dry is
> > it? Well, we had two weeks of continuous glider flying at Cordele, GA,
> > including a Regional contest and a Nationals, AND Frank Paynter was
> > there, and it DID NOT RAIN!
>
> Well I think Frank left all the rain up here in north :-(
>
> Another solid week of rain forecast here in WI.
>
> Pete

Oh, well. It's snowing above 8000' here in Colorado. The plains are
verdant green and the mountains are white. The snow pack is 4x normal
for this time of year. Very beautiful - but not too good for OLC
flights. We're celebrating the first day of Summer by turning on the
furnace and breaking out ski jackets. Yesterday it was 87F. All is
normal.

[Frank Paynter[_2_]]

On Jun 20, 12:23*pm, Berry > wrote:
> The southeast U.S. is in the midst of an historic drought. How dry is
> it? Well, we had two weeks of continuous glider flying at Cordele, GA,
> including a Regional contest and a Nationals, AND Frank Paynter was
> there, and it DID NOT RAIN!

Wally,

That's OK, my jinx bypassed Cordele (thank goodness!) but it caught up
with me again here at Caesar Creek - 3 solid days (so far) of rain :-(

TA

[Berry[_2_]]

In article
>,
Robin > wrote:

> On Jun 20, 2:21*pm, vontresc > wrote:
> > On Jun 20, 11:23*am, Berry > wrote:
> >
> > > The southeast U.S. is in the midst of an historic drought. How dry is
> > > it? Well, we had two weeks of continuous glider flying at Cordele, GA,
> > > including a Regional contest and a Nationals, AND Frank Paynter was
> > > there, and it DID NOT RAIN!
> >
> > Well I think Frank left all the rain up here in north :-(
> >
> > Another solid week of rain forecast here in WI.
> >
> > Pete
>
> The historic drought produced some historic speeds as well.
> In eight days of racing at the Standard Class Nationals the slowest
> winning speed was 71.5 mph. This fastest was 81.5.
> For Cordele, for any contest east of the Mississippi, that's one for
> the record books.
>
> Robin
>
> Robin

Yes, speeds were amazing. Especially when one considers that this was
down in the thick air, not up at 14000' like in the western US.