How did you and your family fare this morning? I saw you from the bus
as we headed around the end of 27. It was about 30 minutes later that a
bunch of us were huddled in the shower building in the warbirds area
watching the wind/rain roll through. Never did see how the camp sites
fared because we departed 36L.

It was a typical wild Oshkosh storm -- intense, but brief. When the
gust front was approaching, I shot some great pix of the wall cloud --
and then ducked in the tent.

We were all laying on the air bed, facing the windward wall, with our
feet up against the poles. Despite this "bracing", a gust collapsed
the fiberglass poles far enough that the lantern -- hanging from the
center hook of a 6-foot-tall tent -- hit me in the head while I was
laying down! It broke our neighbor's poles in half, sticking them
right through the fabric of his rain fly.

The wind was driving the rain in sideways, a phenomenon for which few
tents are designed. The inside got wet, and we ended up having to take
down in a light sprinkle.

The tent is now in the hangar, hanging up to dry -- along with a lot of
our other stuff. It was over 100 degrees here when we landed, so
everything dried pretty much instantly.

Thanks for pulling the party together.

No problem -- it was a team effort of Montblack, Jim & Tami, Mary and
me. I mostly just schmoozed and passed the apple brandy around...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"